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A good friend gave me an old drill press. It came from a local machine shop. I'm thrilled. I love antiques and this might be older than myself. The motor and spindle are free, but the chuck and vertical feed are rusted stuck. The table also, probably.

I'll spray it down with penetrating oil and deal with it next week.

With out pictures?!?! Sure you did!!

Pics mosyt definately needed, now if you post a 1980's Chicago Electric we are going to be disappointed!

Can't make out the nameplate.

I got a little impatient, and with an hour of effort, half a can of penetrating oil, and some marvel mystery oil, it works fine.

I need a chuck key for it.

Nice score!!!

You'll be surprised just how much you end up using it. After a chuck key, the next thing to look into is a good cross slide drill press vice.



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Does it have a Morse tapered spindle or does the chuck screw on? I've seen drill presses of that type that are set up both ways. Some chucks are held on with a very short self holding taper on the spindle instead of threads.

If it has the Morse taper, the chuck will be mounted on a tapered arbor that can be popped loose with a thin wedge. You can get larger bits with a Morse taper that just pop into the spindle.

Looks like a nice score.

I'll have to take a look at it. There seems to be some lock collar with set screws just above the chuck.

When the weather cools down some, I might get motivated enough to tear it down and clean it up proper.

Very nice new to you drill press and even better you got it working so quickly!

Nice looking old press. Good to hear the oil loosened it up. Old stuff like that can be better for precision as long as the metal isn't deeply eroded. I personally prefer older than 1960 cast iron, american made wood working tools to anything I can afford to buy new today

Kinda looks like an old Atlas.
Pics kinda fuzzy to tell for sure.. but it don't matter - it'll be a working machine for a long time.

Good score for you!