Thread: Waldown 1962 Drill Press Restoration WIP

Thanks Camo it gives me a base length, then all I need to do as add on the length for the threaded ends and I will have my number.

Its okay with the stainless steel, I found a group a little up the road from me who sell 1/2" SS for $9 a meter with a minimum of only 2 meters.

Originally Posted by thumbsucker

I found a group a little up the road from me who sell 1/2" SS for $9 a meter with a minimum of only 2 meters.

Wow!! Clearly the guys at my end have just a bit of a mark up

I called the powder coaters today seeking an update, they say they will have the drill press done by the end of this week and hopefully early next week it will be back in my custody.

The drill press came back from the powder coaters today.

I set about assembling it.

I am very happy with the colour it is less grey and more baby blue then the paper sample.

The next item on my list is to make the 1/2" Stainless Steel Rod for capstan lever and to get a back plate laser cut so that I can mount the VFD. I also need to make changes to the motor foot. I tried a few local motor repair shops to see if they had a motor foot the same size as the mounting point on the drill press but no luck. So I am thinking of welding on some sheet metal to the motor foot making it larger so it could fit the mounting points on the drill press.

Wow it's really coming together now
Second hand and better than brand new
Why don't you bring it to the Melbourne get together
Na better not is in an RSL CLUB
MATT

Wow! It's looking great. I never would have thought that a colour resembling baby blue would work an a machine tool, but it does.

What's that ring of weld?

Maybe I missed it earlier in the thread, but what did you use to fill the rust pits in the belt guard prior to powdercoating?

Graham.

Originally Posted by Oldbikerider

what did you use to fill the rust pits in the belt guard prior to powdercoating?

Nothing - we stripped it then it was sand blasted and the powder coated, the powder coating is 0.5 mm thick and it seems to have filled most of the surface irregularities. There are a few spots /depressions I can see on the sheetmetal enclosed but they are minor. Considering how bad it was pitted in places it turned out good.

If the manufacturing of a new sheet metal enclosure was cost effective / affordable I would have opted to replace it completely.

My hope is to have a machine that is better then what the machine came off the the factory floor.

I think the baby blue works because there is just enough metallic grey in the blue.

The sheet metal enclosure had a hole cut in it. So that the head could be dropped down below the top of the post.

This is what it looked like:

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This is the inside the weld had to be kept to keep the sheetmetal insert secure

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This is what it looks like on the top its seamless.

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Sorry thumbsucker
But why did the weld bead have to be kept on the inside to
Not trying to rub anyone the wrong way
It's just I coming from ten years doing Auto restoration and that was common repair for us when cutting out rust

I am not a metal worker. So I just took the advice given to me.

I was told that it would be stronger. If the well on the inside was ground away there may not be enough to support hold the patch.

Anyway its on the inside and will never been seen.

True it is on the inside

Also would love to see it all finished

Originally Posted by thumbsucker

I was told that it would be stronger. If the well on the inside was ground away there may not be enough to support hold the patch.

Anyway its on the inside and will never been seen.

If the weld has good penetration, it should not need the bead to support the patch - however, as you say, it's on the inside and won't be seen.

Nice looking drill press BTW.

Cheers, Vann.

I hope to have the machine finished and operational in the next two week. Just a few more minor jobs. I will post back with updates.

Like I said it is really looking great