Photo Index - Albany Hardware Specialty Manufacturing Co. - Variable speed drive

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Albany Hardware Specialty Manufacturing Co.
Albany, WI; Viroqua, WI

True Manufacturer:
Albany Hardware Specialty Manufacturing Co., Albany, WI; Viroqua, WI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	12"
Submitted By:	Bill Nance

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Variable speed drive
Date of Manufacturer:	~early 1910s
Serial Number:	719
Last Updated	8/9/2015 2:44:23 PM

Comments:

This machine was purchased locally via on-line classified ad. It came from a guy who runs a vintage car restoration shop, who picked it up when he bought out the contents of an old barn in order to pick up a 1928 Hudson that was stored there. Apparently, this drill press had been sitting unused in the barn for the better part of 50 years. It is relatively complete and generally everything moves, though some are a bit sticky. Known missing items include a motor and lower flat belt pulley, unknown style of chuck, and counterweight that hangs in the column as the quill return (instead of a spring). Good news is that the speed chart plate is intact, the speed lever and cone-head gear drive both move smoothly, and both the upper spindle and vertical spindle rotate. All leather parts, including both drive heads and the flat belt, will need to be replaced. Some form of adjustment will also be needed because the drive drums only barely touch the dome gear, so there is no pressure transmitted through the drive system at this point.

The machine was apparently manufactured for use on a line shaft system, as there is no provision for a motor mount. One other model posted in these archives shows a similar design, with some form of motor mount built high behind the head to drive the upper flat belt pulley. Most models (with later serial numbers) show a different base design that has a built-in space to install a motor within the base casting.

On-going discussion about the machine and eventual restoration are on owwm.org: http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=163630

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Comments: right side full view
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Comments: right side head view with dome gear
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Comments: left side full view
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Comments: left side upper view
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Comments: speed chart plate and shift lever
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Comments: table and table elevation assembly
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