bob ward
21st Jul 2016, 02:33 PM
This line belt drive drill press has recently arrived at the Laidley Pioneer Village in SE Qld, its never been altered to run off its own electric motor.
An interesting feature is that the drill platten (which is made in 2 pieces) can be moved radially from the column. Because the platten is able to rotate, this feature would have enabled circles of holes to be drilled in the work piece, effectively an early rotary table.
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/sirrobertthegood/IMG_0370_zpsa0tkjlf1.jpg (http://s237.photobucket.com/user/sirrobertthegood/media/IMG_0370_zpsa0tkjlf1.jpg.html)
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/sirrobertthegood/IMG_0369_zpsh3nivxdx.jpg (http://s237.photobucket.com/user/sirrobertthegood/media/IMG_0369_zpsh3nivxdx.jpg.html)
An interesting feature is that the drill platten (which is made in 2 pieces) can be moved radially from the column. Because the platten is able to rotate, this feature would have enabled circles of holes to be drilled in the work piece, effectively an early rotary table.
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/sirrobertthegood/IMG_0370_zpsa0tkjlf1.jpg (http://s237.photobucket.com/user/sirrobertthegood/media/IMG_0370_zpsa0tkjlf1.jpg.html)
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/sirrobertthegood/IMG_0369_zpsh3nivxdx.jpg (http://s237.photobucket.com/user/sirrobertthegood/media/IMG_0369_zpsh3nivxdx.jpg.html)