arbor press

At a recent auction I picked up a Dake #1 Arbor Press as an upgrade to my Dake #0 that only saw occasional use, but at least once I wished I had more capacity. The price was right, after fees/taxes it came out to $100 - but this thing has definitely seen its decades of use in production. I...

So I'm inches away from tearing down my top end on as it needs a rebuild. I built a quick and dirty table mount the remove the head today(thanks mrpete for the video). Every video I have watched shows someone using an arbor press on the various bearings. I don't think I will be doing the spindle...

I recently bought this arbor press and the seller wasn't able to give much information about it. I am mainly just looking to find out the country and date of manufacture as well as any other information that might be available. It has a Sears, Roebuck and Co. label on it but even after a lot of...