I wound up with a dual Sigourney M-100 high speed drill press..or
rather 2 of them on a single table.

much like this single unit found on a web search

http://goldmachinery.com/cc/catalog.cgi?5527
http://goldmachinery.com/cc/catalog.cgi?2014

This had been stuck away in a dark corner of a shop for many
years..they couldnt get it to run, so they stuck it away. When I
noticed it under a thick layer of dust..they told me to take it home.

On a hunch, I pulled them apart and found them to be wired for 480vts,
and changed em to 230. They now run like raped apes, and with a .02
drill bit was able to drill quickly and easily to .5 in 303. Very
sensitive feel. Bearings were gummy, so filled the quills with ATF,
which it seemed to like.

Anyone have any casual info on these? The assembly is marked "Sold by
Pratt and Whitney", along with the Sigourney labels.

Rather fascinating little *******s, and well designed and engineered.

Gunner


"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner

Gunner Asch wrote:
I wound up with a dual Sigourney M-100 high speed drill press..or
rather 2 of them on a single table.

much like this single unit found on a web search

http://goldmachinery.com/cc/catalog.cgi?5527
http://goldmachinery.com/cc/catalog.cgi?2014

This had been stuck away in a dark corner of a shop for many
years..they couldnt get it to run, so they stuck it away. When I
noticed it under a thick layer of dust..they told me to take it home.

On a hunch, I pulled them apart and found them to be wired for 480vts,
and changed em to 230. They now run like raped apes, and with a .02
^^^^^^^^^^
That made me chuckle. I'll store that phrase for future use...

Nice looking drill presses. Good find.

Chris

Gunner, you looking to get rid of one of these?
Bill

On 31 Oct 2005 16:38:55 -0800, wrote:

Gunner, you looking to get rid of one of these?
Bill

Nopers....they are a matched set, mounted on a common cast iron base.

Too bad you werent at the Visalia show..there was a damned nice
Harrison highspeed sensitive drill press, table, the whole tamalle for
$300.

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner