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Variable Speed Drillpress

Johnwa

Johnwa

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I was looking for a sewing machine motor to use on a unimat lathe. I finally found this little gem on Facebook marketplace.

It’s a home built drillpress and is variable speed. There are a couple of interesting details. First the spindle pulley is made out of wood. The table is raised on a track and the rollers look to be old sewing thread spools.
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It’s only a 90 watt motor so wouldn’t have been much of a drill, but it’s kind of cool.
 
Ingenuity the mother of all inventions. Neat stuff.

Bill
 
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It has a foot peddle like a sewing machine, you can see it at the bottom of the first picture.


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Looks like something out of that 1980's TV Show - The Woodwright's Shop. Beautiful.
 
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