Rockwell Drill Press Restored

I know this isn't a homemade tool, but I enquired if it was ok to post this restoration, there were a lot of things that had to be refabricated
How I acquired this drill press was by making a #4 morse taper spindle for this guys wood shaper, It was an even swap,
I love old machines and most of my machinery is from the near graveyard and have been restored to beautiful exact working tools, These things were machines !!! and I love them, these are the kind of machines I started out on when I was an apprentice.

I had to make all new handles , knobs , center idler pulley, replaced all belts, all new angular contact bearings and upper spindle bearings, it had a few minor cracks in a couple small castings that were brazed and remachined, I downloaded the original decals and badges from Vintage Machinery website and transferred them to decal paper, I could read the original badges but they were in terrible condition, I made a spindle speed chart, a lot of button head stainless screws, and whole lot of stripping and preparation, it was painted 3 coats of rust oleum hammered grey.
I found the original owners manual from Vintage Machinery and that was a tremendous amount of help

Below are some photos and a video of the restoration
As always thanks for looking and happy machining

Doug

Below - before restoration
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Below - before restoration
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Below - before restoration
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Below - after restoration, a lot of TLC
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Below - after restoration
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Below - after restoration
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Below - after restoration
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Below - video link showing the drill press running
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X1O...ature=youtu.be

Doug thanks for saving another piece of old iron. I too, have a special affection for vintage machines.
A friend of mine's dad has a Buffalo Forge 25 that has been laying in the weeds for 20 years, that I have been trying to get hold of. When I apprenticed at a blacksmith & welding shop back in the 60's we had one almost exactly like it. I spent countless hours working with that old machine. So I really want the one in the weeds bad.

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Doug,

I love looking at all types of tool restorations and vintage machinery so thank you for posting your drill press restoration. I like your eye for detail with the button head stainless screws. Also, one of my favorite little extra touches to finishing the look and feel to tools.

Nice work,

Paul

Man.. I would be PROUD to own that machine! It looks great and runs awesome. I also use hammertone paint whenever I can.

Keep up the good work!

Beautiful Doug! Thanks for sharing a great save with us! Like Paul said the attention to detail really makes it stand proud! ~PJ