Latest update December 04, 2004. Using the drill press, chucks, morse taper, antique drills and drill repair and restoration.
The Camelback Drill. Page begun on July 05, 2004. These drills were common during the first half of the 20th century and are often found for sale when older welding and blacksmith shops and farms go to auction. They don't look like modern drills and consequently many people often pass them by believing they don't work. But to those of us who use them, these drills are indispensable. Camelbacks operate much more smoothly than most modern drill presses and turn much slower allowing us to avoid burning up so many large bits. The older drills were built solid to last a lifetime and this they certainly did, many outlived their original owners and continue to serve another generation of metalworkers. Under construction.
The Otto Canedy New #16 Drill. Here is described the restoration progress on a 100 year old drill press to bring it back to serviceable condition. Lots of pictures and more to be added s work progresses. Most pictures are thumbnailed to speed page loading time. Click the thumbnails to see full size pictures. The restoration work has been stalled since moving to the new shop so updates to this page are on hold until later this summer. Restorations on this drill has stalled due to lack of time to work on it.
What is Morse Taper? Updated December 5th, 2004. This page introduces new machinists and mechanics to the Morse Taper tooling used on modern drill presses. Most beginners would ask "why should this matter?" This tooling allows the user to use the drill press the way they want to use it, while those who don't understand what Morse Taper tooling is for are severely handicapped for it. Plenty of pictures make this introduction pleasant and quick. Photos of the morse taper used in both older style drills as well as modern style drills. This article gives the reader a complete description of how the Morse Taper works and how to identify drills using the Morse Taper. Using the material presented on this page, the reader can obtain MT tooling on their own, set it up, and use it on any drill so equipped.
The Standard #2 Drill Chuck. An antique drill chuck seen on many antique tool catalogs with drill presses. This chuck came with my Otto Canedy New #16. It is cleaned up and shown here both assembled and disassembled.
The Post Drill. So what do you do if you need to drill a steel machine part and don't have electricity or don't want to use a hand drill. Well you drill it on your post drill. Post drills were made around the turn of the century and are basically hand cranked drill presses that resemble modern drill presses, except that they had no post or frame to allow them to stand on the floor by themselves. It was a simple matter to ship one of these to a farmer or small rural shop, where the owner would set them up on a board and bolt them to a post or beam in his barn or shop. Many could also be hooked up through a belt, to a line shaft if the shop was so equipped.
Jacobs Drill Chuck. Updated December 5th, 2004. On this page is detailed the cleaning and restoration of an old No. 3 Jacobs heavy duty drill chuck, and the replacement of the chuck jaws. Anyone who has ever wondered what a Jacobs chuck looks like inside, and anyone who has a chuck with worn or stuck parts will find this page of interest. Tips and photos of chuck disassembly, inside the parts, and installation and removal of arbors is described in text and photo. Sources for info and parts are given as well.
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