This is the place for sharing your knowledge and information on use and care of vintage and antique drills and related attachments. A place to show what tools you have and/or what you are working on.
Drop out of warp and prepare to be boarded. Mike southwest CO
Looking forward to following this! This is the extent of my very meager collection.
It’s a Pexto 8010N. I’ve got no idea about it other than that! Finished out the collection of bits….everything but the #6 and #9 came from an original set.
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
Thanks pottz. While I am at it, I wanted to post a picture of a broken "knock-off" bracket on a North Bros drill press to see if anyone else reading this would have one that I could get some dimensions from. The right side vertical post is missing from this one. The purpose of the knock off is to flip the direction lever when the screw goes to a certain point which in turn is supposed to prevent the mechanism from jamming. Also changes feed from ratchet to friction. This is on a NB 1005 press.
Drop out of warp and prepare to be boarded. Mike southwest CO
I'll just stick the basic ones here for now. My main users are The breast for normal bits. The Stanley 803 lives with a countersink permanently in it. The French brace (3rd in from right) for tapered shanks. The Flott brace (2nd from left) for large bits (It's got a 4 jaw chuck)
nice collection mike. those yankees at the top brings back memories of the ones my dad had. they were what you used before the cordless drill came out. i remember one time it slipped and he ran the bit right through his finger !!!!!
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
This is my latest project, a North Bros Yankee 1005 drill press. I haven't even had a chance yet to spin the handle so don't know a lot about it. An advertisement that I saw on Vintage Machinery shows it is an auto friction and ratchet feed. I see it is also a 2-speed. I'm anxious to get to work on it. I have been too dang sick to do a whole lot lately though.
Drop out of warp and prepare to be boarded. Mike southwest CO
I'm looking for ideas on where and how to set up the NB drill press in my workshop. My bench would need a mount fastened to it to hold the press because the sides are about 7" deep. I'm thinking a mount that I could add to the front that would hold the press up at the right height. Anyone have some ideas they would share?
Drop out of warp and prepare to be boarded. Mike southwest CO
looks good pottz, I have one like it that I show in the picture at the beginning of the thread and it works just about the same as any of the other drills I have. Actually better because the chuck doesn't have a problem auger bits. About the only places on drills like that where I have found maker's marking is on the long parts of the U shaped round bar or on the chuck. You have some patina on that drill so it may be hiding those markings.
Drop out of warp and prepare to be boarded. Mike southwest CO
Wow Pottz, that drill looks like it could have come over on the Mayflower. Looking at the flight holes, it wouldn't surprise me to find out it came from across the pond.
Drop out of warp and prepare to be boarded. Mike southwest CO
My first go at making a bench mount support for the drill press. I bolted it onto the bench with a couple 1/2" carriage bolts. Easy enough to mount or take off. Might refine it some and use it. Puts the table about belly button high to me at the height it is in the picture.
Drop out of warp and prepare to be boarded. Mike southwest CO
