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Manufactured/Badged by:
Boynton & Plummer
Worcester, MA; Chester, VT

True Manufacturer:
Boynton & Plummer, Worcester, MA; Chester, VT

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	Drills to the centre of an 11" circle.
Submitted By:	John Vannisselroy

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	No.1 post drill.
Date of Manufacturer:
Serial Number:
Last Updated	11/8/2015 3:54:20 AM

Comments:

Boynton & Plummer No.1 post drill.

Bought back in May, 2015, from Dunedin, New Zealand, and collected last week (1st November 2015).The chuck is marked "Boynton & Plummer, Maker, Worcester Mass."

Single speed, with the flywheel mounted on the same shaft as the crank. Drills to the centre of a 11” circle; dia. of spindle = 1 3/32" (27.9mm); feedwheel is 5½" dia. and has 64 notches; dia. of flywheel = 14½"; main crank gear has 46 teeth; spindle gear has 30 teeth. Dia. of pillar = 1 9/32".

Missing table, auto-feed bracket, spring & adjusting thumbscrew; auto-feed arm & pawl. The main casting has been broken and repaired with riveted reinforcing plates.

I bought this post drill for parts, in order to progress my No.1½ Boynton & Plummer post drill.

Photo 1:

Comments: Front view.
Source: My photograph.

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Photo 2:

Comments: RH side view.
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Photo 3:

Comments: Stripped-down main casting, showing repair.
Source: My photograph.

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Comments: The only marking on the drill.
Source: My photograph.

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