Re: Floor Model Drill Press
I believe I owned its twin. My father bought it 20 years ago. It had a third pulley and ran two belts. The middle pulley had a pressed in ball bearing, that in turn dropped over a bell crank that in turn dropped into a hole in the casting. The pulley rode up the bearing, and would fall off. The Morse taper slipped, leaving the chuck stationary. Red locktite cured the slip, only to have the chuck slip on all drill bits.
My present drill press is a big old Shipley from the flat belt era. Zap trued it up for me. It is a beauty! It likely weighs 1000 LBS.
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