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    Cincinnati Bickford Drill Press

    Wow, that's great! Thanks for your comments!
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    There's a couple things missing. One is a gear cover at the top, I guess thats not a big of deal. There is a socket head cap screw missing on the bottom of the quill and I ordered one and am hoping it fits without too much machining. After years of being in the oilfield, I just hate brushing up...
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    Cincinnati Bickford Drill Press

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    Cincinnati Bickford Drill Press

    Help...it only runs in reverse. Is there a forward/reverse switch? If i change polarity it runs fine. Sp im guessing only runs in forward? Please and thank you!
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    Cincinnati Bickford Drill Press

    Metalmagpie, Thanks for all the info to check! I added some pics today as ive been going through the machine a little more. Needs a lot of elbow grease to remove the decades of grime. So far, everything looks to be in order. I will keep updating my progress and add any pics that seem relevant...
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    Cincinnati Bickford Drill Press

    Joe, Thanks again for all the detail! Couple of questions... I was thinking about using my blow torch for cleaning everything. But, after reading about the babbited gears, i am afraid of getting too hot and loosening something i dobt want to loosen. Any advice on that? 2. Thanks for the tractor...
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    Thanks for the reply. The answer is my old drill press was completely worn out china junk. I needed something new and saw this. Decent price and i thought how cool is this old machine! 🤠👍 But in alo seriousness, i make some big stuff and precision is also very important. Big forsnet bits have a...
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    Cincinnati Bickford Drill Press

    Joe, thank you so much for the level of detail. I will read this and read it again, and then probably a few times after that. Thank you!
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