At an auction last week, I bought a "Buffalo Forge RPMster drill
press". You can kind of see it on the picture of the semi truck, that
I posted on Friday. Here's the manual for it

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/129/3782.pdf

It looks great and is clearly a very good drill press. It also does
not take a lot of room, even though it weighs a ton.

My question is, given what I do, does it make sense to keep it instead
of selling, it is awfully nice for drilling larger holes. At the same
time it is more dangerous due to power.

i

On Sunday, June 8, 2014 6:04:06 AM UTC-7, Ignoramus8451 wrote:
At an auction last week, I bought a "Buffalo Forge RPMster drill

press". You can kind of see it on the picture of the semi truck, that

I posted on Friday. Here's the manual for it



http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/129/3782.pdf



It looks great and is clearly a very good drill press. It also does

not take a lot of room, even though it weighs a ton.



My question is, given what I do, does it make sense to keep it instead

of selling, it is awfully nice for drilling larger holes. At the same

time it is more dangerous due to power.



i

Drilling holes is not a skill iggy is likely to master in his lifetime. Suggest iggy stick with what he does best such as his comedic posts to this newsgroup.

Example:

Pretending he would never hire people who would never work for him in the first place. That's some funny **** right there!

My question is, given what I do, does it make sense to keep it instead
of selling, it is awfully nice for drilling larger holes. At the same
time it is more dangerous due to power.

i

I consider quality tools as good as money in the bank. Use it while
you need it, sell it when you need money for a profit. Machine tools
appreciate faster than bank interest. maybe not as good as the stock
market, but certainly a sefer investment.

"Ignoramus8451" wrote in message
...
At an auction last week, I bought a "Buffalo Forge RPMster drill
press". You can kind of see it on the picture of the semi truck, that
I posted on Friday. Here's the manual for it

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/129/3782.pdf

It looks great and is clearly a very good drill press. It also does
not take a lot of room, even though it weighs a ton.

My question is, given what I do, does it make sense to keep it instead
of selling, it is awfully nice for drilling larger holes. At the same
time it is more dangerous due to power.

i

I would hang on to it. As Karl said its like money in the bank.
You can allways put a smaller motor on it if you have saftey
concerns. Personaly i would find a VFD that has a torque
control feature as well as speed controll. A set of annular
cutters/drills and flood coolant would be an excellant addition
to that drill press. I have been switching from standard drills
to annular cutters and am very pleased, 1,2,3,4 inch holes
no problem. The hole produced is high quality and has a reamed
appearence and spot on size. Annular cutters are also applicable
for use in a lathe, mill, or magnetic drill press.

Best Regards
Tom.
--
http://fija.org/

I agree with both of you guys, I kind of like that DP as well and can
always sell it.

i

On 2014-06-08, azotic wrote:

"Ignoramus8451" wrote in message
...
At an auction last week, I bought a "Buffalo Forge RPMster drill
press". You can kind of see it on the picture of the semi truck, that
I posted on Friday. Here's the manual for it

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/129/3782.pdf

It looks great and is clearly a very good drill press. It also does
not take a lot of room, even though it weighs a ton.

My question is, given what I do, does it make sense to keep it instead
of selling, it is awfully nice for drilling larger holes. At the same
time it is more dangerous due to power.

i

I would hang on to it. As Karl said its like money in the bank.
You can allways put a smaller motor on it if you have saftey
concerns. Personaly i would find a VFD that has a torque
control feature as well as speed controll. A set of annular
cutters/drills and flood coolant would be an excellant addition
to that drill press. I have been switching from standard drills
to annular cutters and am very pleased, 1,2,3,4 inch holes
no problem. The hole produced is high quality and has a reamed
appearence and spot on size. Annular cutters are also applicable
for use in a lathe, mill, or magnetic drill press.

Best Regards
Tom.

On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 08:04:06 -0500, Ignoramus8451
wrote:

At an auction last week, I bought a "Buffalo Forge RPMster drill
press". You can kind of see it on the picture of the semi truck, that
I posted on Friday. Here's the manual for it

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/129/3782.pdf

It looks great and is clearly a very good drill press. It also does
not take a lot of room, even though it weighs a ton.

My question is, given what I do, does it make sense to keep it instead
of selling, it is awfully nice for drilling larger holes. At the same
time it is more dangerous due to power.

i

Which one did you get? Id sell the 7.5 hp and the 5hp machines. Its
highly unlikely you will EVER need either of those in your shop. Now
if its the 3hp..just make damned sure you clamp EVERYTIME you drill
with a big drillbit.


"Libertarianism IS fascism... Fascism is corporate government – a Libertarian’s wet dream"
Tala Brandeis
Owner at Tala Brandeis Associates"

On 2014-06-08, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 08:04:06 -0500, Ignoramus8451
wrote:

At an auction last week, I bought a "Buffalo Forge RPMster drill
press". You can kind of see it on the picture of the semi truck, that
I posted on Friday. Here's the manual for it

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/129/3782.pdf

It looks great and is clearly a very good drill press. It also does
not take a lot of room, even though it weighs a ton.

My question is, given what I do, does it make sense to keep it instead
of selling, it is awfully nice for drilling larger holes. At the same
time it is more dangerous due to power.

i

Which one did you get? Id sell the 7.5 hp and the 5hp machines. Its
highly unlikely you will EVER need either of those in your shop. Now
if its the 3hp..just make damned sure you clamp EVERYTIME you drill
with a big drillbit.

This one actually is a 1.5 HP, as I learned today (I was at work)

On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 17:05:28 -0500, Ignoramus8451
wrote:

On 2014-06-08, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 08:04:06 -0500, Ignoramus8451
wrote:

At an auction last week, I bought a "Buffalo Forge RPMster drill
press". You can kind of see it on the picture of the semi truck, that
I posted on Friday. Here's the manual for it

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/129/3782.pdf

It looks great and is clearly a very good drill press. It also does
not take a lot of room, even though it weighs a ton.

My question is, given what I do, does it make sense to keep it instead
of selling, it is awfully nice for drilling larger holes. At the same
time it is more dangerous due to power.

i

Which one did you get? Id sell the 7.5 hp and the 5hp machines. Its
highly unlikely you will EVER need either of those in your shop. Now
if its the 3hp..just make damned sure you clamp EVERYTIME you drill
with a big drillbit.

This one actually is a 1.5 HP, as I learned today (I was at work)

Cool! Thats a definate keeper!! Just clamp if you go over 5/8" bits.


"Libertarianism IS fascism... Fascism is corporate government – a Libertarian’s wet dream"
Tala Brandeis
Owner at Tala Brandeis Associates"

On 2014-06-08, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 17:05:28 -0500, Ignoramus8451
wrote:

On 2014-06-08, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 08:04:06 -0500, Ignoramus8451
wrote:

At an auction last week, I bought a "Buffalo Forge RPMster drill
press". You can kind of see it on the picture of the semi truck, that
I posted on Friday. Here's the manual for it

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/129/3782.pdf

It looks great and is clearly a very good drill press. It also does
not take a lot of room, even though it weighs a ton.

My question is, given what I do, does it make sense to keep it instead
of selling, it is awfully nice for drilling larger holes. At the same
time it is more dangerous due to power.

i

Which one did you get? Id sell the 7.5 hp and the 5hp machines. Its
highly unlikely you will EVER need either of those in your shop. Now
if its the 3hp..just make damned sure you clamp EVERYTIME you drill
with a big drillbit.

This one actually is a 1.5 HP, as I learned today (I was at work)

Cool! Thats a definate keeper!! Just clamp if you go over 5/8" bits.


Clamp with even smaller bits -- and do not ask why I think so

i

On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 18:03:55 -0500, Ignoramus8451
wrote:

On 2014-06-08, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 17:05:28 -0500, Ignoramus8451
wrote:

On 2014-06-08, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 08:04:06 -0500, Ignoramus8451
wrote:

At an auction last week, I bought a "Buffalo Forge RPMster drill
press". You can kind of see it on the picture of the semi truck, that
I posted on Friday. Here's the manual for it

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/129/3782.pdf

It looks great and is clearly a very good drill press. It also does
not take a lot of room, even though it weighs a ton.

My question is, given what I do, does it make sense to keep it instead
of selling, it is awfully nice for drilling larger holes. At the same
time it is more dangerous due to power.

i

Which one did you get? Id sell the 7.5 hp and the 5hp machines. Its
highly unlikely you will EVER need either of those in your shop. Now
if its the 3hp..just make damned sure you clamp EVERYTIME you drill
with a big drillbit.

This one actually is a 1.5 HP, as I learned today (I was at work)

Cool! Thats a definate keeper!! Just clamp if you go over 5/8" bits.


Clamp with even smaller bits -- and do not ask why I think so

i

Small arms and hands eh?

(Grin)

"Libertarianism IS fascism... Fascism is corporate government – a Libertarian’s wet dream"
Tala Brandeis
Owner at Tala Brandeis Associates"

"Ignoramus8451" wrote in message
...
On 2014-06-08, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 17:05:28 -0500, Ignoramus8451
wrote:

On 2014-06-08, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 08:04:06 -0500, Ignoramus8451
wrote:

At an auction last week, I bought a "Buffalo Forge RPMster drill
press". You can kind of see it on the picture of the semi truck, that
I posted on Friday. Here's the manual for it

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/129/3782.pdf

It looks great and is clearly a very good drill press. It also does
not take a lot of room, even though it weighs a ton.

My question is, given what I do, does it make sense to keep it instead
of selling, it is awfully nice for drilling larger holes. At the same
time it is more dangerous due to power.

i

Which one did you get? Id sell the 7.5 hp and the 5hp machines. Its
highly unlikely you will EVER need either of those in your shop. Now
if its the 3hp..just make damned sure you clamp EVERYTIME you drill
with a big drillbit.

This one actually is a 1.5 HP, as I learned today (I was at work)

Cool! Thats a definate keeper!! Just clamp if you go over 5/8" bits.


Clamp with even smaller bits -- and do not ask why I think so

i


I have an auxillary foot switch that applies power when depressed, makes
those challenging clamping setups safer. I also do a lot of direct drive
tapping so having instant stop capability is critical.

Best Regards
Tom.

Which one did you get? Id sell the 7.5 hp and the 5hp machines. Its
highly unlikely you will EVER need either of those in your shop. Now
if its the 3hp..just make damned sure you clamp EVERYTIME you drill
with a big drillbit.
You got something against good size drill presses? I Love my Arboda
Maskiner radial arm drill press. Now it does take a good clamp to hold
a 2" drill bit from turning the part.

Karl

On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 19:49:00 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote:


Which one did you get? Id sell the 7.5 hp and the 5hp machines. Its
highly unlikely you will EVER need either of those in your shop. Now
if its the 3hp..just make damned sure you clamp EVERYTIME you drill
with a big drillbit.
You got something against good size drill presses? I Love my Arboda
Maskiner radial arm drill press. Now it does take a good clamp to hold
a 2" drill bit from turning the part.

Karl

Oh hell no! I love big drill presses!

In fact..I own an Aciera 22va

http://lathes.co.uk/aciera22/

Im just careful as hell with anything that can break bones in my body
unexpectedly.


"Libertarianism IS fascism... Fascism is corporate government – a Libertarian’s wet dream"
Tala Brandeis
Owner at Tala Brandeis Associates"

"Ignoramus8451" wrote in message
...
At an auction last week, I bought a "Buffalo Forge RPMster drill
press". You can kind of see it on the picture of the semi truck, that
I posted on Friday. Here's the manual for it

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/129/3782.pdf

It looks great and is clearly a very good drill press. It also does
not take a lot of room, even though it weighs a ton.

My question is, given what I do, does it make sense to keep it instead
of selling, it is awfully nice for drilling larger holes. At the same
time it is more dangerous due to power.


The drill press is not dangerous, YOU are.