Early New Haven Mfg. Co. Drill Press

I have this posted in my thread on the Early New Haven Mfg. Co. planer,
but I thought I would also start a new thread to make this drill more searchable.

I just (November 6th) picked up an early New Haven Mfg. drill press.
I believe it is in the 1855 to 1860 timeframe.
Picked it up near Cleveland Ohio.
The guy I bought it from had bought it at an auction in Ohio.
He is interested in steam engines and old iron.
When he got the drill home he found out it would not stand up in his garage.
The drill is 8' 6 1/2" high. So he decided to sell it.

It had some sort of a taper in the spindle, which has been modified.
It was bored out straight and a Morse taper sleeve (extension sleeve) fitted in with a collar,
set screwed over it to lock it to the spindle.
There is a little bit of the original taper left. I have not been able to check the exact taper yet.
Bigger than a Morse 2, but smaller than a Morse 3 and longer.
Attached illustration is from an 1898 article on old and new machine tool design.
It shows a larger New Haven drill with power down feed.
The author does not say where the picture was taken but some of the other pictures were taken in a shop in Ohio.
The drill has the same modified spindle.
Also an illustration of a smaller New Haven Mfg. drill of the same timeframe.
Also the drill press picture enginebill posted in the Early New Haven Mfg. Co. planer thread,
which I now believe is a New Haven Mfg. drill and an illustration of an 1860's New Haven Mfg. drill.

Rob

Pictures of the drill. These are from the seller.

Rob

More pictures.

Rob

Last of the pictures.

Rob

A New Haven Manufacturing Co. broadside showing this drill press.
It is the No.2 back geared drill.
This broadside is about 1860, but many of the cuts are earlier.
Also it shows the No.1 back geared drill, and a picture of one that still exist.
The cuts of these two drills are a little earlier.

Rob

Better scans of the two drills.

Rob