chaps:
after nearly buying myself a drill press, and mate stopped me saying that he had an old drill press at the back of his work shop collecting dust, and that if I picked it up, i was more than welcome to take it away.
I went and had a look, its a "Starlite" drill press with no other obvious markings except a 1HP induction motor.
Its in perfect working order (although a little rusty), the main upright shaft was really badly rusted, but after a couple of hours work both the drill assembly slides up and down as does the work-piece platform.
It has 4 drive pulley settings and 4 load pulley settings as well as a high/low ratio gearbox (located at the front above the chuck assembly).
I can`t believe my luck, a 1 HP drill press for free!! , i was just wondering if anyone had heard of "starlite" and whether my gift is worth keeping or just another lump of scrap that i seem to enjoy collecting!
after nearly buying myself a drill press, and mate stopped me saying that he had an old drill press at the back of his work shop collecting dust, and that if I picked it up, i was more than welcome to take it away.
I went and had a look, its a "Starlite" drill press with no other obvious markings except a 1HP induction motor.
Its in perfect working order (although a little rusty), the main upright shaft was really badly rusted, but after a couple of hours work both the drill assembly slides up and down as does the work-piece platform.
It has 4 drive pulley settings and 4 load pulley settings as well as a high/low ratio gearbox (located at the front above the chuck assembly).
I can`t believe my luck, a 1 HP drill press for free!! , i was just wondering if anyone had heard of "starlite" and whether my gift is worth keeping or just another lump of scrap that i seem to enjoy collecting!