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I answered a Craigslist add for multispindle drill presses. Two for $300. Turns out they were quite nice, but very limited units. Not very configurable. It was a production shop that was getting rid of a bunch of old equipment. A pre-war, Walker-Turner drill press caught my eye, and he let me have it for $125, sans motor. That's OK, 'cause I've got a treadmill motor sitting on the shelf that'll work just fine.
Got it home, and found that there were a few pieces missing. Depth stop, belt cover, quill lock, etc. Emailed him, and he said to come back and he'd help me look for them. We found the depth stop, and the return spring cover. And then he showed me some old tooling that they had got off a shop closing down and couldn't use. They were going to sell it off for scrap at seven cents a pound, but he ended up letting me have it all.
Reamers, taps, end mills, a slotting saw, a slitting saw that's not shown, what appears to be a full range of drill bits, chamfer mills, boring bars, hex wrenches, and random bolts/set screws/drill rod/ springs/ and more.
The tubes with green caps are reamers, all the same size.
Got it home, and found that there were a few pieces missing. Depth stop, belt cover, quill lock, etc. Emailed him, and he said to come back and he'd help me look for them. We found the depth stop, and the return spring cover. And then he showed me some old tooling that they had got off a shop closing down and couldn't use. They were going to sell it off for scrap at seven cents a pound, but he ended up letting me have it all.
Reamers, taps, end mills, a slotting saw, a slitting saw that's not shown, what appears to be a full range of drill bits, chamfer mills, boring bars, hex wrenches, and random bolts/set screws/drill rod/ springs/ and more.
The tubes with green caps are reamers, all the same size.
