Vintage Canedy-Otto hand-cranked post beam drill press - GIF

Vintage Canedy-Otto hand-cranked post beam drill press.

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More in this scanned Canedy-Otto catalog: http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/153/1175.pdf

Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...023#post125421
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...035#post112231
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...497#post139269
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...786#post136934
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...820#post133397

As a young kid in the late 50's (about 8 or 10), my grand-dad had a drill press exactly like that one.
It was out in a building on his farm; which also served as a pig barn.
I spent a lot of time cranking that thing.........with nothing on the table; I just liked to see things spin.
The pawl and ratchet was fascinating to watch, too. Could've been the same brand, IDK.

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Originally Posted by gatz

As a young kid in the late 50's (about 8 or 10), my grand-dad had a drill press exactly like that one.
It was out in a building on his farm; which also served as a pig barn.
I spent a lot of time cranking that thing.........with nothing on the table; I just liked to see things spin.
The pawl and ratchet was fascinating to watch, too. Could've been the same brand, IDK.

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And here you are today, at HMT.net
Uncanny. I'd wager 95% of persons on this site, and the many other [but pale] mechanical forums relate an early fascination, starting their own pursuit.
The lucky ones have it a lifetime.

At the same time, our educational "experts" see vocational exposure as unwarranted.