Photo Index - Washburn Shops - Sensitive Drill Press

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Washburn Shops
Worcester, MA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	13"
Submitted By:	Robert Hall

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Sensitive Drill Press
Date of Manufacturer:	1900s
Serial Number:
Last Updated	10/29/2009 12:47:25 PM

Comments:

I bought this press in S.E. Ohio in the summer of 2009. The "sensitive drill press" is so named not due to it's
shy nature, but because it was manually fed and in a size which allows the operator to "sense" the drilling
process. These were made at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the early 1900s. No serial number or makers
mark is left to give more details.

Photo 1:

Comments: As found
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Photo 2:

Comments: Completed with garage door
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Photo 3:

Comments: Completed
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Photo 4:

Comments: Closeup of sliding headstock
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Photo 5:

Comments: Drill Chuck
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