Help. Antique drill press

Tscjcampbell · Sep 10, 2020

I just picked up a old drill press but I can’t identify it. There is no name plate or info plate at all. The base that it sits on appears to be home made, the motor mount is a “addition” bolted to the back of the drill press. And there is a counter weight in the center tube that attaches to the quill with a chain to return it to the home position.

Legamin · Sep 10, 2020

I was able to get some information off a 1730’s vintage beam post manual drill press by acid etching the manufacture’s serial stamp and raising the letters through a badly pitted partially rusted away plate on the base. The electrolytic process pulled oxidized particles out of the surface which raised the dense compressed metal under the original stamping. If that is the original motor the casing might hold some information from this method.

Andy FitzGibbon · Sep 10, 2020

Looks like one head off a gang drill with a homemade table. Can't ID it, unfortunately.

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Robert Lang · Sep 10, 2020

It looks like a Henry & Wright of Hartford CT.

Rob

Joe in NH · Sep 11, 2020

Robert Lang said:
It looks like a Henry & Wright of Hartford CT.

Rob

I would concur. Check out style similarities at Henry & Wright Manufacturing Co. - History | VintageMachinery.org

Joe in NH

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Help. Antique drill press

Tscjcampbell

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Legamin

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Andy FitzGibbon

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Robert Lang

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Joe in NH

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