BMack37 Posted February 9, 2017 Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 That looks awesome man! A hell of a lot nicer than my Wen drill press! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrich1 Posted February 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 That looks awesome man! A hell of a lot nicer than my Wen drill press!Time to start Craigslisting! It is turning out better than I thought it would. Color is perfect with polished or stainless steel type finishes. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMack37 Posted February 9, 2017 Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 8 minutes ago, rrich1 said: Time to start Craigslisting! It is turning out better than I thought it would. Color is perfect with polished or stainless steel type finishes. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk I look regularly, I'm always looking for DMMs and now I'm looking for an old vice. We never had any good drill presses, I looked for about a year, few year old Deltas are pretty much all that I find. You struck gold man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrich1 Posted February 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 I look regularly, I'm always looking for DMMs and now I'm looking for an old vice. We never had any good drill presses, I looked for about a year, few year old Deltas are pretty much all that I find. You struck gold man.I actually found mine in the Facebook marketplace. Check there and an app called varage sale. I struck gold by this thing coming apart so easily. My friend who came over to help m with the motor (again...Not electronics guy) and was amazed/irritated when everything came apart easy and clean. LolSent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrich1 Posted February 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 Today I got the last of the body and motor pieces cleaned, primed, and two coats of paint on. Will do another coat after work and then a few coats of clear. Got my motor bearings in today as well. Hopefully get it rewired on Monday and start getting it really back together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrich1 Posted February 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 Buffed the handles out last night. Soaked them in dawn to get them cleaned then used a buffer wheel. Turned out real nice. Also got the logo on as well. Just took some soap to it. Didn't want to risk damaging the letters. Going to do the same thing to the motor plate as well. Don't care about it not being cleaned up too well. Will give it a nice accent to the restored drill press I think. I'm loving these colors together. [emoji7] the rest of the pieces have 2 coats of clear on them and will get a third coat after work. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnarlyCarl Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 On 2/3/2017 at 0:57 PM, Conductor562 said: I like black with red accents Yes, the Milwaukee look! On 2/9/2017 at 3:28 AM, rrich1 said: Well hello! Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk WHAOH Nice!! I can now get a feel for how it was made, the design is definitely of that era, looks like they took some design advice from those old fin tail Cadillacs if you can picture that. This will be solid and anything for the price of you restoring this would be a complete letdown compared. You know the lighter ones would vibrate a little, or rattle, not adjust as smoothly, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrich1 Posted February 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said: Yes, the Milwaukee look! WHAOH Nice!! I can now get a feel for how it was made, the design is definitely of that era, looks like they took some design advice from those old fin tail Cadillacs if you can picture that. This will be solid and anything for the price of you restoring this would be a complete letdown compared. You know the lighter ones would vibrate a little, or rattle, not adjust as smoothly, etc. it is definitely from the time of over building and big sweeping fins. lol. it is solid a machine for sure. nothing is light. i told my wife i will have about as much in this as a new ryobi drill from home depot which would have a smaller capacity, lighter, not as sturdy, nor near as awesome. so it makes sense for me to restore this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMack37 Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Damn man, that is coming out even better than I imagined. That is freaking gorgeous! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrich1 Posted February 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Damn man, that is coming out even better than I imagined. That is freaking gorgeous!I had gotten the quill in and handle pieces and then realized I forgot to put in a piece. Have to take out what I put on to put the piece in. Ugh. [emoji28] Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrich1 Posted February 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Here is where I am at right now. My friend has both pulleys and the motor is still apart. He is coming over tomorrow so hopefully we can get the rest of it assembled. For some reason the table lock collar came out a different color and not sure why. Kinda irritating. We'll see how much it bugs me. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikepete Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Awesome job cleaning up the pressSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrich1 Posted February 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 7 minutes ago, ikepete said: Awesome job cleaning up the press Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk thanks! its been a fun process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Look great rich, sweet piece thereSent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foneguy Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 That looks fantastic !!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T75R Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 That looks awesome dude. Great job 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrich1 Posted February 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Thanks guys. Hopefully motor is put back together tonight! Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMack37 Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 13 hours ago, rrich1 said: Thanks guys. Hopefully motor is put back together tonight! Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk Please do a video of it working when it's done. You seriously have no idea how excited I am seeing this, it's truly a gorgeous tool. It's a shame companies don't make tools like this anymore. Back then you could have a basic shop tool that was decorated just because people took pride in their work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SetBuilder Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 A guy at work is selling this cabinet... Could be the perfect companion for the drill press Beautiful work your doing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrich1 Posted February 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 Please do a video of it working when it's done. You seriously have no idea how excited I am seeing this, it's truly a gorgeous tool. It's a shame companies don't make tools like this anymore. Back then you could have a basic shop tool that was decorated just because people took pride in their work.I had planned on it [emoji4]. We didnt get it done tonight. He wasn't able to get over here u til late and rewiring was being kind of a pain. Should get it finished next Monday. [emoji41] Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrich1 Posted February 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 A guy at work is selling this cabinet... Could be the perfect companion for the drill press [emoji4] Beautiful work your doing.I'd rock that somehow if it was close to me. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMack37 Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 I've been thinking of picking up one of those old Craftsman (or another brand) and redoing it(paint and bearing slides). They're normally pretty cheap on Craigslist, never seen one in that good of shape though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrich1 Posted February 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Was really hoping to get the motor finished last night but didn't. The switch is too big. Will need a different switch and some eyelets. Here is the motor basically done though. Far cry from what it looked like before! Decided to not clean up the motor info plate. Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrmccabe Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Looks amazing!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted February 22, 2017 Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 Almost these rich, love following this project Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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