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John

That is a fair comment; If I do motorise it I will fit a decent
guard to it. I think I will probably leave well enough alone though.
If it looks good, I won't mind if it isn't the most...

Well I shan't take that seriously then.

Thanks for that Don .... I am looking forward to doing some work on it. I like the idea of a motor, but am a little nervous about belts and pulleys, guess i should make a guard for it, but that would...

Its interesting you should say that Don, as in my web browsing i had just been reading something about just that thing, although not on this particular drill. (here is a good restoration of an older...

Thanks Dennis too

Oh well, some muscle development better than none! Have to spin iy 180 degrees occasionally and wind backwards!!

Thanks Neal

I appreciate the effort. yep enjoyed the site. have found
a few more bits on post drills, since.

Cheers Neil aka RoadToad

Ok guys, thats fine, give it to me straight. I can take it. No ken, I'm not offended, all comments are fine by me as long as there is some humour (or information) in there somewhere. So thx so far,...

yeah well that is one way of looking at it, I suppose, but it should outlast you and me and every electric drill in the country...

I know I could buy a modern crappy press for the same money....

Thanks for the comments Derek

Not too cheap I hope ... I paid $80 for it.

haha ... yes, I know what you mean about the cost of shipping ... I had enough trouble lugging it to the car!
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Hi all

I just bought a hand cranked drill press at a Trash 'n Treasure and wondered if anybody knows anything about it - I havn't seen one before. Can find nothing on the internet about it.

The...