Got a new tool in the garage :D

I bought this Cluasing drill press through an online auction. When I bought it, I knew it was 1.5 horsepower, but wasn't sure if it was single phase or three phase or, whether or not, it even worked. It was priced right, looked good, and I rolled the dice. I took a three hour detour to pick it up while out of town for work. Drove around with it in the back of my truck for four days until I got back home.

Tonight I got it wired up and running to verify it actually worked ...it does! To get it operational, I bought a used 3MT to 3JT adapter and a 14N Super Chuck off Ebay and a deadman's switch from McMasterCarr.com.

Woohoo, I finally have a good drill press!!! Now that I know it works, I'll use a little elbow grease to clean the surface rust off it.





Have a good day!
Michael

you want want have to move it around much in the shop for sure lag it to the floor they will tip over if you not careful with long stuff if it binds up alittle and want to kick around with you had one to tip over at work and busted the top on it in the weld shop they move it and didn't let me know they had moved it and not lagged back down alittle over $200 for the housing on top

That's a nice sturdy lookin unit there!!

Now you can fab more stuff eh??

Bill

Cool deal there Michael. I don't have any trouble bidding on online auctions as long as stuff is cheap enough to make it worth the gamble.

I have a small bench top drill press, but I bet I could really hurt myself with that one.

Very cool piece there Michael. To clean the rust off, I'd get me a 180 grit flapper disc and just buff it off.







Doug...

We have one just like that at work in the shop. It works great.
The only thing I don't like is it has no reverse.