Photo Index - Myers Machine Tool Corp. - bench model "sensitive" drill press

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Myers Machine Tool Corp.
Columbia, PA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	9-1/2"
Submitted By:	Larry Hampton

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	bench model "sensitive" drill press
Date of Manufacturer:	prob. 1920s
Serial Number:	none
Last Updated	6/19/2013 11:00:24 AM

Comments:

5/20/2013. I found this drill press on CraigsList, in Grand Junction, CO. We had a trip planned that took us through that city, so I arranged to trade an unused modern-vintage Delta chop saw as drove through. He had purchased the press at a flea market many years ago with the plan of restoring it, but it had sat neglected in the corner of his shop so long that he was feeling guilty.
The DP had been modified in the past for electric motor powering, and the flat-belt pulleys on the back are missing. I plan to remove the recent vintage motor and try to find the original pulleys or make some. There is a cute little light affixed to the left side, and I am going to find some way to use that with another machine. It has a 3/8" Skinner no.22 chuck of a design that is unfamiliar to me. The chuck key, which is lost somewhere in the PO's shop, is a square tool which fits into the side of the chuck. I'm sure others in this group can educate me on that design. I found an early 20th century Skinner Chuck Co. catalog available on-line, but I did not purchase it, and I have not yet found any discussion of that chuck design in the OWWM forums or elsewhere on the internet.
There is minimal play in the spindle/quill. I assume there are babbitt bearings but I do not know for certain until I take it apart.
The table is impressively scarred, and could have been used as the set for a moon landing movie. I may just have it ground, or face it with hardwood. Or not. History is history, right?
This machine could have been originally part of a Myers Combination Work Bench No.1 or No. 2, ads for which are pictured in this archive: http://www.vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/imagedetail.aspx?id=5411
06/19/2013. Finished rehab. No decision on the table; the holes are too deep to grind the surface, and too numerous to fill with JBWeld, so I just fashioned a "topper" from MDF for the time being. It may end up as a plant stand, but I'd still like to fix the table surface. Some day I hope to find or make flat-belt pulleys to restore it to full function.

Photo 1:

Comments: Rt. side, as acquired, showing the widespread damage to the table. I can't figure how every square centimeter of the surface has been scarred.
Source: my D200

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Photo 2:

Comments: Finished
Source: Myshop.

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Comments: the base
Source: my D200

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Comments: The badge polished up nicely with Brasso and india ink.
Source: my D200

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Comments: Skinner no.22 chuck
Source: Me, my D200

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Comments: MDF topper for the table, painted unfortunately with hammertone gray. Still looks like holes, only smaller.
Source: my D200

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