Found this in my grandmothers basement after doing some work

>>1220064
>Any knowledge from /diy/?
looks like a drill. this one looks a bit heavy and cumbersome to hold so probably put it on a table or 'bench' (technical term for table).
if you plug it in the bit at the front should spin around. pull on the handles to make the spinning bit go up and down.
used for making holes, the bit at the very bottom of the spinner can be swapped to make different sized holes but you need a special key.

>>1220064
>old drill press
>only 4 holes in shame circle

you got a winner

>>1220067

they say a good sense of humor is a sign of intelligence.

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>>1220067
;)


Serial plate, model 1-944. Can't date it though.

>>1220074
doesn't have a contact email on it anywhere for customer services?

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>>1220085
I think it is hidden in a qr code. Try scanning all over it for the qr, sometimes its not super obvious that it's a qr.

>>1220074

Either your grandma enjoys editing Wikipedia or that's not an actual serial number but a model number.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker-Turner

>>1220093
tbf to OP, deapsite EXACT SAME pegboard background etc., the yet-another-other one in Wikipedia also looks like its 1/944 stamped, and OPs appears to be missing bottom ID plate screw etc. Maybe Walker-Turner just couldn't into serial numbers, must have been fuck confusing tho.

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>>1220064
You my friend are about to fall down what we like to call "the slippery slope". There is no going back:
http://www.owwm.org/

>>1220107

cool site. I bet they can tell OP anything he wants to know.

this seems a bit fucked though: " Please note, no Asian made machines may be discussed on any of the forums. "

What if my grandad snagged some cool machinery in post war japan?

>>1220112

Easy, you know where you can stick it

>>1220114

fair enough, I realize I'm on 4chan.

some of us value quality and excellence, some others value what nation your mom was in when she pushed you out of her vagina.

no problem bro, I can mingle on all levels.

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>>1220112
Couple more OWWM I restored to operation

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>>1220193
You will find the manual for your drill press on that site

>>1220107
>http://www.owwm.org/
>" Please note, no Asian made machines may be discussed on any of the forums. "

Thanks for giving me a new place to troll the tits off 'em

triggered boomers are hilarious

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>>1220196
haven't gotten around to this one yet.

>>1220197
Only they ain't boomers. The guys on that group hate Asians for more than just cheap knock-off machinery.

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>>1220107
Noce. Just picked up its little brother for 3t bucks today. Fully operational

Uh.
What.
Did you post this, OP?
http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=183924

>>1220213
I have two of those 8 inchers in pieces in my barn. One has the original motor.

>>1220223
That is a different machine.

>>1220245
Whoops.
So it is.

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>>1220213
>Fully operational

>>1220213
That feed roller setup looks interesting...

>>1220480
Haven't used it yet but it's easy enough to remove

>>1220426
Starts and cuts. So far

>>1220207
Very old Boice-Crane, wonder how many fingers have been snicker snacked on

>>1220064
You lucky f'ing bastard...

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>>1220064
Here's the shitty Chinese drill press I'm trying to make useful.

Got a better clamp and table on it now, so it doesn't flex while I'm drilling. (Pressure from the handle made the table flex or even rotate before)

Still need to replace the column (it's thin wall tubing, so thin it egg shapes from the set screws keeping the head from pulling off), and make the base heavier or make a new one.

Then comes the fun part, the spindle bearings, shaft, and motor pulleys. Motor is obviously too weak too.

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>>1221620
Rate my DIY table?

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>>1221620
I once paid $40 for an old 12 inch Craftsman mohawk drill press. Why invest so much time and money polishing that turd when you can buy better off of CL if you just keep a weather eye out? Picture related, from google.

>>1221659
no one uses craigslist in my area

>>1221621
+10 what did you use?

>>1221591
Many. Came from the Philly Navy yard. Has transmission for dual use. Wood and metal. Not sure it's Boice Crane unless they removed logos for military contract.

>>1221759
like 3/8 or 1/2 flat plate of hot rolled (it hasn't rusted yet, it might have actually been a low grade stainless), used a worn out bridgeport to fly-cut the top halfway flat (it still looks worse than most end-mill finishes)

1/2 slots (original had 5/8 just ain't too worried about it)

3/4 through-hole (two of them), one was a fucked up calculation, but it will work well if I want to drop a bolt into it to act as a stop.

the clamp part was a heavy rectangle of random shit I found in a junk pile, it looked like the end had been sheared off by god knows how much force, or maybe it was originally hammer forged. 3" by 6" by 2" probably

the two vertical "slots" on each side of the clamp near the through-hole act as a flexure, it was necessary because of the force required to squeeze that big block to lock it.

luckily 1/8" off each side near the hole loosened it up quite a bit.

3 flat-head screws hold the table to the clamp, clamp bar wasn't long enough for a different attachment method.

haven't made an attached handle to lock it down yet (still using a socket head cap screw), it doesn't rotate by design, the old table would rotate under normal use and tightening the bolt wouldn't stop it, was hot chink garbage (how often have you needed to rotate the table on a drill press?)