jerholz
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Sep 24, 2015
- Location
- Dallas, Tx
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Not mine and I don't know the seller. Here's what he says.
"Old line shaft drill press, not frozen, converted to electric, does not operate. I will scrap this if nobody is interested."
Only wants $100.
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Garwood, get the sense you are not a "save the old iron" guy! Hell, it may have helped us win WWII. Andy, I've never seen tapping clutch before. If wasn't about a 14 hr one way drive for this old Oregonian, I would seriously consider a rescue mission. We are an old American tool desert out here on the Left coast, for sure.
where do you put the 19" column Carlton that actually is the pinnacle of craftsmanship?
I realize it was a rhetorical question, but put the 19" Carlton in the junk yard. At 30,000#, it has real scrap value. There are very few people who can afford the rigging and the cost of the square footage in a reasonable building the drill will require. And those who can afford it already have one.
Drills of this style were made well after the introduction of high speed steel.I agree with you. My 19" Carlton example is very extreme. I used it because I was offered a pristine one for free with a truckload of tooling if I gave it a home. I passed for the reasons you stated.
A better example would be a smaller radial drill. 9" column machines from top makers usually sell in the $1000-$1500 range, but I have seen a few decent little Carltons sell on craigslist under $500. Something like that would consume a similar footprint to the flat belt thing this thread is about, be manageable to move and be vastly more useful.
I guess I've seen many of the best-of-the-best manual machines scrapped while these crude relics of prehistoric carbon steel days are given space instead.
Drills of this style were made well after the introduction of high speed steel.
I guess everyone should scrap their Model A Fords and Harley flathead motorcycles. Those prehistoric relics also have no use today.
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They don't in a producing machine shop.
Is your daily driver a Model "A" ?
Drills of this style were made well after the introduction of high speed steel.
I guess everyone should scrap their Model A Fords and Harley flathead motorcycles. Those prehistoric relics also have no use today.
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Kind of a poor comparison, vintage machinery that a machinist would use pretty much has no value beyond it's usefulness to cut metal. They don't have any collector's value, like antique vehicles.
Drills of this style were made well after the introduction of high speed steel.
I guess everyone should scrap their Model A Fords and Harley flathead motorcycles. Those prehistoric relics also have no use today.
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Kind of a poor comparison, vintage machinery that a machinist would use pretty much has no value beyond it's usefulness to cut metal. They don't have any collector's value, like antique vehicles.
This wasn't posted in the antiques section. It was moved here for those making comments without realizing that part.
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