Identify this vintage drill press?

[Michael Kellough]

I’ve never seen another exactly like it.

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With the sliding head and sliding table (keeping the hole on axis with the bit as it slides) this thing can drill a hole about two feet deep.

I bought this about 40 years ago and managed to get it home in my minivan. And then into my basement.

I used it a for a while (the motor is weak) but bought an old Delta drill bench drill press (about a half century newer) and used the Delta instead.

About 5 years ago I moved this big guy and some other machines to another location for storage (taking advantage of a gantry Id built to bring in a big etching press for my wife) and discovered that the bundle weighs over 500 pounds.

The bundle includes the dolly attached to the base and the half dozen sash weights (shrink wrapped in green) that counterbalance the sliding table.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

It is definitely cool looking, but I have never seen anything even remotely like it. My floor-model drill press is a Delta, from the 1930s, way different.
You would think that something with such an elaborate casting would have some brand marking?

 

[Michael Kellough]

You’d think there would be markings but I never found any.

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[Crazyraceguy]

Definitely a cool looking machine. I hope you do find out something useful.

 

[Michael Kellough]

It is a nice design, visually and functionally. Just needs some light rust removal and a basic electrical upgrade.

And it’s free for the taking [member=3891]WarnerConstCo.[/member] or anyone else.

 

[Cheese]

Here are a couple of your drill presses siblings Michael.  [smile]

A Buffalo Forge and an Excelsior.

The Buffalo appears to be a newer version of yours just looking at the post, the table and the base. It also has the pulley and weight system that you have.

The Excelsior is just plain different although the castings appear to be more similar to the vintage of yours.

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[Michael Kellough]

Did some more poking around the internet and there is some similarity to Charles G. Allen drills.

 

[Michael Kellough]

Seriously, this is free to anyone who has the means to take it away.

It’s in storage at a place with truck height loading docks and there is a long aluminum ramp to take stuff down to pavement.

 

[hdv]

I'd seriously love to be able to add such a beauty to my collection of tools. But I am on the other side of that big drop of water. Too bad...