Thread: Waldown ?? You need a real drill press.

Got me interested. Can`t wait for next installment.

That's a beast!
Looks belt driven. Does the foot lever raise and lower the drill?

That is a beautiful looking piece

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

Originally Posted by OldGrain

Got me interested. Can`t wait for next installment.

Thanks Old Grain, more just as soon as I get near a computer to down load all these pic's !

Originally Posted by hiroller

That's a beast!
Looks belt driven. Does the foot lever raise and lower the drill?

Yes it does, it has a side handle also but the previous owner took it of one day as he was using the foot pedal and it sconned him on the head poor fellow.

Originally Posted by DaveTTC

That is a beautiful looking piece

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

Thanks Dave, yes it even looks good in such bad condition, just imagine a coat of paint on the old girl !!

Melbourne Matty

Very nice Matty - that will look great restored.

Any thoughts on toolholding ? A chuck of some kind ?

Regards
John

Lovely machine Matty, love the concentric handles, that is a nice touch! Bit of a bugger about the table being cracked though, has it distorted at all?

If you ever need it baby sat

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

Originally Posted by jcge

Very nice Matty - that will look great restored.

Any thoughts on toolholding ? A chuck of some kind ?

Regards
John

John, its funny you should ask, I am still waiting on a box of small parts from the Previous owner, and some where in there is the large chuck !
I'll know more when it all comes together...

Melbourne Matty.

Matty. Ate tou coming to the wood show next wrrk

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

Originally Posted by DaveTTC

If you ever need it baby sat

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

Thanks Dave, thats a great offer ..lol
I had better make sure its all cleaned up and going first, can't have this thing misbehaving on you !
The first thing we got into was bending the lever fork back straight, being cast it could not be a cold bend like I did with the thread.
Rob (Auscab) came up with the suggestion of heating it up on his forge and so with the help of peter (lightwood) we pushed ahead and got this part red hot.
It was a cold winters night, and there's nothing like a warm forge and a few cleansing ail's whilst doing the job.
Once we had the part hot all it took was an F clamp and a flat steel bench to bring it back to shape.




Melbourne Matty

Originally Posted by sion.dovey

Lovely machine Matty, love the concentric handles, that is a nice touch! Bit of a bugger about the table being cracked though, has it distorted at all?

Glad you asked Sion, the table was a bit of a bugger, but I managed to get a good job out of it in the end.
Here is how I went about it step by step ....


Here was the break, the previous owner was very upset with the fire crew because they hosed water over the machine when it was hot resulting in this crack right through the middle.


First step was to bevel of the join in order to open the area to be welded up and allow for better weld penetration.


Then joining the two pieces back together and jigging up with clamps and straight edges to ensure a flat surface.


After pre heating the area some small Tac welds are done just to secure one side from movement.


Same process repeated on the other side so the welds pull the work evenly from both sides.


So proud ...lol


The under side cleaned up ready for more heat and longer bigger welds.



Did I Mention heat ? Plenty of it, its interesting to watch the cast sweat, blue is also a good colour to watch for a temperature.


Melbourne Matty.

The Larger runs of weld on the underside of the top.


More heat, and the full welds done over the top, long duration welds, chewed through a heap of the nickel rods, not cheep.


Then ground down with an abrasive flap disk, grinding disc's are too harsh and can risk taking too much material out.


Being a drill press the holes in the top were shame full, I decided to fill them all up except the larger factory fixing holes, they stay.


The top looking better, a little more filling and grinding and possibly a surface grind or milled to finish.


The finished weld on the underside, I will not be grinding this side flush, the welds are neat, and not really seen.

Melbourne Matty.

Nice job! So you used TIG? Do you have a more complete description for the nickel rods? How hard is the weld compared to the original cast iron?

I have a couple of repairs coming up in cast iron, a Waldown drill table and a thread repair on the same machine, so keen to learn what I can from your experience.

Graham.