Handy tools #7: Post drill

When I was very young that was the only drill we had beses a bit and brace. Electricity did not come to our area of western ND until fall of 1953!

So I have used one like that many times. I was going to check if it was still in the old garage about 20 years ago; but the lean of the building and the windy day made it look very dangerous. They did work well and as long as you had sharp bits could drill even heavier steel fairly rapidly too.

I think that you will use it a lot. Good Score!
Tool rescue is a good cause also!

-- Wood rescue is good for the environment and me! just rjR

Awesome! What I did in the meain time with the handle was just to make sure I pulled away from the drill press while I turned the handle lol I might have to come visit that guy from time to time :-P

-- Mos - Twin Cities, MN - http://www.youtube.com/MosquitoMods - http://www.TheModsquito.com

Yeah, Mos. That’s probably what I’ll do, but I’d rather get it fixed sooner rather than later. And yeah, if you need, just let me know.

Agreed, Ralph. I’ve mostly been getting by with a bit and brace or a small eggbeater, but there’s times when I’d like to make sure I’m drilling straight, and this should take care of those cases for me.

-- Dave - Santa Fe

Great looking piece Dave…that thing is a treasure!

Nice addition to your traditional woodworking paraphernalia, great trade. It drills straingt and the best part, it’s variable speed.

-- "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The point is to bring them the real facts." - Abraham Lincoln

Infinitely variable, from 0 to as-fast-as-you-can-crank lol

-- Mos - Twin Cities, MN - http://www.youtube.com/MosquitoMods - http://www.TheModsquito.com

That drill looks familiar Dave

I chose to stay with the original chuck and it’s taken a few years to collect a full set of bits. Mios sent me one of the first.

-- "With every tool obtained, there is another that is needed" DonW ( Kevin )

talk about super cool tools only thing it needs is a place for chuck key to hang VERY COOL :<))

-- Tony---- Reinholds,Pa.------ REMEMBER TO ALWAYS HAVE FUN :<))

Nice set up Dave. Glad you and Mos worked out a trade so you can continue to use it. There is something special about how the old tools look compared to the modern ones. Maybe it is all of the curves or the solid steel construction but whatever the special magic is, I really like the look of old tools, especially ones that work.

-- Earl "I'm a pessamist - generally that increases the chance that things will turn out better than expected"

Thanks, guys! It’s pretty dang cool, and now I’ll need to make a rack to hang next to it for the bits and chuck key. After I fix the handle.

There’s a guy in the western Minneapolis suburbs who has a ton of them (more than 40) if any of you are so jealous now that you simply must have one. https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/tls/d/vintage-post-drill-presses/6670870627.html

-- Dave - Santa Fe

Nice!

-- "Duck and Bob would be out doin some farming with funny hats on." chrisstef

That is so cool Dave. I do bet it will be handy in a few situations. Great trade off.

-- Dave, Downers Grove, Il. -------- When you run out of ideas, start building your dreams.

Got a vise for the table on it today and used it for real for the first time. Works great!

-- Dave - Santa Fe

The post drill continues to prove useful. Here it is meeting late 1990s spinning rust technology.

I think the drive has been safely wiped now.

-- Dave - Santa Fe