[AT] Drill press question for list - A good one cheap to use in my farm equipment shop?

[Richard Fink Sr]

Grant where is it in PA i may be able to pick it up and ship it for you.
R Fink
Central PA



At 05:21 PM 11/6/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>I have another tool question for the list. I have been looking for a drill 
>press for some time. Well actually I would like to get two - one floor and 
>one benchtop. The benchtop could be used for a project I need to get done 
>VERY soon and the floor one would be the culmination of a desire since 
>junior high school to have a REAL machine tool drill press for myself.
>    I have had no luck finding a used one and the Chinese ones that seem 
> to be all that is available new locally are junk (not to mention that I 
> try to get good American or similar iron in my tools).... I found the 
> following lot on Ebay that closes shortly and think this is the sort of 
> unit that would be great for the benchtop use - a Walker-Turner unit 
> EBAY#4415556712 and wondered if anyone on the list knows of something 
> like it available? The price so far looks to go for about $60-75 in 
> Pennsylvania and no shipping available. I am in California and can't go 
> pick one up other than relatively locally. Does anyone have any suggestions????
>        Grant Brians
>        Hollister, California
>p.s. I just had the throwout bearing on my Oliver Super 77 fail yesterday 
>and it has only been in there for about 25 years! Darn poor quality if you 
>ask me - snicker,  snicker.... I'll have to replace that in the next few 
>weeks so it will go back into the field. It is a really useful row crop 
>tractor and I have a batch of tasks awaiting it!
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