[AT] Need drill press price idea...

[Robinson]

	OK guys, get your brains ready... I am looking for a price 
idea on an item I want to take to the Portland swap meet to 
sell. I have absolutely no idea of it's value. Most stuff I 
have a pretty good feel for the price.
	It is a combination floor drill press and grinder. After I 
got it I happened to see a picture of a Ford accessory 
called a PTO drill press which bolted directly on the PTO 
just like the belt pulley or std. PTO adapter. I instantly 
recognized it as being just like the head on this drill 
press. I believe it was a Sherman item. The head bolts on to 
the upper frame and looks like it could be just unbolted and 
mounted right on the tractor. It uses a longish lever out 
the front to raise and lower the bit. It uses taper shank 
drills or could have a chuck mounted on one of those simple 
little adapters that is Morse taper on one end and the chuck 
taper (I forget the name of it at the moment) on the other. 
For the life of me I can't see it being very handy mounted 
down there on the back of the tractor with the exhaust 
blowing in your face but there has to be a good number of 
serious collectors looking for one. I do understand they 
came with a deflector for the tractor mounted unit. This one 
came from an "old" Ford dealer. This one runs good but the 
floor base has been broken and welded. I forget also where I 
saw the picture of one in an old Ford ad but I think it was 
on the web somewhere. If anybody knows of one of those 
pictures please send me the URL.
	I just don't have a clue about the price. I would Ebay it 
but it would be a super bear to ship it. I just feel that 
there has to be serious Ford collectors looking for these.
Thanks.

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Francis Robinson
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