Photo Index - Champion Blower & Forge Co. - No.101 Post Drill

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

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	Drills to centre of 12" circle
Submitted By:	John Vannisselroy

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	No.101 Post Drill
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Last Updated	2/26/2015 4:05:20 AM

Comments:

Champion Blower & Forge – No.101 (my 2nd CB&F No.101)

Single-speed. Complete, except for the feed-wheel handle. The column is not original, but is an extra long modification – being a full 35-inches long.

I bought this post drill two days ago (23 Feb 2015), and picked it up yesterday. It’s in good working order and came with a handful of genuine blacksmiths (S&D) bits.

The seller said it came from their family farm at Rapanui, near Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand. When the farm was sold some thirty-odd years ago he kept the post drill – using it occasionally since then.

The column is 1 5/16” diameter and solid. The flywheel is 12“ diameter.

Run of feed = 3 3/16"; dia. of spindle = 7/8"; crank gear has 46 teeth; spindle gear has 24 teeth; flywheel shaft gear has 20 teeth. Drills to the centre of a 12” circle.

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Source: Sellers photograph

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Comments: LH side view. Note the looong column/pillar.
Source: Members photograph.

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Comments: Front view.
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Comments: RH side view.
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Comments: Close-up of auto-feed mechanism.
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