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Manufactured/Badged by:
Sears | Craftsman
Chicago, IL

True Manufacturer:
King-Seeley Corp.-Central Specialty Division, Ann Arbor, MI; Ypsilanti, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	Bench Top
Submitted By:	Dan Breyfogle

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	103.24501 Model 150
Date of Manufacturer:	1964
Serial Number:
Last Updated	2/28/2023 10:37:43 AM

Comments:

My brother managed a screen printing operation back in the mid 1980's and needed to get rid of this drill press with the complaint that the bearings were shot. I bought it for very little and once out of the damp cold basement in the commercial building the bearings quieted down and it remains in daily service. I am a woodworker so this does not get the heavy use that it would in a metal working shop. This was originally used to drill component holes in circuit broads that the silk screen process produced. Yes, very crude technology back then and not nearly the precision needed on modern circuit boards.

I removed the switch from the motor and installed a Craftsman switch robbed off another piece of equipment. It is much handier on the right side and no reaching across the spinning chuck and bit to turn it off. This is all original paint and motor. I did add a red beam center locator that helps line things up. No restoration is planned as this press works perfectly even though it began service nearly 60 years ago. This is a King Seely press and once of the great products they produced for Sears.

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Comments: Left side of drill press, all original paint and motor.
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Comments: Right side of drill press showing modification of switch mounted on the bench
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Comments: Head badge is complete with only one minor blemish
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Comments: Table in great shape, only a few minor hits from a drill. Light surface rust from its first life in a silk screen operation in a damp basement of a commercial building.
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Comments: This lives in my woodworking shop so I have a shop built table to slide over the original with more surface area and ability to clamp work as needed.
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