martin a miller
09-01-2015, 9:59 PM
Hi,
I haven't posted to this forum but perhaps once, but routinely go through it with envy at the restoration work done by members. However, right now, I don't have the time, expertise, or money to do the kind of restoration work I see here on Atlas, Walker Turner, Sprunger, and the like --yet I'm in immediate need of a drill press, preferably of some vintage and in good shape.
My question is this--in a CL posting in a nearby town I have come across a Rockwell 15-650 floor-model drill press, serial number 1377612, which looks to me to be around 1965, with a new Dayton 3/4 horse motor and a variable speed range of 450 to 3500 rpm. It's advertised as "Clean, good paint and working condition, chuck runs true, no wobble," which I understand can be a matter of opinion. The CL asking price is $300.
My question is this--assuming that description is true, and that the machine has no quill rattle, excessive vibration, and meets the criteria set out by Grant Erwin in "How to buy a Drill Press," is $300 a reasonable price?
If it's not, what do members think is a reasonable price? I work in hardwoods primarily, with bits of 1/8" to Forstner bits of about 1"
Thanks much for any comments.
Martin
I haven't posted to this forum but perhaps once, but routinely go through it with envy at the restoration work done by members. However, right now, I don't have the time, expertise, or money to do the kind of restoration work I see here on Atlas, Walker Turner, Sprunger, and the like --yet I'm in immediate need of a drill press, preferably of some vintage and in good shape.
My question is this--in a CL posting in a nearby town I have come across a Rockwell 15-650 floor-model drill press, serial number 1377612, which looks to me to be around 1965, with a new Dayton 3/4 horse motor and a variable speed range of 450 to 3500 rpm. It's advertised as "Clean, good paint and working condition, chuck runs true, no wobble," which I understand can be a matter of opinion. The CL asking price is $300.
My question is this--assuming that description is true, and that the machine has no quill rattle, excessive vibration, and meets the criteria set out by Grant Erwin in "How to buy a Drill Press," is $300 a reasonable price?
If it's not, what do members think is a reasonable price? I work in hardwoods primarily, with bits of 1/8" to Forstner bits of about 1"
Thanks much for any comments.
Martin