[AT] Northern Tool Sale - Left Hand drills

[carl gogol]

Well - guess that the big problem I have is that my $50 Northern China 
Harbor Hydraulic Freight 1/2" drill press would require a $100 switch!  It 
could be reversed as it has a J-?? taper chuck that for some reason 
frequently slips when trying to use a 1" drill (when I really think of it, 
even a 1/2" is getting fussy).  All kidding aside, it is the best drill 
press I have personally owned and don't know what I would do without it, but 
it sure has limitations when working on man sized parts.

I really need to upgrade in that area and the Chinese Mill Drill route might 
be the way;  I would really like to have a machine that would drip down to 
about 100 RPM for some of the larger size drills I would use.  Around here 
there just aren't any $1,000 Bridgeport's that aren't scrap quality. 
Starting at $2,000 seems to be a price point where one can set it up, use it 
reliably and make it worth buying a phase Converter.  So that's why the $50 
unit remains my prime shop machine and a lot of work gets done at lunch 
using the company's Bridgeports.
Carl Gogol
Manlius, NY
AC 170D
(2) AC D-14, AC 914H
Simplicity 3112 & 7116
Kubota F-2400
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fink Sr" <nancydick at pennswoods.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Northern Tool Sale - Left Hand drills


> Carl why would it not be possible to put a motor on a drill press that 
> would reverse.