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

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

True Manufacturer:
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
Date of Manufacturer:	After Jun 18, 1907.
Serial Number:	n.a.
Last Updated	8/28/2016 1:29:18 AM

Comments:

Champion Blower & Forge – No.101 (my 1st CB&F No.101).

I bought this post drill in Feb 2014, and picked it up in October. The seller lived in Waimate, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand.

This was a right dogs breakfast, with a strange pulley in place of the flywheel, and the flywheel mounted above the feedwheel. I bought it for the handful of genuine blacksmiths (S&D) bits that came with it. As it turns out, it's more or less complete and undamaged (in spite of the modifications), except for the auto-feed lever, and crank arm. As luck would have it, a friend had just acquired two Champion Blower & Forge No.93 1/2 post drills (to make one complete drill) and both have their auto-feed levers - which look to be identical to the No.101 lever. So I now have almost all the parts necessary to complete this drill.

Single-speed. 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.

28th August, 2016. I've re-assembed the drill. There is a well-made braised repair to the yoke bracket supporting the table, and a repair is in order for the self auto-feed arm (it's been broken and repaired with a pin).

I've surfed the net and found pictures of these on their original backing boards. With some scaling I've reproduced what I think is a very close replica of the original. I even managed to source some square head nuts to fix the drill to the backing board.

I would have liked to find the time to finish this a little better, but I have too many post drills and too little time, so this one's now on the market.

Photo 1:

Comments: As purchased.
Source: Sellers photograph.

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Photo 2:

Comments: The reason I bought the drill - a handfull of S&D bits.
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Photo 3:

Comments: Home at last - October 2014. Note the auto-feed lever, with pivot bolt, spring, and limiting bolt.
Source: My photograph.

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Comments: Re-assembled. RH side.
Source: My photograph.

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Comments: Re-assembled. LH side.
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Comments: Front view.
Source: My photograph.

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