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This topic has 10 replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 27 March 2019 at 10:12 by Roger Clark.

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26 March 2019 at 19:53 #402329
Roger Clark
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26 March 2019 at 19:53 #13469
Roger Clark
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Small drill press.
26 March 2019 at 19:57 #402331
JasonB
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26 March 2019 at 19:59 #402332
Roger Clark
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Ha ha, nice one Jason.
26 March 2019 at 20:00 #402333
Roger Clark
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There's no id on the castings but the gears are well made, the motor looks to be french. I picked it up for £28 at a local auction, I think I can add tapping to it without too much effort.

Edited By Rockingdodge on 26/03/2019 20:04:07
26 March 2019 at 20:52 #402337
Andrew Evans
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It's similar to something I picked up. Mine is more like a larger version of the GH Thomas sensitive drill.
26 March 2019 at 21:47 #402343
Michael Gilligan
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Nice reduction gearing

Sorry, I don't recognise the machine.

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26 March 2019 at 23:33 #402351
Jeff Dayman
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I was going to say "table saw" (grey thingy at left) but Jason beat me to it with the Flymo wit.

I wouldn't add too much tapping to it – you'll spoil the paint and chips will fill the tappings!

Seriously, though – you may need to change pulleys and belt to toothed synchronous type, from the round urethane orange one, for tapping anything bigger than about M4. Not a big deal to change it over though, if need be. Try it and see – with the high reduction the round orange belt may be fine.
27 March 2019 at 06:52 #402362
Nicholas Farr
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Hi Rockingdodge, it could be someone has modified the drive to an old belt driven drill press. The castings are not that dissimilar to my Bonds Maximus drill press.

Regards Nick.
27 March 2019 at 09:15 #402374
Rik Shaw
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I built one of these forty years ago from a set of castings that were advertised as for a "sensitive drill". The foundry was somewhere in Lincolnshire.

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27 March 2019 at 10:12 #402384
Roger Clark
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Posted by Jeff Dayman on 26/03/2019 23:33:49:

I was going to say "table saw" (grey thingy at left) but Jason beat me to it with the Flymo wit.

I wouldn't add too much tapping to it – you'll spoil the paint and chips will fill the tappings!

Seriously, though – you may need to change pulleys and belt to toothed synchronous type, from the round urethane orange one, for tapping anything bigger than about M4. Not a big deal to change it over though, if need be. Try it and see – with the high reduction the round orange belt may be fine.

Hi Jeff, I did mean manual tapping, i don't think the motor would have enough torque and there would be little control.

The drive shaft is held by a nut on the top and my thoughts were to make an extended nut and make a handle similar to the G H Thomas Universal Pillar Tool, and by releasing the balance weight I would have a super dooper tapping machine.

Roger

Oh, and I don't eat chips in the workshop

Edited By Rockingdodge on 27/03/2019 10:13:19
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