Great work! I completely understand the "why do the restoration" question. 1) Because I CAN 2) It's FUN! 3) Those machines were built to be rebuilt and run forever. I enjoy helping them live their legacy! 4) I get amazing levels of satisfaction from seeing them reborn at my hand!
"They said, you couldn't do it!😈But YOU didn't know you couldn't do it🤠 So, YOU went ahead and DID it😇😍!" You are a genius kind Sir. Your video's are incredible. Thanks for sharing your talents with us. Love it❤
normally don't like talking over a restoration BUT your accent and the minimal need to explain every single step made this a joy. Oh and WD40 is a must have in every house
I restored a Delta DP 220 years ago. 72 years old now!! I love my vintage machine, and find great joy in the idea that it will almost certainly continue to provide useful service for decades to come.
I appreciate how you talk us through the process. So many channels want us to believe they pull pieces of rusty junk out of the swamp and bring them back to almost original without saying a word. You're the real deal
Awesome. Very clever tricks with the PVC and the casters. Live and learn. Get yourself a blasting cabinet. You'll never regret it. Thanks. Much appreciated.
I always appreciate seeing someone that knows how to properly do the spray painting like yourself. So often, you just see bozos with a spray can sweeping back and forth, up and down without going past the object being painted and stopping after each stroke. You did it right. Nice job!
I have the same drill press. It was my grandfathers and is 60+ years old. I’m going to restore it but keep the original patena. It’s a great drill with many memories. Nice job. 👍
What a great job! There are so many fake restoration videos online that it's a real pleasure to see a genuine one. There was someone near me who had an old Delta Rockwell drill press from the 1940's for sale that they had restored to like new condition. I was too late to purchase it, but seeing this video makes me still want one. Beautiful job.
"Don't sell it" ! .... that is now a fabulous machine and far better quality than most modern machinery you could buy these days, well worth it's place in your shop, quality 100% .... top job matey !
I have the same Fobco drill press but with a benchtop stand instead of floor mounted. Came out of an old college and still going strong. Build quality is on another level compared to the crap on the shelves today!
This is true and I have been researching why this was so true back 50+ years ago. I am not sure which company's in Europe who made machinery but in the U.S. it was a select few of them. The reason being was that during the industrial revolution a lot of heavy machinery was manufactured and those plants who had the facilities to manufacture machinery latter on switched to a consumer based economy after WWII, so they utilized their plants to make these sorts of Consumer/Prosumer products and they were overbuilt with materials that could probably make 3 of the same kind if they cheapened the manufacturing process which is done today in China. The products are built just to the spec to get the job done and nothing beyond that unless you want to go to a higher spec which is pro level. Hence the reason why I go to all garage and estate sales and I have found some fantastic machinery for very cheap, unfortunately I can't go too big due to transportation and logistics and also add to the fact that I don't have 3 phase power in my Home otherwise I would have a Bridgeport Mill and a South Bend lathe. :) Craftsman and Delta machinery like lathes, Drill presses and other wood working products were made by one company but I haven't been able to track down who made their products, all I know is that it's good stuff and a lot of the motor's were made by General Electric. So anytime I see a piece of Machinery that has a General electric motor hanging off of it I try and buy it. G.E. Motors were built like tanks! Plus I love the Black paint they used, almost looks like black Porcelain.
I have one of these exact drills. Weighs a tonne, but built in the days when ‘Made in England’ actually meant something. Round holes straight, every single time. Quite happy even swinging large hole saws in steel… 🙂
Its nice to see Wadkin, fobco and the like have a good reputation outside of the UK too, these old machines deserve to be well looked after and live on longer than us all- Its why i resto all my old machinery too. I'd highly recommend a Startrite 532 if you're ever looking for a bigger bandsaw
I've just finished doing the exact same Fobco drill press. The Fobco drills are some of the best made, built like a tank and very heavy. I did a full strip down, including the motor. It's now like a new machine and way better than most of the new junk.
Really enjoyed this restoration from start to finish. It just shows you what can be achieve with knowhow, patience and attention to detail. The bronze colour I must admit turned out well but as a traditionalist I would have liked the original cream colour applied. This machine will keep on working many years after all this Chinese and Korean rubbish has been put in a skip!
Unfortunately most products for home use does not have much quality no matter the country of manufacture. Even our food quality has dropped while the prices have skyrocketed. In North Amercia that is.
Really nice job! I love restoring old machines. When you finish with one and it runs as it should again, it is a great sense of satisfaction to see it in action. Also, Craftsman had a whole line of tools from that era that was the metallic color.. it was the more expensive versions. I think it looks great. Well done!
My vintage Craftsman drill press was originally a more intense gold color than what you used. I kept it the same for the restoration and it looks glorious. I nicknamed it Elvis.
I don’t think I would sell it I think it would out last your new one after the restoration you’ve done on it. And I really like the colour choice. Thanks for bringing us along for the ride it was so enjoyable to watch
Excellent job of restoring that vintage drill press. As an owner of an older floor model drill press myself (Industrial IMC), I found this video very satisfying. Looking forward to watching your restoration of that old compressor.
These FOBCO drills are great, I have 2, one floor standing and bench. They are very solid machines and have no movement in the quill, much better that the new ones I was looking. I note that you placed the collar above the table. I have it below the table as a safety stop for when the table needs adjusting which always happens after the work has been bolted down. I have also seen it under the main head casting as a safety stop, but yours looks like it can't move down too far as the main pillar is reduced in size at the top. Thanks for the video and keep up the restorations.
Nice. I actually got one of these a few months ago. Thankfully in fully working condition. It's great to keep old kit working, as it's so smooth and powerful. Also happy to give it a home near where it was orginally built in Leicester UK.
Thanks for sharing this. I enjoy old machines given a new life. I think I would have went with the cream color, it would give the drill more of a classic look. I look forward to the next video.
yeah my grandfather retired in 1972 and started buying machinery for his dream of a lil machine shop all his own. back then u could buy things. so he bought late 50s mid 60s model machines, u know used. now his past and guess who has them same 50s 60s machines. yes i.. lol all jokes aside, I'm so so lucky to have them, from the 6" lil lathe to my drill press. the machines i have saved me thousands. their old but not beat up. best part about it. they are so old i can make a part to fix it. lol. buddy with a lil lathe and mill,, shhhh. love ur video brother, be safe but have fun.!
Very respectable refurbishing. It looks like new and probably runs as such too. A drill press is something every shop has to have. And a floor model one is even better. I use mine daily for both wood and metal projects. Thumbs Up!
I think the drill press(pillar drill in the uk) turned out super in the end and I'd definitely choose one like it over an up to date machine any day. Brilliant restoration mate 👏 👌 👍🏽
I have a bench version of this drill press and restored mine about 5 years ago. I love it as a machine and have added a cheap, small, Chinese milling table to the accessories. I have only made 2 parts so far, new Cu contacts for my Toyota starting motor. I find it is the most used tool in my shed. I leave a rotary wire brush in it for cleaning threads and things and have made a larger plywood table with sacrificial wooden pads for drilling into and clamping to. I notice that when you started the clamp collar was below the moveable table and when completed, it was above. I think it should be below to stop gravity from taking the table to the very bottom. Well done, good to watch, Colin
I think that the copper color turned out very well. It blends well with the black and I think it looks a lot better than the yellow. Really enjoy your restoration videos! Looking forward to seeing the next one and learning more ways of fixing things. Blessings my friend!
The colour came out much better then I would have thought. I did like some of your creative ways to do this project suchh as the use of PVC to make soaking containers and the furniture wheels to spin the shaft.
Great work! I completely understand the "why do the restoration" question.
1) Because I CAN
2) It's FUN!
3) Those machines were built to be rebuilt and run forever. I enjoy helping them live their legacy!
4) I get amazing levels of satisfaction from seeing them reborn at my hand!
"They said, you couldn't do it!😈But YOU didn't know you couldn't do it🤠 So, YOU went ahead and DID it😇😍!" You are a genius kind Sir. Your video's are incredible. Thanks for sharing your talents with us. Love it❤
normally don't like talking over a restoration BUT your accent and the minimal need to explain every single step made this a joy. Oh and WD40 is a must have in every house
I restored a Delta DP 220 years ago. 72 years old now!! I love my vintage machine, and find great joy in the idea that it will almost certainly continue to provide useful service for decades to come.
I recently got a hold of a DP220. It’s turned into a bit of a money pit, but I think it’s worth it for a solid machine made in the U.S.A..
I appreciate how you talk us through the process. So many channels want us to believe they pull pieces of rusty junk out of the swamp and bring them back to almost original without saying a word. You're the real deal
So many of these people making videos don't have a clue what they're doing,This guy did a nice job
The space age design really popped after the restoration. Love it!
Needs a racing stripe! Red one, great job, saving a old workhorse is always the best way to go, a little love and grease and it will last forever.👍👍👍
Awesome. Very clever tricks with the PVC and the casters. Live and learn. Get yourself a blasting cabinet. You'll never regret it. Thanks. Much appreciated.
I always appreciate seeing someone that knows how to properly do the spray painting like yourself. So often, you just see bozos with a spray can sweeping back and forth, up and down without going past the object being painted and stopping after each stroke. You did it right. Nice job!
thanks mate you just spurred me on to fix mine, had it for 7 years ( a gift ) . Now I have no excuse.
I have the same drill press. It was my grandfathers and is 60+ years old. I’m going to restore it but keep the original patena. It’s a great drill with many memories. Nice job. 👍
Well worth the wait. Wasn't disappointed. Perfect colour scheme. And yeah, get rid of the benchtop and keep this one. Go vintage!
What a great job! There are so many fake restoration videos online that it's a real pleasure to see a genuine one.
There was someone near me who had an old Delta Rockwell drill press from the 1940's for sale that they had restored to like new condition. I was too late to purchase it, but seeing this video makes me still want one. Beautiful job.
Great work!, not sure why I'm so entranced with resto vids but here we are.
I’ve been following for years. I am glad to see a touch of gray hair. It feels like we got old together.
Even if the color is not one you like, the end result looks 100 times better than before the restoration. Good job 👍
"Don't sell it" ! .... that is now a fabulous machine and far better quality than most modern machinery you could buy these days, well worth it's place in your shop, quality 100% .... top job matey !
Brilliant- the 2 colours go very well together 👍👍👍
Very good job. I am impressed. Thanks for sharing
I have the same Fobco drill press but with a benchtop stand instead of floor mounted. Came out of an old college and still going strong. Build quality is on another level compared to the crap on the shelves today!
This is true and I have been researching why this was so true back 50+ years ago. I am not sure which company's in Europe who made machinery but in the U.S. it was a select few of them. The reason being was that during the industrial revolution a lot of heavy machinery was manufactured and those plants who had the facilities to manufacture machinery latter on switched to a consumer based economy after WWII, so they utilized their plants to make these sorts of Consumer/Prosumer products and they were overbuilt with materials that could probably make 3 of the same kind if they cheapened the manufacturing process which is done today in China. The products are built just to the spec to get the job done and nothing beyond that unless you want to go to a higher spec which is pro level.
Hence the reason why I go to all garage and estate sales and I have found some fantastic machinery for very cheap, unfortunately I can't go too big due to transportation and logistics and also add to the fact that I don't have 3 phase power in my Home otherwise I would have a Bridgeport Mill and a South Bend lathe. :)
Craftsman and Delta machinery like lathes, Drill presses and other wood working products were made by one company but I haven't been able to track down who made their products, all I know is that it's good stuff and a lot of the motor's were made by General Electric. So anytime I see a piece of Machinery that has a General electric motor hanging off of it I try and buy it. G.E. Motors were built like tanks! Plus I love the Black paint they used, almost looks like black Porcelain.
I have one of these exact drills. Weighs a tonne, but built in the days when ‘Made in England’ actually meant something. Round holes straight, every single time. Quite happy even swinging large hole saws in steel… 🙂
Well done, really like what you made of this. Best regards from Switzerland
Its nice to see Wadkin, fobco and the like have a good reputation outside of the UK too, these old machines deserve to be well looked after and live on longer than us all- Its why i resto all my old machinery too. I'd highly recommend a Startrite 532 if you're ever looking for a bigger bandsaw
I've just finished doing the exact same Fobco drill press. The Fobco drills are some of the best made, built like a tank and very heavy. I did a full strip down, including the motor. It's now like a new machine and way better than most of the new junk.
I really enjoy watching your restorations of the older machines. Thank you.
Very well done as always!!!!
Beatiful! I have my grandfather's DeltavDP220, old tools are often the best tools.
Great job
I like to see the older tools working again. I have bought older tools and got them working. I have not tried a big project yet.
great job , love restaurations , keep m coming
Beautiful Restoration.
Very nice restoration. Thanks.
Really enjoyed this restoration from start to finish. It just shows you what can be achieve with knowhow, patience and attention to detail. The bronze colour I must admit turned out well but as a traditionalist I would have liked the original cream colour applied. This machine will keep on working many years after all this Chinese and Korean rubbish has been put in a skip!
Unfortunately most products for home use does not have much quality no matter the country of manufacture. Even our food quality has dropped while the prices have skyrocketed. In North Amercia that is.
I really liked the copper colour and the video. My favourite items in the video were the custom soaking containers made from PVC pipe.
Great job on the drill press
Really nice job! I love restoring old machines. When you finish with one and it runs as it should again, it is a great sense of satisfaction to see it in action.
Also, Craftsman had a whole line of tools from that era that was the metallic color.. it was the more expensive versions. I think it looks great. Well done!
I watched the video and still can’t believe how good it turned out. Rey nice.
Awesome job. I truly appreciate your work and attention to detail. Keep up the great job
My vintage Craftsman drill press was originally a more intense gold color than what you used. I kept it the same for the restoration and it looks glorious. I nicknamed it Elvis.
really nice job, you come up with some good ideas ,very helpfull thanks john from uk
Superb restoration!
Beautiful colour great video too
Very nice is better than the new design thanks my friend 🙏
This was a great save of a vintage machine…liked the use of everyday options including rust removal of the pole. Way to think outside the box!
Great work. Cool colors.
I don’t think I would sell it I think it would out last your new one after the restoration you’ve done on it. And I really like the colour choice. Thanks for bringing us along for the ride it was so enjoyable to watch
Nice job Jean, nice job...
I think the colour scheme reaully suits that design, it adds to the Art Deco vibe the drill seems to have :)
I really think the colour turned out great
As you were dismantling it, it's so cool to see how well the old stuff was made.
Thanks!
And thank you!
Nice job! I liked the copper color from the start, so I'm glad you did in the end too 🙂👍
Very nice job you must be very happy with it
Lots of good things in your video.
Excellent job of restoring that vintage drill press. As an owner of an older floor model drill press myself (Industrial IMC), I found this video very satisfying. Looking forward to watching your restoration of that old compressor.
wow, really cool. I like the colour!
Just saw this. Dude you did a GREAT JOB!!
You always have such imaginative 'job jigs' to aid your restorations and other projects.
I have the same drill, good video, all that’s missing is a chuck guard 😉👍
Great restoration
You did a really nice job. Great video “how to”.
Another Excellent restoration of fine vintage tool, thanks for sharing!
Wooden vee blocks next time for that pillar soak I was so worried you would roll all the evaporust out all over the place! Great Channel mate!
Nice work, adding the products you use is great along with explanations. Thank you!
Great Job of rebuilding the Tall Drill Machine. lv the video..
These FOBCO drills are great, I have 2, one floor standing and bench. They are very solid machines and have no movement in the quill, much better that the new ones I was looking. I note that you placed the collar above the table. I have it below the table as a safety stop for when the table needs adjusting which always happens after the work has been bolted down. I have also seen it under the main head casting as a safety stop, but yours looks like it can't move down too far as the main pillar is reduced in size at the top. Thanks for the video and keep up the restorations.
Excellent video!!
Very Nice job!!!💯👍👌
Man that thing is bangin! Looks more gold than copper, but hey, the final look is amazing and those old machines are bulletproof.
This project looks like it must’ve taken ages, but what an awesome result! Amazing job. Keep it up!
It took a bit of labor but it was a lot of fun. Thanks so much!
Love your videos mate. Awesome job 👏👍
Nice. I actually got one of these a few months ago. Thankfully in fully working condition. It's great to keep old kit working, as it's so smooth and powerful. Also happy to give it a home near where it was orginally built in Leicester UK.
I really like the paint scheme it is kind of a retro Era design. Nice job.
Thanks for sharing this. I enjoy old machines given a new life. I think I would have went with the cream color, it would give the drill more of a classic look. I look forward to the next video.
Great project.Can't wait for compressor restoration.
Good restoration by the way
A very fine restoration god job !!
Lovely end result.
That was absolutely fantastic sir I watch every one of your videos they get better and better. Take care and stay safe. Tom.
I like the color. Very retro futuristic. Awesome job.
Love the copper color!
awesome! I think you did a very nice job!
yeah my grandfather retired in 1972 and started buying machinery for his dream of a lil machine shop all his own. back then u could buy things. so he bought late 50s mid 60s model machines, u know used. now his past and guess who has them same 50s 60s machines. yes i.. lol all jokes aside, I'm so so lucky to have them, from the 6" lil lathe to my drill press. the machines i have saved me thousands. their old but not beat up. best part about it. they are so old i can make a part to fix it. lol. buddy with a lil lathe and mill,, shhhh. love ur video brother, be safe but have fun.!
Love the colours!
Well restored and a big yes to the colour scheme.
That hammered look paint is perfect for these tool restoration projects. Love your channel
Fantastic work and agree on the color you choose. Great job.
The paint looks good.
Superb job!
Very respectable refurbishing. It looks like new and probably runs as such too. A drill press is something every shop has to have. And a floor model one is even better. I use mine daily for both wood and metal projects. Thumbs Up!
Another w in the win box. Great vidy
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I think the drill press(pillar drill in the uk) turned out super in the end and I'd definitely choose one like it over an up to date machine any day.
Brilliant restoration mate 👏 👌 👍🏽
I have a bench version of this drill press and restored mine about 5 years ago. I love it as a machine and have added a cheap, small, Chinese milling table to the accessories. I have only made 2 parts so far, new Cu contacts for my Toyota starting motor. I find it is the most used tool in my shed. I leave a rotary wire brush in it for cleaning threads and things and have made a larger plywood table with sacrificial wooden pads for drilling into and clamping to. I notice that when you started the clamp collar was below the moveable table and when completed, it was above. I think it should be below to stop gravity from taking the table to the very bottom. Well done, good to watch, Colin
Great work!
Nice restore, was a pleasure to watch.
Such a piece of good job and nice machine also...congratulations.
You should have bought yerself a nice new Chinese one..... :-) Brilliant to see these fabulous tools being looked after
I think that the copper color turned out very well. It blends well with the black and I think it looks a lot better than the yellow. Really enjoy your restoration videos! Looking forward to seeing the next one and learning more ways of fixing things. Blessings my friend!
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The colour came out much better then I would have thought. I did like some of your creative ways to do this project suchh as the use of PVC to make soaking containers and the furniture wheels to spin the shaft.
I prefer this style vid over your tablesaw restoration. Start to finish is nice.