minimonsta22
Plastic
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help me i.d this machine?
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Harold Mulder
Hot Rolled
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- Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario, Canada
Tyrone Shoelaces
Diamond
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- Apr 19, 2006
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- Manchester, England
Nice looking pillar drill.
Regards Tyrone.
Regards Tyrone.
minimonsta22
Plastic
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- Jul 3, 2018
Any idea what its worth?
cyanidekid
Titanium
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- Jun 4, 2016
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- Brooklyn NYC
3 cents a pound
Joe Michaels
Diamond
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- Apr 3, 2004
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- Shandaken, NY, USA
Hump Back Barnes drill. Worth nothing to anyone operating a shop as a business as this old drill requires a lot of oiling with an oil can before use, and would need a lot of guards and safety devices to bring it into compliance with current OSHA regulations.
As old as it is, it is a "sloppy" machine tool, chances are bearings in it are loose, as is the fit of the spindle to the head. To someone needing a heavy drill press for work such as drilling holes in structural steel or in a blacksmith shop, this old drill might still see some use. As to cost, $100-$200 would be about the range. Condition of the drill is impossible to determine from the photos posted by the OP. Typically, a drill of this type will have seen hard use, and the table will often have a lot of extra holes drilled into it, along with a lot of wear in the fit between the spindle quill and the head of the machine. When drilling a hole with this type of drill in the kind of condition that is almost normal for it at this point in time, it is not uncommon to see the spindle and quill moving in an "orbit" relative to the head of the drill when drilling a hole. It is a brute of an old drill, and fine for jobs like pushing drills thru structural steel or making parts like trailer hitches, truck frame work, or farm implement work. It is not a machine tool to put into a machine shop doing fine work, and turns too slow to run smaller diameter drills. Just an old brute of a drill that likely is kind of loose and sloppy. When running, the gearing will likely make a racket, and the machine will drop or leak oil. It was never designed as a machine with a sealed/filled gearcase, so needs a lot of manual oiling and will sling, leak, or otherwise lose oil out any opening.
As old as it is, it is a "sloppy" machine tool, chances are bearings in it are loose, as is the fit of the spindle to the head. To someone needing a heavy drill press for work such as drilling holes in structural steel or in a blacksmith shop, this old drill might still see some use. As to cost, $100-$200 would be about the range. Condition of the drill is impossible to determine from the photos posted by the OP. Typically, a drill of this type will have seen hard use, and the table will often have a lot of extra holes drilled into it, along with a lot of wear in the fit between the spindle quill and the head of the machine. When drilling a hole with this type of drill in the kind of condition that is almost normal for it at this point in time, it is not uncommon to see the spindle and quill moving in an "orbit" relative to the head of the drill when drilling a hole. It is a brute of an old drill, and fine for jobs like pushing drills thru structural steel or making parts like trailer hitches, truck frame work, or farm implement work. It is not a machine tool to put into a machine shop doing fine work, and turns too slow to run smaller diameter drills. Just an old brute of a drill that likely is kind of loose and sloppy. When running, the gearing will likely make a racket, and the machine will drop or leak oil. It was never designed as a machine with a sealed/filled gearcase, so needs a lot of manual oiling and will sling, leak, or otherwise lose oil out any opening.
