I have a nice older Rockwell-Delta (Pittsburgh era) 17" drill press
that needs a new home. I have decided to get rid of anything that is
just too big for me to move by myself. This wonderful beast goes at
about 450 lbs, and even taken down into pieces, the head and motor are
more than I can lug around. It is a great tool, with a geared
standard 11 x 12 table (with no drill marks), 5 speeds, 3/4 hp
rockwell motor (currently 115 v, but can be switched to 230 v), and
the capacity to use a foot-powered quill drive. You can find a lot of
information on this drill press from the old catalog listing at
http://www.owwm.com/delta/1956Catalog.asp and opening the drill press
section. This is a model 17 with the standard table, 1/2" chuck, and
3/4 hp motor. The quill (driven by a quadrant, not the usual simple
rack) seems to be fine, and all of the gears and teeth are in fine
shape - nothing cracked or broken. This is the version with a second
bearing support at the top of the quill - nice feature on a heavy duty
tool like this. I really don't want to crate and ship it - I am near
Annapolis, MD, and could do delivery or pickup in the Baltimore -
Washington, DC area - maybe longer distance.
I should have some pictures Tuesday night, and will get them posted as
soon as possible. I am more interested in trading for nice vintage
woodworking equipment, including a bench top drill press. We are in
the process of building a new house, and I have reached an agreement
with SWMBO that I can have a shop in the new house (my shop is going
to have most of our stuff stored in it) while I do the cabinets and
interior finish as long as it is not too big. To that end I currently
have a 9" Rockwell table saw, a 6" General Jointer, an Inca bandsaw,
and a nice Atlas drill press - only piece of modern equipment is a
Delta 560 planer which I actually like a lot (I take it outside to use
it, much less dust).
Thanks for looking,
Stephen Poe
Spoefish writes:
>I have a nice older Rockwell-Delta (Pittsburgh era) 17" drill press
>that needs a new home. I have decided to get rid of anything that is
>just too big for me to move by myself. This wonderful beast goes at
>about 450 lbs, and even taken down into pieces, the head and motor are
>more than I can lug around. It is a great tool, with a geared
>standard 11 x 12 table (with no drill marks), 5 speeds, 3/4 hp
>rockwell motor (currently 115 v, but can be switched to 230 v), and
>the capacity to use a foot-powered quill drive. You can find a lot of
>information on this drill press from the old catalog listing at
>http://www.owwm.com/delta/1956Catalog.asp and opening the drill press
>section. This is a model 17 with the standard table, 1/2" chuck, and
>3/4 hp motor. The quill (driven by a quadrant, not the usual simple
>rack) seems to be fine, and all of the gears and teeth are in fine
>shape - nothing cracked or broken. This is the version with a second
>bearing support at the top of the quill - nice feature on a heavy duty
>tool like this. I really don't want to crate and ship it - I am near
>Annapolis, MD, and could do delivery or pickup in the Baltimore -
>Washington, DC area - maybe longer distance.
>
>I should have some pictures Tuesday night, and will get them posted as
>soon as possible. I am more interested in trading for nice vintage
>woodworking equipment, including a bench top drill press. We are in
>the process of building a new house, and I have reached an agreement
>with SWMBO that I can have a shop in the new house (my shop is going
>to have most of our stuff stored in it) while I do the cabinets and
>interior finish as long as it is not too big. To that end I currently
>have a 9" Rockwell table saw, a 6" General Jointer, an Inca bandsaw,
>and a nice Atlas drill press - only piece of modern equipment is a
>Delta 560 planer which I actually like a lot (I take it outside to use
>it, much less dust).
I'm too broke to buy and not overwhelmed with vintage stuff to trade, but it
might be that some of my newer items would fit your new house needs. One never
knows. Email me at charliediy at aol.com if you'd like to bounce ideas back and
forth. I can drive to Maryland, but not DC (not a disability, except I hate
driving conditions there...not fond of Annapolis and Baltimore either, but
they're somewhat closer to sane in mid-day).
Charlie Self
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