I scored a vintage Powermatic 1150 variable speed drill press today. I have been looking for one of these for a long time, but the prices have been outrageous. This one works fine but looks like s*it, so it is going to need some TLC and paint to get the cosmetics up to par.
Does anyone know where I might find a manual or exploded diagram of the parts? Also how does one get the blasted chuck off the spindle?
Any one want to buy the 2 ChiCom drill presses it is going to replace? ;^)
Jay Cups
I have the same thing, see
see webpage above. It has PDF manuals.
Sorry.,..
How much did you pay for yours?
iThanks Iggy
I downloaded the manuals. Mine is a 1969 model. I paid $200 for it.
It looks like we have similar chuck set ups. I seem to have more space between the chuck and the threaded ring with the spanner holes. The threaded ring runs out of thread before it impinges on the chuck. I guess I will have to make some sort of spacer to bridge the gap. I sure wish it had the 2MT with the drift hole. I have a bunch of drill bits with 2mt tops.
Jay
Ignoramus24273 wrote:
Some a-holes are selling this manual on eBay (in electronic form).
I listed it as a free download, and paid auction fees, just so that people could download it for free.
You got a great price, post come pictures! What are your speeds? (motor speed).
iIggy,
I saw that manual on EBay in my search. I already got burnt once on a Belsaw planer manual that I bought for 30 bucks; only to find out later that the same manual was a free download from the Belsaw site.
The motor is 1725 rpm so the speed range is 425-4800 rpm. It is a little
fast for metal working.
I tore it all down today to clean it up and paint it, so it will be a while before pictures.
I am still having a hell of a time with the chuck. My quill does not match the manual. The chuck is a Jacobs on a 33 taper or at least that is what it says. It is really frozen on. I noticed a cross pin in the shaft and knocked it out. Big mistake. The chuck is on a very long pressed in internal shaft. So far, I have it about half way out. It is a long slow process. 8^(
It is all soaking in PB Blaster tonight. Getting that chuck off the smaller shaft is going to be a chore. (Nothing to grip)
Jay
Ignoramus24273 wrote:
Glad you did not buy it.
It's not bad, I use this press and I am happy. When I find a suitable three phase motor with 56Z frame, I will do a VFD conversion.
Thats how it should be.
I did not try that, my chuck is fine. Good luck. Post some pix too.
i
I am accepting any bona fide manuals and will place all of them on my site for free download. I want them indexable by google and to be available to anyone who searches for manuals. This especially applies to old machines and such.
i
Example of such old auctions with free manuals is here
(archived copy)
iCLIP
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The drawings I have of the 1150 show a MT2 spindle... But it sounds like you mentioned having some other type of spindle...
I haven't looked at the manuals or any of the other files folks posted about the drill press yet... But I'm guessing that it might be a component that you can swap out?
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