Drill Press Restoration Part 1 - Teardown

[@kevingarrett1433]

Also a 16mm one fits in the back of the headstock spindle . I use it as a quick and dirty way to attach a handle to hand crank the lathe.

[@steamsearcher]

I have just got a bench model Tuesday. Helped into the car with it superbly. BUT I resorted to taking it apart to get it into the Garage. Now in pieces it is far easier to handle and very portable. The column is a surprise no wonder they are just so heavy!!! Enjoying your teardown. David and Lily Reading England.

[@therealjoe111]

Safety squints were fully engaged during that spring removal! haha more videos!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha, thanks Joseph!

[@edgeeffect]

I like that bit where your camera "fought to maintain focus" on the chuck (3:25) it looks like a dramatic zoom with "dun dun daaah!" music. ;) "Only a moron would try to pry something with a screwdriver" (lowers head in shame) Excellent video... good mix of humour and good, honest garden-shed engineering.

[@ShainAndrews]

Subscribed. Just blasted through your lath restoration. Thank you for taking the time to capture your work, and share with us.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Awesome Canada references! Spot of AvE and South Park. Came here from the Land Rover, Rodney and Myford playlists. Just stunningly thorough work. Love the mistake klaxon.

[@GentlemanFinn1974]

Good work! Seeing you bring the old lathe back to life. Is like good music in the ears, and a cold beer on a hot summer day. Many greetings from the cold north (Denmark)

[@markharrisllb]

This is my third or fourth time of watching this series and it gets better each time.

[@cwabok]

love this guy's taste in music

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha, thanks Adrian.

[@cwabok]

Geoffrey Croker awe np man

[@ninalli]

I have the same drill and was wanting to refurbish mine. Your films have been great to enable me to do this! Thankyou. Also great choice of music in the introduction!

[@Killerx1561]

2:53 I think that "Skokum" sounded familiar @AVE

[@GeoffreyCroker]

It's just what I found when I googled "most famous canadian says skookum".

[@Polywog84]

"Release the shmoooo" :D

[@Peterjohn32]

Killerx156 haha I wasn't the only one who that

[@bushmanPMRR]

I don't think "Keep your dick in a vice" would exactly fit the video's narrative ;-)

[@TheSlvrSurfer]

Oh hell Yeah! pumped for a new series from you bud. Love the quality of work you put in.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Silver Surfer

[@MitchellBumgarner]

"Sheeeeaiiiittttttttt" *thud* ..... "That's solid. It was heavier than I expected." Hahaha that immediately got my thumbs up. I'm very glad I had sub'd! Great job!

[@elams1894]

Well done Geoffrey! Good to see fellow kiwi tool restorers on YT. Have a great day. I subbed for the dry humor and look fwd to seeing more cool old school tools!

[@Mayala285]

Hand tool rescue recommended us your channel 👍

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha, yeah I got the notification. I've given him my thanks. Welcome aboard Hand Tool fans!

[@lonniewhite258]

I started a drill press resto, and found the channel looking for info. My restoration will take a little longer now! That's a dam nice machine, I'm jealous but happy with my old atlas for now

[@billcarroll8483]

Hi, I have an old drill press with an oil leek down the quill. Looked up on You tube and found your amazing set of videos. Even more amazing ... my drill press is the Progress exactly the same as yours. Your videos are fantastic anyway but, for me, even more relevant.... Waiting with baited breath for the re-assembly.... (the Myford is brill as well , again, I have the same machine!!!!)

[@migo-migo9503]

This must have been an ordeal but the end product looks amazing. Would love to see it in person. Superb job on everything!

[@AleksandrePertaia]

Nice project mate. I've tried to pull up something similar with my dad's old drill press couple of times, but I always get stuck at the stage of removing shaft and inside gears. Think I'll give another try after watching this video

[@GermanToolReviews]

Cool project, I like your filming style.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks GTR!

[@BlackBeardProjects]

Very very very nice man! Can't wait for next part! Great video

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Black Beard

[@scottyboy7462]

love your filming and editing. i subscribed after the first 2 minutes.. keep up the excellent thorough and thoughtful work. spot on!!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Scott. Glad to have you aboard!

[@growingknowledge]

Great start. looking forward to watching this come together.

[@SupercarSeany]

I want to drink a beer with this man.

[@StephenFarthing]

This is a very handy video. I’ve just inherited a floor mounted one from my late father.

[@bobferranti5222]

Absolutely loved the commentary and the whole video!

[@johndavies2396]

The best instructional video on you tube and great entertainment keep up the good work cheers

[@nordicphyromaniac]

Your videos are so awesome and i love the attention you give to make sure its understood what is happening

[@Ridge911Tube]

5:37 ... this is why your videos are top notch. New things to see and laugh with even after multiple viewings.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha, cheers Ridge

[@dixonqwerty]

Awesome! Can't wait to see the end result on this one. You did an amazing job on the Myford lathe.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks dixonqwerty

[@1myfriendjohn]

This is just perfect relaxation watching this!

[@bryanthompson3839]

Cool mate. I really enjoyed that. Keep up the great work. Your inspiring me to clean up my old drill press.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Bryan.

[@johngoodwin34]

Full of admiration from a woodturner that from a young age wanted a Myford ML7 or 8.

[@3PH]

Nice work! I'm looking forward to following this resto!

[@HulloItzMe]

Great reaction. "Sheeeyiiiiut!"

[@HENZEK1]

8:40 Welding a nut on the bearing then using a slide hammer on it works great when dealing with annoying bearings like that one.

[@750triton]

Marathon watched all 10 this evening. Enginerd I suppose. I have one of these in my workshop/garage. It's noisy but I don't have the facilities or the funds to sort that out just yet. It's served me well for 30 years after I converted to single phase 240V and sorted out a few other bits, one day I'll service it properly

[@nitramretep]

That is almost as hard as the Myford rehab. I hope you are able to post Part II, it should be very enlightening! Thanks for the video.

[@kevingarrett1433]

Don't know if this is helpful, but I use an expanding concrete anchor ( Rawlbolt) to grip inside bearings.

[@billyb4223]

Interesting project, I'm in NZ too so I was delighted to find a Fobco Star here which is on my workbench now earning its keep. It's very tatty but mechanically and electrically sound. I was going to repaint it but I recently bought a Colchester Bantam mk1 from 1975 (one of the final 250 of the mk1 series), and bigger projects always take priority here!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha, nice. Good luck with the projects.

[@kerryjones534]

I was eagerly awaiting another series! Nice start.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Kerry

[@rashanikcreations4335]

I just like to know how is the mechanism for the vertical movement of the spindle when it's still rotating

[@MrPhaseInverter]

omg this thing is mint! even the oil is fresh.

[@yusdiy]

Great to see another project started!

[@pgs8597]

Nice lookin drill press, should come up nice. I've bent tips but never broken them off, I must be doing something wrong. Gotta love the hammer, such a useful tool. The son and I just changed a FWD wheel bearing, the press wasn't working out, so I held the hub and he persuaded it with the hammer and drift, worked a treat, sometimes you just gotta hit it. Keep up the good work. Peter

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Peter.

[@michor10]

Your videos are great! It really inspires me to fix some stuff too :D

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Awesome. Thanks Mick

[@colderwar]

I mounted the 'off' switch on my drill press so that if something went wrong and my hands were busy I could just headbutt it :-)))

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha awesome. Please send video of emergency headbutt.

[@Just1GuyMetalworks]

Awesome drill press! Awesomerer video😁.

[@Qardo]

I know I am a few months late. Yet shall we still have a moment of silence for the valor of the screwdriver that lost its life in this production. Also many others around the world. They will not be forgotten. .... Alright! Who wants beer?

[@st3althyone]

So glad to see AvE gets around!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 The “Hey, Fuck your buddy!” really got me going!!😬🤣🤣

[@sunnyr5037]

Hi Geoffrey, me again! What pin punch size did you find worked best to knock out the pin from the handle (approx.7 min into the video)? I'm guessing it's imperial size? Do I need a long drive punch, as the pin looks to be about 40mm long, so I'm guessing you need to drive the pin out completely, and the drive section of the punch needs to be as long as the pin. Thanks!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

I don't know what size, just measure the ends. It's a tapered pin, so make sure you hit the smaller end and it should just fall out as soon as it starts moving. Mine was seized in pretty tight. Just make sure you're driving it from the right end and go go for it.

[@sheep1ewe]

Perhaps it was delivered without motor because of the 110V system (and GB had 240V or the 3 phase system) but came with that cast iron plate pre installed, then some company mounted that motor and made thet adtional plate to make it fit on top of the factory made one, that would explain the construction my guess?

[@johnpossum556]

Nice... you know you can retemper the spring steel at 650 F... my old DP has a piece of chain and uses a steel counterweight to aid quill retraction.

[@sfbmcouk]

Great vid, love the music, can't wait for the next instalment.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers James

[@jeremykemp3782]

What are those small round marks that have been left @ 12.35 and 8.17? I have the same marks on my quill

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Those are from a heathen tightening set screws into the part. In this case it's just a spacer.

[@rousp]

Love your videos! Did you do this one with a manuscript or did something else different than the previous ones? The voice-over seem more contrived in this one.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Rousp. Yeah, nothing different. I struggle with the talking part.

[@rousp]

I can relate, tried making a few videos myself a while back. Couldn't stand it. I hope you conquer the talking part soon. ^^ your content is already great and it is improving rapidly. Contrived talking or not, I'll keep watching and stay subscribed.

[@celtic1522]

Now this is a great project! Will out last the both of us I reckon by years. rather than welding up the table, is there not enough meat to resurface the the thing after buttering up the deepest pits?

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks David! No, I don't think so. I'm looking forward to the welding anyway.

[@celtic1522]

douchebagnumero1 I think you meant to to tell Geoff rather than me; agreed , pre heat well in the oven and cover up with a fibreglass blanket after, keeping it out of any drafts. Chill it and you will find working it very hard.......

[@Schnellemeyer]

Excellent video - really enjoyed watching you pull it apart. - Will watch the whole series - You earned a new sub too mate.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Schnellemeyer

[@jon8864]

Can't wait for part two!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Jonathan. Better stop replying to comments and go film something then...

[@Die_Apeschrauber]

Starting a restauration video with Black sabbath....and you already got a thumb up! I really enjoy your Videos, awesome work.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Tony. I like to start everything with Black Sabbath...

[@jameslucas6589]

What’s with the SS lightning bolts?

[@MrSneakyGunz]

Great content! 👍👏

[@JustAnotherMaker]

Great to see another series. That AVE shows up everywhere… that's not a bad thing at all. Keep your……

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha cheers. and I will...

[@SLAUGHTYBAUDFAUST]

I love the picture of the horse on the nameplate for horsepower!

[@derrickc.1810]

Is that the SS insignia at 2:12

[@davewilliams355]

Can't wait, love these videos

[@GeoffreyCroker]

I better work fast then! Thanks Dave

[@christopherbishop4339]

You've won a subscriber! good video!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Christopher

[@peterfritzsche4654]

Can't wait to watch the rest of this series wahoo

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Peter

[@tinkeringinthailand8147]

I'm in the process of renovating an old Shatp drill press, mine will only be in 3 parts :)

[@mikeyzs]

Just stumbled onto your videos, and I think they're great, I've just watched everything on your channel. Your attention to detail reminds me of clickspring, your humour of electroboom and your re-assembly of James May, but you've got something unique combining them all. I've subscribed and I hope you make lots more videos! You've kind of inspired me to restore a SIP Migmate 130 I was gifted some years ago and is in similar "furry" condition.

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Mikeyzs

[@T3hJones]

Nice project and nice Black Sabbath :).

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Haha, Cheers

[@seancarlindesigns1431]

Love the dry humor!

[@GeoffreyCroker]

what humour

[@PiotrSarnacki]

I don't know what to make of the SS insignia near the "high voltage" ;)

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Neither do I, now that you mention it...

[@hardsoup1]

I saw two sets of lightning bolts, for high voltage. I can see it both ways though. media.victorystore.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/700x700/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/w/a/warning-high-voltage-stock-corrugated-plastic-sign-18x24.jpg

[@gavinsteven2157]

Nice one Geoffrey. At least the gearbox oil was nice and clean....

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Thanks Gavin.The oil still stunk though! hate the smell of some transmission oil.

[@mikeyzs]

I think they mix it with cat urine so you don't confuse it with engine oil...

[@YR7A]

ahh yes electric funeral. love your taste in music man!!!

[@diggmore1362]

You can purchase a new quill spring from gate machinery in London they used to supply Elliott machinery and can also supply an owners manual. . A lot of the Elliott 2GS drill presses used to leak oil via the seals down the quill and on to the chuck Spraying the operator on startup. But that said they are a very good machine

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Yeah, mine had a drip of oil on the chuck. Hopefully I can stop that.

[@diggmore1362]

I think you can put in two seals instead of just the one unless the seal contact surface is worn

[@Rolingmetal]

That's a serious drill press. Very nice :)

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Rolingmetal

[@SteveM000100]

The "Skookum" and the "Fuck you buddy!" were worth a subscription alone eh?

[@AlexanderGullan]

Yes. New series!

[@ronsteelable9405]

5:38 safety squints?

[@codprawn]

A lot more complex than I realised - they def dont build them like this anymore! I am trying to buy one for myself.

[@clypeum5063]

where can i find those old tools?

[@johnnyr1720]

Bank Holiday today .... Gonna have me a 'Binge on Geoffrey' day.

[@janosnagyj.9540]

11:22 That HEAVY metal hammering, wow 👌

[@steveman1982]

Black Sabbath? *Edit* it is indeed :)

[@eloyworkshop541]

Very good friend!!

[@PearsonHurst]

I love that the data plate says 3/4 then a picture of a horse (or possibly it's a unicorn, who knows what the Brits use to measure motor output).

[@westieBrucedavidson]

like the reference to aVe mate good luck with this beast

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Badbruce

[@D3F3R]

You got new sub, can't wait for the next part! When is it coming?

[@farfaraway40]

Awesome man keep it up

[@Sorcli]

Just curious, how much did you pay for it?

[@GeoffreyCroker]

300 NZ

[@brandonjarrard6780]

Slide hammer for the bearings

[@zafaradil3548]

High voltage box has,SS WAFFEN insignia.why?

[@davidhinson917]

Zafar Adil jhhg

[@rille47]

Nice video, good job.

[@federicoae7671]

@3:32 I thought it was about to release the schmoo

[@noquedaniuno]

make your life easier: Get some T handle hex and torx keys. They really work great for this kind of work

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Yes, I really should. I think that every time I use a normal hex key.

[@daddywoofdawg]

that slide hammer set-up I would have used your engine hoist to pull it out instead of a hammer.

[@Loszmi]

Black Sabbath!!!!

[@flyingby3703]

How ya doin? I would love to do sth similar, but you take it to the next level! And I don't have the necessary stuff or even something to restore :(

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Patrick. I'm sure you can find something small to start fixing, and then use that to fix something bigger...

[@eckenheim435]

Now i'm disappointed... I went on your channel after watching this video and the next part isn't there yet.. Just kidding. Great job and great video! Looking forward for the next video. Greetings vom Germany

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Michael. Next one's coming...

[@bushmanPMRR]

Let's be honest here, you could do a restoration on a Barbie Doll and still make it interesting and humourous! Cheers!

[@dejanbrice8774]

Been waiting for a new video from you for a while. Made me smile when I saw your name pop up! Any plans on what's next after the press?

[@GeoffreyCroker]

Cheers Dejan! Yes, but I'll keep them as a surprise. One of them is big and green and ugly - but I have a few smaller projects in the queue.