I have a nice older Rockwell-Delta (Pittsburgh era) 17" drill press
that needs a new home. I have decided to get rid of anything that is
just too big for me to move by myself. This wonderful beast goes at
about 450 lbs, and even taken down into pieces, the head and motor are
more than I can lug around. It is a great tool, with a geared
standard 11 x 12 table (with no drill marks), 5 speeds, 3/4 hp
rockwell motor (currently 115 v, but can be switched to 230 v), and
the capacity to use a foot-powered quill drive. You can find a lot of
information on this drill press from the old catalog listing at
http://www.owwm.com/delta/1956Catalog.asp and opening the drill press
section. This is a model 17 with the standard table, 1/2" chuck, and
3/4 hp motor. The quill (driven by a quadrant, not the usual simple
rack) seems to be fine, and all of the gears and teeth are in fine
shape - nothing cracked or broken. This is the version with a second
bearing support at the top of the quill - nice feature on a heavy duty
tool like this. I really don't want to crate and ship it - I am near
Annapolis, MD, and could do delivery or pickup in the Baltimore -
Washington, DC area - maybe longer distance.

I should have some pictures Tuesday night, and will get them posted as
soon as possible. I am more interested in trading for nice vintage
woodworking equipment, including a bench top drill press. We are in
the process of building a new house, and I have reached an agreement
with SWMBO that I can have a shop in the new house (my shop is going
to have most of our stuff stored in it) while I do the cabinets and
interior finish as long as it is not too big. To that end I currently
have a 9" Rockwell table saw, a 6" General Jointer, an Inca bandsaw,
and a nice Atlas drill press - only piece of modern equipment is a
Delta 560 planer which I actually like a lot (I take it outside to use
it, much less dust).

Thanks for looking,

Stephen Poe

On 23 Aug 2004 17:19:52 -0700, (Spoefish)
wrote:

I have a nice older Rockwell-Delta (Pittsburgh era) 17" drill press
that needs a new home. I have decided to get rid of anything that is
just too big for me to move by myself. This wonderful beast goes at
about 450 lbs, and even taken down into pieces, the head and motor are
more than I can lug around. It is a great tool, with a geared
standard 11 x 12 table (with no drill marks), 5 speeds, 3/4 hp
rockwell motor (currently 115 v, but can be switched to 230 v), and
the capacity to use a foot-powered quill drive. You can find a lot of
information on this drill press from the old catalog listing at
http://www.owwm.com/delta/1956Catalog.asp and opening the drill press
section. This is a model 17 with the standard table, 1/2" chuck, and
3/4 hp motor. The quill (driven by a quadrant, not the usual simple
rack) seems to be fine, and all of the gears and teeth are in fine
shape - nothing cracked or broken. This is the version with a second
bearing support at the top of the quill - nice feature on a heavy duty
tool like this. I really don't want to crate and ship it - I am near
Annapolis, MD, and could do delivery or pickup in the Baltimore -
Washington, DC area - maybe longer distance.


GACK!!!!!!!!!! East coast...sigh..snivel..

Gunner

"The Democratic Party is the party of this popular corruption.
The heart of the Democratic Party and its activist core is
made up of government unions, government dependent professions
(teachers, social workers, civil servants); special interest and
special benefits groups (abortion rights, is a good example) that
feed off the government trough; and ethnic constituencies,
African Americans being the most prominent, who are
disproportionately invested in government jobs and
in programs that government provides.

" The Democratic Party credo is 'Take as much of the people's money as politically feasible, and use that money to buy as many of the people's votes as possible'.
Tax cuts are a threat to this Democratic agenda.
Consequently, Democrats loathe and despise them."
-Semi-reformed Leftist David Horowitz

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section. This is a model 17 with the standard table, 1/2" chuck, and
3/4 hp motor. The quill (driven by a quadrant, not the usual simple
rack) seems to be fine, and all of the gears and teeth are in fine
shape - nothing cracked or broken. This is the version with a second
bearing support at the top of the quill - nice feature on a heavy duty
tool like this. I really don't want to crate and ship it - I am near
Annapolis, MD, and could do delivery or pickup in the Baltimore -
Washington, DC area - maybe longer distance.


GACK!!!!!!!!!! East coast...sigh..snivel..

Gunner

I was startin' to dool, till I read Annapolis.

Karl

I was startin' to dool, till I read Annapolis.

Karl

If I felt like a road trip I might go down there and see some friends, but
stuff's knee-deep around here. Haven't even finished my Sprunger drill press
restoration yet.

GTO(John)

On 24 Aug 2004 17:56:33 GMT, (GTO69RA4) wrote:

I was startin' to dool, till I read Annapolis.

Karl

If I felt like a road trip I might go down there and see some friends, but
stuff's knee-deep around here. Haven't even finished my Sprunger drill press
restoration yet.

GTO(John)

Ya had me going until I saw the word vice ... With the dogs.

Got more before they get hurt? 100 + yrs. and you waisted it. Your
too far , but I could use one like you broke for a 16".

Ya had me going until I saw the word vice ... With the dogs.

Got more before they get hurt? 100 + yrs. and you waisted it. Your
too far , but I could use one like you broke for a 16".

Heck, it looked like plain steel. The other one I have was, and had been bent
around quite a bit by the previous owner. You'll be happy to know the 1891 dog
welded up very nicely. That's what we call a learning experience. These were
both 2" two-part clamping dogs, and I'm keeping them.

All the others I have are cast bent-tail dogs. From 3/4" to 2", very heavily
built. A little rusty but that'll clean off. Want any of these? I'm going to
eBay them soon.

GTO(John)

On 24 Aug 2004 20:01:53 GMT, (GTO69RA4) wrote:

Ya had me going until I saw the word vice ... With the dogs.

Got more before they get hurt? 100 + yrs. and you waisted it. Your
too far , but I could use one like you broke for a 16".

Heck, it looked like plain steel. The other one I have was, and had been bent
around quite a bit by the previous owner. You'll be happy to know the 1891 dog
welded up very nicely. That's what we call a learning experience. These were
both 2" two-part clamping dogs, and I'm keeping them.

All the others I have are cast bent-tail dogs. From 3/4" to 2", very heavily
built. A little rusty but that'll clean off. Want any of these? I'm going to
eBay them soon.

GTO(John)

2" is getting close , your too far. I'll find something on the left
coast.

Next time just say it was a plain ole dog.