Posted by dave jensen on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 0:57AM :
In Reply to: Re: Recomendation on a drill press for work on truck posted by mannyc on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 1:53PM :
you might try putting a "wanted" ad at the old wood-working machines site...nothing there at the moment though.
I looked for an old drill press for a long time, couldn't find one and bought a 16" Jet a few years ago. Cost about $600, came with some extra vises, etc. It works ok for everything I've used it for. About a week after I bought mine, a local guy decided to sell his huge old 3phase "camel-back" drill press for less than I'd paid for the wimpy new one. The only advantage of the newer machine is that it knocks down in a few minutes and that makes it easier to move. The big, old, cool one would have needed to be moved on rollers or with a forklift. I bet it weighed more than 1,000 lbs.
http://www.owwm.com/classifieds/