I really hope you enjoy this project! It has been a huge one for me, so if you do enjoy it please leave a like and share, it really helps! I also written a long description with more details about this restoration, all the products used and also some of the relevant operations. Be sure to check that if you want to know more! Finally if you like what I do consider supporting me so I can keep on making. Join as channel member or check my Patreon for early access and voice-over edit of my videos. Thank you!
Black beard projects Why did you use a variable frequency drive Obviously because you have not 400V as me Did you consider to make rotary phase converter ? I studying this because here in Italy as you know three phase is not common in house You can run multiple tools at the same time with VFD are not indicated to run this kind of motors because the armonics and all other stuff that can cause damages to the old insulation applied to the windings
Yes, that's the reason, no three phase here... I am looking at rotary phase converter! I already have some of the stuff needed to make one, but I have to study a bit more... Be sure there will be a video if I make one! Thank you
The Trapani Rosa is certainly a joy to use. A couple of years back I found one advertised and picked it up because I knew what a great piece of precision equipment this is. We had several at the university where I used to work. I believe mine is more recent than yours, but it sure was messier. I have restored a few machines but none as “dirty” as this one. It was covered in chips and dried threading oil. It had obviously not been used in a tool room but abused in a production setting. I had to remove the bulk of the caked oil/chip mixture with hammer and chisel! Dismantled it, changed all bearings, primed it, spayed it with filler, sanded it smooth and painted it in the original shade of gray. It is a gem. The original handle that you lack is a smooth double cone shaped black piece plastic, approx. Ø20 x 60mm.
This is remarkable. I have a 'Rosa' drill press in pristine condition which I got for very little from an acquaintance of mine who was moving and decided he had no space for it anymore. I was reluctant to get it because I already have a heavy Infratirea G16 (Romanian) machine, which does all the work I need to get done, as well as a small Solid TB6 for the really fine work (there is a max. 8 mm chuck on it). But the Rosa looked so nice and well built I took it off his hands. I've never even plugged it in, it's still just sitting there (eating up a bit of valuable space) but seeing this video made me realize all the more it's something special. Cheers on the restoration, a very fine job! And thanks for putting this up.
Very nice restoration. Thank you for restoring this beautiful drill press. It now has many years more as a useful shop tool. Best regards from the USA.
my father had one in his shop back home.....this brought back precious memories... thank you for sharing this. great machines built like a tank.... all these new ones don't compare
Nicely done, that is a beautiful drill press. For a small bench top unit it looks exceptionally made and I love the adjustment features. Your restoration was spot on, you made it useful replaced only the necessary parts and didn't remanufacture the whole thing. It should provide good service for a long time.
Thank you for the video. Up to the end I could not understand why to leave the old pulleys, but when I saw the frequency converter, everything fell into place. I haven’t seen precision drill chucks for a long time ... nostalgia. Thanks again.
Wonderful - the machine and the restoration. Precise and to the point work on bringing the parts as close to the original. I was watching many restoration channels here on YT and was disappointed by the fact that almost every one of them focused on polishing the parts to a mirror finish, obviously to attract eyeballs and words of praise. You did nothing of that and I am impressed. A more practical approach to restoration than the 'improvisation' for eyeball work. That being said, I would have appreciated you taking the effort to dial in the drill axis to the base and ensure they are perpendicular to each other. A nice precision machine as this deserves to be accurate too.
That was fantastic, 20 minutes of my time and countless hours on yours! Thanks for the fantastic restoration, hope you get the heat problem sorted out without replacing that motor too!
This is my kind of restoration. The machine still has character with some dings in the metal. If I'm using a 70 year old machine, I like seeing it's a well loved 70 year old machine.
the pure raw quality of old stuff, mixed with the love and care of new components.. This thing is gonna be smoother than butter next to the microwave!!!!
Disassembleing is quit easy, but I would never ever get all this bits and pieces back into their right places. I love good old quality machines and I'm a very lucky owner of an Made in Germany nearly 180lbs. havy in Weight REMA HB 13 industrial quality Tabletop Drillpress. So it is pure enjoyment for me to watch your high quality work and bringing back good old stuff to its former glory! 👍
Cette machine est vraiment magnifique !!! D'une conception mécanique géniale ! Belle restauration ! This machine is really beautiful !!! From a great mechanical design ! Beautiful restoration ! Questa macchina è veramente bella !!! Da un grande design meccanico ! Bellissimo restauro !
What a beautiful piece of machinery. I'm quite jealous. And it's a true restoration - not a reconstruction with garish paint and covered in stickers. Excellent work!
A great job restoring a beautiful piece of machinery! It looks like it should be sitting in an old garage somewhere with a whole bunch of Ducati parts on the bench next to it. You've got a new subscriber!
The addition of an inverter to a machine like this is so simple and so useful I am amazed it's not more common and that I've never thought of it before.
Quelle restauration, c'est juste magnifique ton travail. Avec le variateur de puissance il est encore mieux que l'original. Plus la peinture et le nouveau roulements c'est une pure merveille de respect du patrimoine industriel europeen
ਇਹ ਬੈਂਚ ਡਰਿਲ, ਕੰਪਨੀ ਨੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਵਧੀਆ ਬਣਾਈ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੰਮ ਵੀ ਬਹੁਤ ਵਧੀਆ ਹੈ। ਮੈ ਵੀ ਇਹੋ ਜਿਹੀ, ਕਲਾਸਿਕ ਡਰਿਲ ਲੱਭ ਰਿਹਾ ਹਾਂ। ਮੈਨੂੰ ਬਹੁਤ ਪਸੰਦ ਹੈ। Company made and your restoration work...! very nice. I like it this bench drill. Most beautiful 👍
Bellissimo! Sono anni che cerco un Rosa RS1 e ancora mi mangio le mani per essermene lasciato scappare uno in buone condizioni a 250€, solo perchè un po' distante da casa! Comunque prima o poi ne troverò uno e terrò il tuo video come riferimento! Eccellente restauro e video!!
Come sempre restauro impeccabile, ma ciò che è più incredibile purtroppo, è la totale incapacità di riprodurre una macchina di questa qualità, uno strumento imparagonabile alle cagate attuali 🇮🇹🖖
wow the pinion gear hand wheel assy is on ball bearings! its there so that there is no fiction causing you to get a false sense of pressure on the work piece as you drill. amazing
Wonderful work. 👌I love these old machines. They were built to last forever. They take them apart giving them love and care and they walk like new. And they are just beautiful too.
Appreciate the time and care you gave to this beauty and the detailed explanation. FYI this is the 3rd time I tried to comment as youtube keeps forcing me into other videos and ads before I'm done reading and watching your videos (even if I don't touch my screen at all). Anyway great video thank you BB.
Awesome job! One small thing, I may be wrong, but your depth gauge has 2 adjustments, one is supposed to go above and one below. That way you can prevent it from fully retracting and use the other from going too deep.
Hi Meganut, I think you may be mistaken. The knurled nuts lock onto each other and are not generally used as you suggest. If you had one each side of the stop they would work loose with the vibration and the adjustment would change. Usually only the depth of hole is what is important. Yes, having one below would prevent the drill from retracting too much but usually one sets the table to the right height so the retraction wouldn't matter. I've never seen the nuts used as you suggest but there's no law against it. So If that's what you like, go for it. Either way, it's a really nice drill, isn't it? Italian engineering is first rate.
Fantastic job love seeing these old machines getting a new lease of life I enjoyed the bigger drill press you did as well I did my apprenticeship on machines like these I do miss them things are very different these days
Very nice job and that's a fantastic drill press. I was jealous you had it. Here's a suggestion on the hammered paint next time you use it: Use a "self-etching" primer with high build. This will provide a good base for the hammered paint as well as good adhesion of your paint. When I've used hammered and done this during my boat, motor and trailer restoration, I got great results and was very happy with the final product. Also, if they have two part body filler in your area, it helps to smooth out banged up and mildly damaged surfaces when you're preparing to paint. Works great and is inexpensive. The popular brand here in the States is called Bondo.
hermosa restauración , eres de los pocos que pone rodamientos/ball bearing/baleros nuevos, sinceramente no entiendo esos otros videos que ponen restauración y no ponen rodamientos nuevos.
Great video! I have one exactly like Yours in my shop for 25 years now. One of my absolute favorite machines, it´s a joy to use. Over the years I have bought 3 more of these for for friends and shops i worked in at rather low prices. Clearly undervalued on the market. I have been told that they were very expensive new, over 5000 euros. The original handle is a 60mm by dia 20mm bakelite handle. The lid for the switch is thick cast aluminum, switch looks the same as Yours. Motor is not ideal for vfd, it tends to run hot even if You hook it up right. At least ours did, we replaced it. I also scraped the table to make it a little nicer to work with. Also the ones I have seen have Albrecht chucks, probably original issue.
Another super restore and before I read the video description, I wanted to say that you got one awesome drill press and now after reading it I understand. Great find.
Just a few days ago I've seen a half dozen of these still doing their job in a modern factory near Brescia. They use lots of CNC machines, but still have many of these where they need precision drilling done by hand.
Holy crap. This thing is just GORGEOUS. There are no owners for things like that, only custodians. This tool will last for 200 years minimum. E - Envy.
I really hope you enjoy this project! It has been a huge one for me, so if you do enjoy it please leave a like and share, it really helps! I also written a long description with more details about this restoration, all the products used and also some of the relevant operations. Be sure to check that if you want to know more! Finally if you like what I do consider supporting me so I can keep on making. Join as channel member or check my Patreon for early access and voice-over edit of my videos. Thank you!
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Black beard projects
Why did you use a variable frequency drive
Obviously because you have not 400V as me
Did you consider to make rotary phase converter ?
I studying this because here in Italy as you know three phase is not common in house
You can run multiple tools at the same time with
VFD are not indicated to run this kind of motors because the armonics and all other stuff that can cause damages to the old insulation applied to the windings
Yes, that's the reason, no three phase here... I am looking at rotary phase converter! I already have some of the stuff needed to make one, but I have to study a bit more... Be sure there will be a video if I make one! Thank you
Thanks for sharing all information
I adore that kind of restoration level. So that the "old" is still there when you finish. Looks really sturdy machine. Good luck with working on this!
What a magnificent tool! There's a reason why tools like this one last hundreds of years, you can see how well built it is.
Nice touch using the drill press to drill the holes for its own scale retainer plate! :D
What a gorgeous peice of industrial design, Italians know how to put style into everything! Great job
The Trapani Rosa is certainly a joy to use. A couple of years back I found one advertised and picked it up because I knew what a great piece of precision equipment this is. We had several at the university where I used to work. I believe mine is more recent than yours, but it sure was messier. I have restored a few machines but none as “dirty” as this one. It was covered in chips and dried threading oil. It had obviously not been used in a tool room but abused in a production setting. I had to remove the bulk of the caked oil/chip mixture with hammer and chisel!
Dismantled it, changed all bearings, primed it, spayed it with filler, sanded it smooth and painted it in the original shade of gray. It is a gem.
The original handle that you lack is a smooth double cone shaped black piece plastic, approx. Ø20 x 60mm.
This is remarkable. I have a 'Rosa' drill press in pristine condition which I got for very little from an acquaintance of mine who was moving and decided he had no space for it anymore. I was reluctant to get it because I already have a heavy Infratirea G16 (Romanian) machine, which does all the work I need to get done, as well as a small Solid TB6 for the really fine work (there is a max. 8 mm chuck on it). But the Rosa looked so nice and well built I took it off his hands. I've never even plugged it in, it's still just sitting there (eating up a bit of valuable space) but seeing this video made me realize all the more it's something special.
Cheers on the restoration, a very fine job! And thanks for putting this up.
Yes! Another huge restoration video to watch 100 times!
Why 100 times dude?
One of the best looking machines I’ve ever seen. Beautiful.
I am glad to see a quality machine being restored by one of the better restorators.
Very nice restoration. Thank you for restoring this beautiful drill press. It now has many years more as a useful shop tool. Best regards from the USA.
A very satisfying video of the restoration of a beautiful machine - clear and concise, no irritating music. That's a lovely drill press!
my father had one in his shop back home.....this brought back precious memories... thank you for sharing this. great machines built like a tank.... all these new ones don't compare
Nicely done, that is a beautiful drill press. For a small bench top unit it looks exceptionally made and I love the adjustment features. Your restoration was spot on, you made it useful replaced only the necessary parts and didn't remanufacture the whole thing. It should provide good service for a long time.
Thank you for the video. Up to the end I could not understand why to leave the old pulleys, but when I saw the frequency converter, everything fell into place. I haven’t seen precision drill chucks for a long time ... nostalgia. Thanks again.
Man do you ever know how to make a satisfying video!
Wonderful - the machine and the restoration. Precise and to the point work on bringing the parts as close to the original. I was watching many restoration channels here on YT and was disappointed by the fact that almost every one of them focused on polishing the parts to a mirror finish, obviously to attract eyeballs and words of praise. You did nothing of that and I am impressed. A more practical approach to restoration than the 'improvisation' for eyeball work.
That being said, I would have appreciated you taking the effort to dial in the drill axis to the base and ensure they are perpendicular to each other. A nice precision machine as this deserves to be accurate too.
That was fantastic, 20 minutes of my time and countless hours on yours! Thanks for the fantastic restoration, hope you get the heat problem sorted out without replacing that motor too!
This is my kind of restoration. The machine still has character with some dings in the metal. If I'm using a 70 year old machine, I like seeing it's a well loved 70 year old machine.
È davvero bello vedere come ridai onore alle macchine e alla storia di un tempo. Gran bel restauro!
You did a very good job it is also a plus when you have a high quality peace of machinery to restore, again very good work.
the pure raw quality of old stuff, mixed with the love and care of new components.. This thing is gonna be smoother than butter next to the microwave!!!!
Disassembleing is quit easy, but I would never ever get all this bits and pieces back into their right places. I love good old quality machines and I'm a very lucky owner of an Made in Germany nearly 180lbs. havy in Weight REMA HB 13 industrial quality Tabletop Drillpress. So it is pure enjoyment for me to watch your high quality work and bringing back good old stuff to its former glory! 👍
Cette machine est vraiment magnifique !!!
D'une conception mécanique géniale !
Belle restauration !
This machine is really beautiful !!!
From a great mechanical design !
Beautiful restoration !
Questa macchina è veramente bella !!!
Da un grande design meccanico !
Bellissimo restauro !
Вы немцы, конечно красавцы. На станочек смотреть истинное наслаждение. Молодец!
It's impressive how you restored every part. Loved the restoration of the bolts.
Finally good channel. Some others dont know that restoration means restoring the old parts, not making new ones.
Никогда не выбрасывайте старую технику, может найтись мастер который восстановит всё заново, браво.
Great job, my friend! 👍👏💪 Hello from Russia 🇷🇺
Hello from Slovenia 🇸🇮
Happy to see all my favorite creators commenting on each other!
Ну йок макарек. Интернационал.
За частотник ему отдельный плюс в карму. Хотя, я бы еще посмотрел на биения.
Muy buena restauración. Exelente trabajo. Ese taladro se lo merecía. Ya no se fabrican con tanta calidad. Un saludo desde Argentina
Sir, you are one of the best. No fancy colours-just the way it should be done. Great stuff.
Splendido, l'unica pecca che è talmente bravo e preparato che lo fa sembrare facile come se lo potessero fare tutti ... Chapeau
Another piece of awesome machinery restored to its former beauty, well done
What a beautiful piece of machinery. I'm quite jealous. And it's a true restoration - not a reconstruction with garish paint and covered in stickers. Excellent work!
I've seen drill press restoration videos before but this is the first one I watched twice. Im guessing this was a high dollar drill press in its day.
A great job restoring a beautiful piece of machinery! It looks like it should be sitting in an old garage somewhere with a whole bunch of Ducati parts on the bench next to it. You've got a new subscriber!
The addition of an inverter to a machine like this is so simple and so useful I am amazed it's not more common and that I've never thought of it before.
Quelle restauration, c'est juste magnifique ton travail. Avec le variateur de puissance il est encore mieux que l'original. Plus la peinture et le nouveau roulements c'est une pure merveille de respect du patrimoine industriel europeen
Oh! A "Trapano a Colonna". I work many years with one of this. Greath Job!
Che meraviglia i macchinari di una volta , smontabili e riparabili ; ottimo lavoro !!
ਇਹ ਬੈਂਚ ਡਰਿਲ, ਕੰਪਨੀ ਨੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਵਧੀਆ ਬਣਾਈ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੰਮ ਵੀ ਬਹੁਤ ਵਧੀਆ ਹੈ। ਮੈ ਵੀ ਇਹੋ ਜਿਹੀ, ਕਲਾਸਿਕ ਡਰਿਲ ਲੱਭ ਰਿਹਾ ਹਾਂ। ਮੈਨੂੰ ਬਹੁਤ ਪਸੰਦ ਹੈ।
Company made and your restoration work...! very nice. I like it this bench drill. Most beautiful 👍
Bellissimo! Sono anni che cerco un Rosa RS1 e ancora mi mangio le mani per essermene lasciato scappare uno in buone condizioni a 250€, solo perchè un po' distante da casa!
Comunque prima o poi ne troverò uno e terrò il tuo video come riferimento!
Eccellente restauro e video!!
Che figata di trapano a colonna, complimenti per l'acquisto ed il restauro!
Beh...come sempre un ottimo lavoro.
Davvero complimenti.
Hai tra le mani un opera d'arte 😲
That old drillpress is a piece of art! I've got an nice modern drillpress and would trade it in a second for this one!! :-)
Come sempre restauro impeccabile, ma ciò che è più incredibile purtroppo, è la totale incapacità di riprodurre una macchina di questa qualità, uno strumento imparagonabile alle cagate attuali 🇮🇹🖖
wow the pinion gear hand wheel assy is on ball bearings! its there so that there is no fiction causing you to get a false sense of pressure on the work piece as you drill. amazing
Wonderful work. 👌I love these old machines. They were built to last forever. They take them apart giving them love and care and they walk like new. And they are just beautiful too.
Appreciate the time and care you gave to this beauty and the detailed explanation. FYI this is the 3rd time I tried to comment as youtube keeps forcing me into other videos and ads before I'm done reading and watching your videos (even if I don't touch my screen at all). Anyway great video thank you BB.
Awesome job! One small thing, I may be wrong, but your depth gauge has 2 adjustments, one is supposed to go above and one below. That way you can prevent it from fully retracting and use the other from going too deep.
Hi Meganut, I think you may be mistaken. The knurled nuts lock onto each other and are not generally used as you suggest. If you had one each side of the stop they would work loose with the vibration and the adjustment would change. Usually only the depth of hole is what is important. Yes, having one below would prevent the drill from retracting too much but usually one sets the table to the right height so the retraction wouldn't matter. I've never seen the nuts used as you suggest but there's no law against it. So If that's what you like, go for it. Either way, it's a really nice drill, isn't it? Italian engineering is first rate.
Fantastic job love seeing these old machines getting a new lease of life I enjoyed the bigger drill press you did as well I did my apprenticeship on machines like these I do miss them things are very different these days
Very nice job and that's a fantastic drill press. I was jealous you had it. Here's a suggestion on the hammered paint next time you use it: Use a "self-etching" primer with high build. This will provide a good base for the hammered paint as well as good adhesion of your paint. When I've used hammered and done this during my boat, motor and trailer restoration, I got great results and was very happy with the final product. Also, if they have two part body filler in your area, it helps to smooth out banged up and mildly damaged surfaces when you're preparing to paint. Works great and is inexpensive. The popular brand here in the States is called Bondo.
hermosa restauración , eres de los pocos que pone rodamientos/ball bearing/baleros nuevos, sinceramente no entiendo esos otros videos que ponen restauración y no ponen rodamientos nuevos.
Excellent addition to the workshop. Love the old equipment, made from quality materials by people that gave a crap.
Thanks for sharing,
Cheers
Absolutely awesome Drill Press Restoration Sir !!!!!!
Making the last part of the drill with the drill itself was really poetic. Nice!
Well done. That thing is very well built. Wow.
Great video! I have one exactly like Yours in my shop for 25 years now. One of my absolute favorite machines, it´s a joy to use. Over the years I have bought 3 more of these for for friends and shops i worked in at rather low prices. Clearly undervalued on the market. I have been told that they were very expensive new, over 5000 euros. The original handle is a 60mm by dia 20mm bakelite handle. The lid for the switch is thick cast aluminum, switch looks the same as Yours. Motor is not ideal for vfd, it tends to run hot even if You hook it up right. At least ours did, we replaced it. I also scraped the table to make it a little nicer to work with. Also the ones I have seen have Albrecht chucks, probably original issue.
Erik, you answered many questions I didn't know to ask!
Oustanding job!!! Thank you for letting us enjoy your work!!
I liked the fact you drilled out the guide for the depth gauge with the drill.
That is a proper sweet drill press and what a great job you made of fixing it up! A real enjoyable watch, cheers!! :)
Another super restore and before I read the video description, I wanted to say that you got one awesome drill press and now after reading it I understand. Great find.
Beautiful machine. Seemed like it was in pretty good shape to start with. Enjoyable restoration.
Inspiring. High precision drill. A big watchmaker's drill.
Quality engineering and a first rate restoration. Thanks..
lost for words, as usual ...excellent... no super chroming, just nicely functional
Beautiful work! I'm from Brazil. A hug for you !
amazing job again! i`m genuinly amazed that you can reasamble a machine with so many parts. i would not remember wich is what.
i am from INDONESIA , i always wait the new videos ... BRAVO
Another great save of a quality machine!
Just a few days ago I've seen a half dozen of these still doing their job in a modern factory near Brescia. They use lots of CNC machines, but still have many of these where they need precision drilling done by hand.
Rosa e sinonimo di qualità e precisone Italiana, bellissima macchina RS1 !
What a beautifully made pillar drill. Well done
I’m jealous! What a great drill press! Beautiful work!
that's is a fine piece of machinery it easily can surpass the modern ones :)
A tool to surpass metal shear!...
Awesome work Blackbeard. That looks like a sweet drill 👍👍
Great restoration! Why did you replace sealed bearings with open ones? Don't they wear faster as grit gets in?
Eu nunca vi uma furadeira de bancada tão bonita igual a essa, nem a Craftsman antiga é tão linda igual a essa. Parabéns.
Another outstanding job! Well done!
Awesome restoration! The video thumbnail doesn’t even come close to showing just how nice it turned out!
Holy crap. This thing is just GORGEOUS. There are no owners for things like that, only custodians. This tool will last for 200 years minimum.
E - Envy.
A well-restored piece of machinery is a thing of beauty! Nicely done!
Wow you did a beautiful restoration on that bench drill, it's gorgeous! Cheers!
EXCELLENT WORK, GREAT RESTORATION!!!!!!
BB That machine is stylish enough to sit next to a Antique Coffee machine in the Kitchen !nice job.
Tony from Western Australia
these types of musicless restoration videos are quality ASMR, I'm so hooked😲
besides that awesome restoration, the best thing is to see the beautiful piece of machinery. Seems like whatever you do it gives a precise result.
Top ten of your videos... here in Brazil we love your work! Congrats. Awesome!
Wow, what a beautiful machine! Nice work.
that is one very nice drill press, if i saw one like that i would buy it in a flash, nice vid too
That's quite an undertaking. Kudos. Nice drill.
A nice restoration sir, and adding the VFD makes it so much easier to control.
Aboveboard my friend.excellant crafstmanship.i use vinegar on my rusty parts.soak for 24-36 hrs.beautiful piece of machinery.tip of the hat amigo.
I would have ended up with extra parts . Beautiful work and what a great drill press
GET A SANDBLASTER AMIGO... YOUR RESTORATIONS ARE TOO GOOD FOR YOU TO NOT HAVE ONE! :-)
EXCELLENT work! Truly.
Great, great work, great, great video. Thank you!
And ready for next 100 years 😁👍🏻
Good job
Love your atention to detail, thank you for sharing, and greetings from Costa Rica...
What a beautifully designed piece of machinery. I’m deeply envious.
Beautiful bit of kit , great to see it back in use.🇬🇧👍🏻