Atlas Benchtop Drill Press

Long hair can get caught in a drill press. Our purpose is to provide information about vintage machinery that is generally difficult to locate. I still am using my 1963 sears drill press that i bought new for 12500 on sale.
atlas benchtop drill press

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Atlas benchtop drill press. They can be bolted into a hard surface such as a workbench stand or possibly the floor. 1960 ad for atlas tablesaw jointer and drill press. You may know a drill press by other names such as a bench drill press or floor drill press. Here i am covering the current condition and features of the machine my plans for its restoration and testing of the electric motor.

Components include the base column the table quill or spindle and the head of the equipment. Most benchtop drill presses have pre drilled bolt holes in the base. The style of the logo is identical to those for atlas press and they were very likely atlass canadian subsidiary. I just had no place to put itso regretfully sold it.

The old dps sound so much better. The press has a table lift screw to adjust the height. Drill press given me by a friend a while back. It has an atlas 12 hp super power motor.

115230 volts 60 cycle 1725 rpm single phase 118g frame and 7638 amps. It had a tilting table. I knew one of the bearings was bad and upon disassembly realized they were all spun. I think i was making 250 an hour.

Atlas model 74 drill press. Vintage atlas drill press watlas 12hp super power motor model 1060 works great up for consideration is a vintage atlas model 1060 drill press in great working condition. This is an atlas press co. Never put material on the table or make any adjustments to the drill press while the power is on.

I had an older bench model sears drill press that was nicer than my 1963. Part 9 pulleys and first power up duration. General international 12 commercial benchtop drill press variable speed drilling machine with bulit in laser pointer vibration free 75 010 m1 by general international 39999 399. That was a fair amount of money back then.

Wear protective glasses when operating any kind of drill press. My first task was to source the bearings as if i couldnt the machine was scrap. This ad contradicts earlier information we had received that atlas press sold their woodworking machinery line in the mid 1950s. Steven lawson 15641 views.

Keep it tied back or under a hair net or hat. See the entry for atlas power tools ltd. 930 turn your drill press into a lathe scrap bin challenge ep26. Introduction to my atlas 73 standing drill press restoration.