New member, progress no.1 rest

[flyingsailorParticipant @flyingsailor]

New member from Kent

Good afternoon all

Ive always had an interest in engineering and model engineering and when this classic new progress appeared on a social media marketplace I couldn’t resist I will put another post in the restoration section

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

Welcome!

You look like you have taken on quite a project!

I can imagine a lot of use of wire brushes of different sorts.

If you need to make any replacement parts, what machines, if any, do you have?

Any qualms about what might be involved in stripping and refurbishing the drill?

If you have any queries, there is certain to be someone with an answer.

Howard

[noel shelleyParticipant @noelshelley55608]

Welcome  Sir, give it a good brush down, check the wiring, lubricate any parts that need it and see if it works. If all is well remember that new paint won’t make it work any better. But a chuck key, and off you go. Good luck and best wishes . Noel.

[parovozParticipant @parovoz]

Agreed, I’ve pulled out worse machines than that and had them back to tidy and serviceable in no time. Take your time and  strip down fully. With a drill, the only real ‘issue’ is a dead motor, but new replacements are not expensive these days. So there is really not a huge amount of need to see how well it works. As a minimum a new set of quill bearings will be useful and ensure a nice quiet and tight machine. The Progress is a GOOD drill, like the Fobco but just that bit bigger and beefier. A great machine for the amateurs workshop.

Your main job is basically careful de-rusting, and I believe there is a lot of info here on these processes. I actually have a ‘Fobco’ rebuild in progress, ( slow burn back project ) and completed the refinishing of the base, table and column recently. The table was badly worn ( Muppets drilling with the hand vice rattling about for years on end in a factory ) in the centre, but it was dressed effectively with large sheets of went and dry on a surface table and lapped with plenty of WD-40 to lubricate the process, turned out very nicely….. if it’s just rust and not specifically surface worn you can also use a large flat block of steel and the same wet and dry and lap it that way. How is the table for ‘worm holes’ the ones drilled in by careless users….?

Take your time and enjoy bringing this machine back from the dead…..

 

 

[parovozParticipant @parovoz]

Ohhh  and I forgot, check out the Lathes.co.uk page….

 

https://www.lathes.co.uk/progress-drills/page5.html

[jamesp1Participant @jamesp1]

If its in good condition under that rust you will have a good machine with the application of a bit of elbow grease

 

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