Vintage Delta Rockwell drill press Restoration

[@geneinman4488]

One nice Job! Your the first Guy I’ve seen use the right tools? No crescent wrench or hammer beating the heck out of everything. Brovo! Very nice job young Master.

[@davidbales8053]

Super helpful, nice job bringing a great tool back to service.

[@katkorkier3]

It turned out friggin awesome, I saw it first hand. Great job my brother ( literally) 😅

[@robscites4561]

Great job! I had one that had a smaller table and it was a great machine. I'd probably still have it if it had your table. And you are right, the post is very time consuming. I built a motorized roller to help but it still takes a while on each one.

[@alltimejackshop]

Thanks Rob. I love the big table.

[@davidhofman4341]

I bought a Delta 15 inch drill likes yours except mine is a 6+6. It only has single grove pulleys. That is 6 speed and 6 inch quill movement. It was 3 phase and no holes in the table. I installed a VFD and a movable cam and switch on the spring side spindle quill for auto motor reversal while tapping at 20hz

[@tashariddle3678]

Awesome job.

[@stecy802]

I’ve seen at least eight of this model, but never an intermediate pulley like this. There is one available from the factory, but the middle pulley has only two steps. Would be interesting to see more about this one.

[@alltimejackshop]

@@stecy802 I had a hard time finding schematics or parts diagram that matched exactly.