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Know your local Junkie.
Last week I went to the salvage yard again, didn't see anything of interest
right away, then spied a bench model drill press laying on it's side on a pallet. Hmm. Interesting. Go back in and talk to Fred, he waves his hand, meaning "Get the damn thing out of here before I put it in the respective bins." Ok, no problem. Get it home, takes a pipe wrench to turn the motor. Not important now, lots of rust to remove. Rust removed, bearings cleaned, put it back together, tight spot in the quill travel. No visible source of the tighness, but it's only for about a quarter inch of the travel, then it's fine. I can live with that. Motor time, forty five minutes and it's still popping breakers, it's junk. But, "Where's that 1/2 horse Dayton I picked up for two bucks?" Found, mounted, now what about the pulley? Oh, well, subsitute for something halfway close, done. Go out in garage and on the floor is a motor with the exact pulley it should have, must have come with the wood lathe I bought from Fred, but I'm modifying that anyhow, one fine motor pulley bored to fit the motor shaft. Later inspection shows motor that was on it to be 1/2 horse 3450 rpm, not something I'd want to leave on it, and I have doubt that it ever turned that spindle as tight as it was froze up. That motor is going back to the junkyard. Hmm. Motor noisy, squirt oil on bearing, let it sit for ten minutes. Still noisy, then quiets nicely after a minute of running. A buck and a half for a new switch and cover plate for the switchbox, done. Neighbor interested in drill press, I've already got seven, one of which I use. Ok, toss in a HF drill vise and it's ready. End of story, for $35 my neighbor has a Craftsman, (King-Seely) drill press, he's happy, I'm happy, and I owe Fred a beer. It pays to know your junkie. Rich. |
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