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  1. #1
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    Default Interesting drill press.

    Groovers, I recently purchased this oversized drill press and was wondering if anyone knew anything about it from the pictures. The table is 900mm across, 75mm deep around the edge. The total thickness is 30mm.
    To me it looks like a patch job but the price was right and location near. Any information appreciated. Damien.miyu and drill 010.JPGmiyu and drill 006.JPGmiyu and drill 007.JPGmiyu and drill 008.JPGmiyu and drill 009.JPGmiyu and drill 011.JPG
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    Default Mystery machine.

    Hello Goodwoody,
    Someone here will recognise the maker of the head, but it certainly looks as though it has been put together for a particular purpose, or salvaged from an incomplete machine. I can not see any provision to slew the head or table to left and right,unless the head is on a stub shaft. The table could have been adapted from a lathe faceplate or similar. Could still be a useful old machine with some TLC. Nice find , Combustor.
    Old iron in the Outback, Kimberley WA.

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    Interesting set up, and quite solidly made too. The drill head itself appears to be a fairly typical item from a 50s or 60s drill press. Looks like someone needed to drill holes in something that wasn't going to fit onto a standard drill press table.

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    Looks like a Richardson head.

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    +1 for a Richardson head, probably earlier than mine http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=170650

    Looks like a nice project.
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    Default The Drill.

    Hi Damien,
    Blu_Rock could be right, but it also looks a bit like a Waldown.
    I'm certainly no expert.
    Regards,
    issatree.
    Have Lathe, Wood Travel.

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    Default Richardson

    I would go for a Richardson Head.
    That was the first thought when I saw the photo.
    Bruce

  8. #8
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    It looks very similar to mine. I will check for the holes for the ID plate on the side of the head. I know there is no Id plate present. Damien.
    I'm a dancing fool! The beat goes on and I'm so wrong!!!!

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    Could also be a Sterling head (made at the same place as Richardson's - I think. Both made in Westmead NSW).

    Ben

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    Thanks Ben I will look into it. Damien.
    I'm a dancing fool! The beat goes on and I'm so wrong!!!!

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