Skip to main content
Help Center Community Shop

Old Drill Press

dav1965
My Dads neighbor gave my Dad a drill press that ran off of belts. That will probably be my first big project to use my sand blaster on.

I have a few motors laying around that i can actually use to get it running. I think my Dad would have loved to seen it running like in the old days.[:)]

I will have a problem finding a pulley that can use a flat leather belt. My motors are made for v belts.
0

Comments

9 comments

Date Votes
  • cbxjeff
    What about changing the driven pulley to use a v-belt?
    0
  • grumpygy
    If you can't find it here its not made.

    https://www.mcmaster.com/pulleys
    0
  • dav1965
    Actually i did not think about that. The drill has a flat pulley about 2 inches wide and 10 or 12 inches around. I could probably put a lawn mower pulley on it and use that.

    Thats a great idea. Thanks.

    I will have to experiment with the motor and pulley system to get the speed right. Hopefully i could use a rheostat to speed or slow down the press depending on what i was trying to do.
    0
  • cbxjeff
    I don't think you be happy with the rheostat. Consider a pair of step pulleys. Yes, Mc Master-Carr is a great place. I've been buying from them for 20+ years.
    0
  • Cornflk1
    Good luck on which ever you decide, please post some pictures of what ever you decide. I just think old tools are great, love to see them.

    I'm currently working on an old pressure washer from 1930's (I think). Has the old oil canisters to drip /oil bearings.
    0
  • yonson
    A few things to consider: range of spindle speeds depending on chuck capacity (will it take smaller drills?), spindle bearing type (ball or plain bearings), high speed steel drill bits vs. the old carbon steel type, drill bit diameters used, h.p. & rpm of drive motor. My old Delta bench model has 4-step v-belt pulleys ranging from about 1:1 at top speed to about 4:1 at the slowest with a 1/2 hp 1140 rpm motor, covers everything I need. Consider if the motor with a rheostat has enough power at low setting to handle bigger drills.
    0
  • Ditch-Runner
    nice project let us know how it turns out '

    my brother called me one day 30 years or so ago the company he worked for was cleaning out old equipment told me they had a large drill press 20.00 to cover scrap price . sure I went over to get it . it was huge a old industrial most likely 440 volt set up , it had to weight 1000 lbs or probably more we loaded with a fork lift and unloaded in my pole barn with a chain hoist .
    long story short when I moved 5 years later it was still sitting in the corner of the barn [:I][:I] at that time I seen no way to do any thing to make it useful other than scrap price
    I learned that day just because you can does not mean you should [:D]
    0
  • EVILDR235
    Many people collect, restore and still use large machine tools. Vintagemachinery.org is full of people who love large old machines.

    Jose.
    0
  • remingtonoaks
    Don't use rheostat, the motors are designed to run at a certain RPM for maximum torque and longevity, hence the step pulleys
    0

Please sign in to leave a comment.

Recent Activity