Photo Index - Champion Blower & Forge Co. - benchtop camelback DP

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Champion Blower & Forge Co.
Lancaster, PA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	9"
Submitted By:	Larry Hampton

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	benchtop camelback DP
Date of Manufacturer:	uncertain
Serial Number:	none
Last Updated	12/5/2013 2:21:14 PM

Comments:

4-11-2013. This was a CraigsList find in Windsor, CO. The seller was the widow of the PO, who collected old tools. She could give me no history on this machine. The vintage is uncertain, since this type of DP was built for several decades without design changes. It has been configured for motor drive and the flat belt is in good shape. There is no play in any of the moving parts. All in all this is in excellent condition.

5-18-2013. I finished the restoration recently, and it was a smooth task. No repairs required, no missing parts. I chose to leave the arc of shame, though that deserves some filling some day. Cleaning with solvent, sandblasting, polishing, masking, priming, and painting with Rustoleum hammered bronze (dark) and Hammerite hammered bronze (lighter), and then reassembly. The motor didn't work, but it does now after some fiddling, but backwards; reversing that is all that remains. I put together a stand on casters fashioned from a Delta splay-foot stand and some heavy laminate cut from a salvaged office table and some tubing and threaded rod. (Anything to avoid finish work!) The switch came from a drawer in my shop, as did the v-belt. This DP runs nicely and smoothly, and very slowly, so I'll use it with metal work.

Photo 1:

Comments: Rt side.
Source: my D200

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Photo 2:

Comments: Same view, as found, in remarkably good condition.
Source: my D200

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Photo 3:

Comments: The color is less golden than this image.
Source: my D200

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Comments: This may be underpowered; time will tell.
Source: my D200

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Photo 5:

Comments: Some damage to the "grill".
Source: Me, my D200

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Comments:
Source: my D200

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