Thread: scrap yard lathe

Antique drill press ?

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The drill is an Advance. New they made one but never seen one before.

Nev

Originally Posted by morrisman

Antique drill press ?

Hi Mike,



That's a post drill, Joe has one that he restored, hand cranked, automatic feed (which looks like it's still there) . nice machine. If it's still there it's worth saving/restoring..

Regards
Ray

First thought was they were made by the same company that made the Advance Lathe but looks like they aren't.

Here's a No12.Silver Mfg. Co. Advance No. 12 Post Drill - Silver Mfg. Co. and Silver & Deming Mfg. Co. Drills - Gallery - I Forge Iron

Nev

That is quick work ! Yes that old Advance drill is still there , I took that pic this arvo . It is badly corroded in places , but still restorable . I'd probably get it for ten bucks . Did anyone spot the very old hand grinder on the post , with the tripod feet ?

G'day Mike,
Thats actually an old hand crank clipping or shearing machine, they were used for clipping horses and and even for shearing sheep believe it or not.
It's probably worth grabbing too as you dont see many of them around these days.
Looks like a great scrap yard to have a sticky beak in, thanks for the pics.
Cheers,
Greg.

Originally Posted by morrisman

That is quick work ! Yes that old Advance drill is still there , I took that pic this arvo . It is badly corroded in places , but still restorable . I'd probably get it for ten bucks . Did anyone spot the very old hand grinder on the post , with the tripod feet ?

HI Mike,
make sure you grab the table for it if you buy it.

Phil

Here is a piccy of a complete and restored one:

Thanks for the pic . I didn't see the table for it, but it might be there somewhere . If the table cannot be found, its probably easy enough to make up a table , looks like it might be approx. 10" diam. ? I will call in next week to grab that old drill . I've scrounged some useful stuff there in that scrap yard, it is just amazing when you see the good stuff that people throw away for scrap . What a wasteful society we live in . In a third world country , most of that stuff would be fixed up and put back into service . Mike

I suppose somewhere like China and India.

I reckon a post drill would make a pretty cool tapping machine.

You are probably lucky in Victoria that you can wander around a scrap yard, here in NSW you are generally stopped by our OH&S B#LL S##T.

Originally Posted by Auskart

You are probably lucky in Victoria that you can wander around a scrap yard, here in NSW you are generally stopped by our OH&S B#LL S##T.

I know the owner and he doesn't mind me wandering around . People dump all types of mechanical stuff, I found a couple of domestic fire fighting pumps there and rebuilt them . Old mowers and Villiers engines. Quite a few 3 phase motors , but you take your chances with them . Mike

Originally Posted by jhovel

Here is a piccy of a complete and restored one:

better looking than mine...looks more engineered.... mine belonged to my grand father who made a version