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Bergonzi U.T.25 Radial Arm Drill - looking for information

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Chipper5783

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My latest project is resurrecting a small radial arm drill. It came to me as a few large pieces and several boxes of parts (motors off, drill gearing removed). Think - jigsaw puzzle. It is actually coming together pretty well. The transmission shaft that supports the sliding gear had a blown out keyway (just a straight shaft), everything pretty dirty, electrical all stripped out, abused table block - so far everything should be repairable or not too hard to make. I have not figured out how the down feed kick off is supposed to function, or what the routing of the one-shot oiler ought to be. Bergonzi (Italy) is not very common (the history with Willis is easy to find) - but info the U.T.25 is extremely scarce. All I have found to date is an old sale reference that the machine weight 800kg. It is a nice enough machine, probably the smallest machine in their offering (has a 7" column).

If anyone can direct me to information sources, that would be awesome (ie. pictures of what the front panel would look like - I'm thinking there was a large decal there?). In truth, I may just be prettying up a boat anchor, but I'm at least trying to divert metal from the scrap dealer. Enjoy, David
 

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lathe.co.uk doesn't even have a listing for Bergonzi. You might try contacting some of the sellers for a copy of a book of the model closest to yours, if they have one.
 
Thank you for the pointers. I have spoken to Willis - their 30 year guy had never heard of the "Model UT25" or of anything Bergonzi offered with such a small column. His estimation was that it would be more than 40 years old. I can't find any reference to "Hector Machine Tools" either.
 
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