Bob responds:
>
>Spoefish wrote:
>> This wonderful beast goes at
>> about 450 lbs,
>
>I'm sure its a nice old quality tool, but 450 lbs???? That's as much
>as some table saws weigh. I would expect it to weigh about 200 lbs.
Why? Some table saws also weigh only 55 pounds, while others scale over the
half ton mark. Why can't drill presses do the same, especially old ones made
when material and labor were both much cheaper. Consider that both base and
table are probably larger and thicker, while the head may also be larger, of
thicker material, with less sheet metal, while the motor may also be
considerably heavier compared to one of supposedly equal power in today's
world.
Charlie Self
"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." Ambrose Bierce, The
Devil's Dictionary