On May 11, 10:13*am, "Wild_Bill" wrote:
The drill presses I've seen that are this style are driven by a motor placed
directly behind the column of the drill press (shaft end pointing toward the
column).
The motor would be secured to the same surface that the drill press base is
mounted to (or both items could be secured to a benchtop).
You would want a motor that rotates CCW for the drills to turn in the
correct direction. The pulleys look like they'd accept a round belt.
It's possible that the drill press was run from the lathe headstock pulleys,
with the drill press located behind the headstock (securely mounted to the
same surface as the lathe), facing to the rear. It wouldn't matter that the
belt would change planes (have a twist) if a round belt is used.
The lathe motor would probably be located below the lathe if the drill press
was intended to be powered from the lathe, behind the headstock.
The orientation of the pulleys doesn't appear to be correct for an overhead
line shaft belt drive. You can check that with a loop of string.
--
WB
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"ghb624" wrote in message
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Below is the link to a photo of a simple little drill press which I
inherited. It was my dad's and part of an outfit of which the main
element was a small Goodell-Pratt metal lathe. I think he probably had
the lathe, a grinding wheel and this drill set up in some sort of
combo fashion with perhaps a line shaft to distribute power from a
single quarter-horse motor. However, I have no idea how the different
tools were arranged or what the drive system was for this drill. Would
like to set it up and have it operational again for sentimental
reasons. Wonder if anybody's familiar with such an item and has any
idea what kind of belt would've been used and how it might have been
rigged. Thanks much.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghb624/3520129877/
The belt could be a vee belt. I have a Cub Cadet lawn mower that uses
a vee belt and uses two idler pulleys to change the direction so that
a horizontal motor drives a vertical mowing blade.
Dan