Speaking of drill presses...

[Ultradog MN]

I bought this drill last summer.
It is an exact copy of an Arboga E 830 that was made in Sweden till about in the 1980s.
The base was cracked - must have been dropped - so I got it fairly cheap.
I spent most of a day trying to weld the cast iron base but it continued to crack again. So, knowing I would never trust it I decided to make a new base for it.
My 87 yo pal Kenny has a nephew that could laser cut this piece of 1/2" plate for the top and we got that done on Tuesday.
I have some 1/2×2 1/2 hot rolled that I will use to make the sides and some 1/2×2 and an 8×8" square piece of 1/2" to weld underneath for gussets and where the column will get bolted on.
It wont have the slots like original but I will drill and tap two rows of threaded holes for bolting things down.
This will go to Kenny's shop for as long as he needs it.
This one has the foot pedal for instant reversing. It is a great drill. Too bad about the cracked base but I wouldn't have got it otherwise.
I don't have heat in that area of my shop so will work on this on milder days. But I am looking forward to burning some 5/32" 7018 rod for the first time in a few years.

 

[jwmay]

I’ve been trying to remember that name all day. Arboga.
Nice!

 

[Ultradog MN]

I did some work on it a last week.
Started making all of the parts and pieces. Then yesterday I started tacking everything together. I enjoy making things like this.
This is the underside of it.
Will make more updates as it progresses.

 

[OTmachine]

Looking Good!

 

[Just for fun]

Very nice! Looks like a really nice drill press also.

 

[Lo-Fi]

Love my Arboga. So overbuilt for a drill press it's ridiculous, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
Nice job on the base!

 

[Larry$]

Nice base! OSHA made us either bolt the drill press to the concrete or bolt it to a large steel plate that sticks out so you can trip over it.

 

[Ultradog MN]

I bought this drill last summer.
It is an exact copy of an Arboga E 830 that was made in Sweden till about in the 1980s.
The base was cracked - must have been dropped - so I got it fairly cheap.
I spent most of a day trying to weld the cast iron base but it continued to crack again. So, knowing I would never trust it I decided to make a new base for it.
My 87 yo pal Kenny has a nephew that could laser cut this piece of 1/2" plate for the top and we got that done on Tuesday.
I have some 1/2×2 1/2 hot rolled that I will use to make the sides and some 1/2×2 and an 8×8" square piece of 1/2" to weld underneath for gussets and where the column will get bolted on.
It wont have the slots like original but I will drill and tap two rows of threaded holes for bolting things down.
This will go to Kenny's shop for as long as he needs it.
This one has the foot pedal for instant reversing. It is a great drill. Too bad about the cracked base but I wouldn't have got it otherwise.
I don't have heat in that area of my shop so will work on this on milder days. But I am looking forward to burning some 5/32" 7018 rod for the first time in a few years.

Well,
I did all the welding yesterday and finished making it today.
Laid out the holes and drilled and tapped them.
I kinda cheated on laying out the 4 holes where the column bolts on.
i chucked up one of the bolts in the lathe and made a guide to mark them on the new base with a hand drill drill. It worked good.
And since it does not have the slots like original I also drilled and tapped 6 holes for bolting something down.
Will paint it yet but that's about all.
I wish I had a buddy with a Blanchard grinder that could grind the top a hair - just for looks.
Or a Bullard...
Oh well, it will work as is.
Thanks for giving me a place to share this and especially thanks for the likes and nice replys.

 

[Pevehouse]

Amazing work

 

[extropic]

Its not clear, to me, where the base casting is broken so this idea may be useless.
However, my thought was to reuse as much of the OEM base as possible and only reinforce the structure with steel.
Maybe you could cut the T-slotted portion off the post mounting portion and mount the T-slotted portion on top of the steel base you've fabricated. YMMV.

Kudos for putting that nice machine back in service.

87 YOA and needs a gear head drill press. Keep on keep'n on Kenny.