Photo Index - Canedy-Otto Manufacturing Co. - Western Chief Model 17

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Canedy-Otto Manufacturing Co.
Downer's Grove, IL; Chicago Heights, IL; Great Lakes, IL

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	22"
Submitted By:	Larry Hampton

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Western Chief Model 17
Date of Manufacturer:	Early 1900s
Serial Number:	unk
Last Updated	1/19/2013 6:57:01 PM

Comments:

My wife and I went to Kansas City to look at a horse, and I travelled north to a little Kansas farm town near St. Joseph, Mo, to look at this CraigsListed DP. The farmer PO had owned it for a few years but couldn't give me any history. He seemed to recall that it worked at one time. Thanks to his fork lift and some young friends, it was easily loaded into my truck. When I got it home, different story. Partial disassembly and lots of grunting allowed it to be slid onto a rolling work surface, where it remains. The DP is identical to Model no. 16, according to a 1902 Canedy-Otto ad, except that the no. 17 is mounted on a factory-cast stand, making it a free-standing machine. It was originally line-shaft powered, though, so it wasn't entirely an independent agent. This one was converted to electric motor power, and the v-belt was attached directly to one of the original flat pulleys rather than a replacement v-belt pulley. Per undated C.-O. catalogs #8 and #12 the machine weighed 535 pounds, but was described as 560 pounds in a 1906 ad. (I confess I can't tell the difference.) Original cost was $65 in both of those undated catalogs.
The DP is missing its table, the crank that raises and lowers the table, and the chuck. Presently I am on the prowl for those things.
There is one other no. 17 listed here, and two no. 16s. Peter Sarafan (hereafter known as my patron saint) made a detailed wiki, documenting his restoration of his no. 16, which I plan to follow very closely.
It is interesting to me that the machine has four gear systems, all external. One controls table elevation, one powers the drill (two speeds), one controls the quill, and the fourth is an auto-feed mechanism that can be engaged.
I have blasted and painted the column and some other parts. After copious application of PB Blaster, some of the gears now move, and I plan to attack the full restoration soon.

Photo 1:

Comments: The rust ring around the inner of the two flat pulleys is where the v-belt travelled. This much disassembly was required to allow the gooseneck horse trailer to be attached. The cat is Marvin.
Source: My D200

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Source: my D200

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Photo 3:

Comments: It just doesn't look that heavy in this photo.
Source: my D200

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Source: my D200

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Comments: The underpowered 1/3 hp motor was mounted to the back.
Source: Me, my D200

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