amazing restore, love the matte black finish, it really pops! the gold lettering was the cherry ontop. So nice that each part has delta cast into it, that detail just adds more value to it!
Nice touch using the vintage cloth-covered power cable and the 2-prong plug. I have a DP-220. Watching you re-assembled the drill press helped me understand how mine was built.
Nice job. Did a 220 myself a few years ago that I picked up very cheap. It was complete (sans lamp) with no broken castings or repairs, a floor model, but a crappy motor which I had a replacement for anyway. Painted it rattle can grey and eventually ordered new replacement spindle bearings from Hammerscale. Will last for many more decades to come.
You did an amazing job bringing this drill press back to life. And there is a long life still in that drill press for sure. The little details are important and they make it look new. Perfect project. Thumbs Up!
Nice job. However, this video series could have been so much more informative, if you'd added some explanations, either verbally, or textual. If someone with restoration experience watch this video series, he/she probably would completely understand what you were doing at every step of the way, but for those, like myself, who are absolutely new to this, there were many things unclear. Name of the products, and their use, either on screen, or in the description would have been very very useful. Where you bought the new.used part, like the lamp? You could have provided a link for interested people. Regardless, I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing.
Just found your video. At the start of the summer I got a older drill press that I am going to restore as soon I get some other projects done. It helped watching you. Wish I could have seen you take it apart I think that will be my biggest concern. It's in good shape but weathered it was kept in a barn. Lots of cleaning. It is also a bench model. Thanks
Nicely done. I appreciate your video because i intend to take mine apart for cleaning and i was apprehensive about removing the housing with the spring. Now i know what it looks like so it will be easier to reassemble. Springs can be tricky sometimes. One comment that may not be of use, but for what its worth... when applying the torch to the handle the vise was acting as a literal heat sink. When heating something move the target area as far from a large metal mass as possible because otherwise you have to heat your target plus the nontarget mass, which takes a lot longer especially when its as big as a vise jaw. Just put the end of the handle in the jaw or better yet hold it with pliars, when it has reached your desired temp put it back in the vise and bend.
You have to wind the spring before tightening the bolts and also the column lock bolt has to go in before you slide the head on. Nice job though looks beautiful
Beautiful restoration job. I love the flat black with the bronze lettering. Looks much better than what ever colors came from the factory. I am restoring an old UK DP that is very similar. How did you get rid of the arch of shame on the table and restore the base to such immaculate condition?
Great question! Your totally right, since this is now my personal press I was afraid of the same thing. I put just enough to hold it in place. I think if I would've done a better job cleaning and polishing the tree it would've needed more torque and possibly cracked the weld. for now it holds well but that weld is always in the back of my mind.
I was about to comment on the gold leafing, then I saw you beating on the spindle bearing with a steel wrench, are you kidding, don’t you think a brass hammer would have been the appropriate tool? I restored the same drill press, painted it blue and polished all the steel, including the column to the point it almost looked like chrome. Sold it the first day I posted it to Craigslist, $375. Didn’t have the retirement light.
I have a 1937 DP220 that I’m beginning to restore. It was painted an ugly green at so point, and I would really like to strip it and do a finish like your’s. can you tell me what type of primer and paint you used? Thanks!
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amazing restore, love the matte black finish, it really pops! the gold lettering was the cherry ontop. So nice that each part has delta cast into it, that detail just adds more value to it!
Nice touch using the vintage cloth-covered power cable and the 2-prong plug. I have a DP-220. Watching you re-assembled the drill press helped me understand how mine was built.
Thanks, much appreciated!
great job, but no grease
Looks like a piece of high end furniture decoration.
Nice job. Did a 220 myself a few years ago that I picked up very cheap. It was complete (sans lamp) with no broken castings or repairs, a floor model, but a crappy motor which I had a replacement for anyway. Painted it rattle can grey and eventually ordered new replacement spindle bearings from Hammerscale. Will last for many more decades to come.
definitely! they built them to last for sure.
You did an amazing job bringing this drill press back to life. And there is a long life still in that drill press for sure. The little details are important and they make it look new. Perfect project. Thumbs Up!
Thanks I appreciate it!
Nice job. However, this video series could have been so much more informative, if you'd added some explanations, either verbally, or textual. If someone with restoration experience watch this video series, he/she probably would completely understand what you were doing at every step of the way, but for those, like myself, who are absolutely new to this, there were many things unclear. Name of the products, and their use, either on screen, or in the description would have been very very useful. Where you bought the new.used part, like the lamp? You could have provided a link for interested people. Regardless, I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing.
Nice restoration.
Badass. Keep up the great work!
Just found your video. At the start of the summer I got a older drill press that I am going to restore as soon I get some other projects done. It helped watching you. Wish I could have seen you take it apart I think that will be my biggest concern. It's in good shape but weathered it was kept in a barn. Lots of cleaning. It is also a bench model. Thanks
Sorry for the late reply I've been out to sea for a while, the drill press resto is a 3 part video I take it apart on the first video.
@@vintagerevival391 ok thanks I will look for the others.
Nicely done. I appreciate your video because i intend to take mine apart for cleaning and i was apprehensive about removing the housing with the spring. Now i know what it looks like so it will be easier to reassemble. Springs can be tricky sometimes.
One comment that may not be of use, but for what its worth... when applying the torch to the handle the vise was acting as a literal heat sink. When heating something move the target area as far from a large metal mass as possible because otherwise you have to heat your target plus the nontarget mass, which takes a lot longer especially when its as big as a vise jaw. Just put the end of the handle in the jaw or better yet hold it with pliars, when it has reached your desired temp put it back in the vise and bend.
Thanks for the advice ill do that next time, it was a pain to bend that although the editing made it look easy.
What a fucking shame that the best part (finished) doesn't get hardly any video time. 😎
Sorry my editing skills are terrible, point noted. Thanks!
You have to wind the spring before tightening the bolts and also the column lock bolt has to go in before you slide the head on. Nice job though looks beautiful
Inpiring work man.
Nice job.
Beautiful restoration job. I love the flat black with the bronze lettering. Looks much better than what ever colors came from the factory. I am restoring an old UK DP that is very similar. How did you get rid of the arch of shame on the table and restore the base to such immaculate condition?
Damn nice work!
Much appreciated
Beautiful job! But, no lube on reassembly?
Amazing restoration. Noticed that you didn't remove the chuck.....do you happen to know if it's threaded on (reverse/normal) or if it's a Morse taper?
Why was the catalyst label covered with tape?
You're using the torch the wrong way. The flame is hottest at the very end, not right at the nozzle !
Wow, now that is what I call a drill press... Just curious, do you know how much it weighs? Beautiful job...
Sorry for the late reply I was deployed, I cant say the exact weight but it so heavy I'm not worried about bolting it down, lol
Nice job, I have the same model that I need to replace the chuck on. Can you tell me how to get the chuck off?
Very nice. How did the weld at the base hold up? Welding cast iron, is not a guaranteed result, especially, with the stress of tightening that bolt.
Great question! Your totally right, since this is now my personal press I was afraid of the same thing. I put just enough to hold it in place. I think if I would've done a better job cleaning and polishing the tree it would've needed more torque and possibly cracked the weld. for now it holds well but that weld is always in the back of my mind.
I was about to comment on the gold leafing, then I saw you beating on the spindle bearing with a steel wrench, are you kidding, don’t you think a brass hammer would have been the appropriate tool? I restored the same drill press, painted it blue and polished all the steel, including the column to the point it almost looked like chrome. Sold it the first day I posted it to Craigslist, $375. Didn’t have the retirement light.
I don't plan on selling it and anything can be a hammer, no bearings were harmed in the making of this video.
Where'd you get that light at?
This really helped my project.
Only problem is, what size key do I need. Guy I bought it from didn’t have one.
Thanks
I'll have to look at the markings on mine, sorry for the late response been a busy week.
I have a 1937 DP220 that I’m beginning to restore. It was painted an ugly green at so point, and I would really like to strip it and do a finish like your’s. can you tell me what type of primer and paint you used? Thanks!
Where did you the spindle pulley replacement bearing? I am looking for the one with the extended inner race. Nice work on the restoration!
Let me find the link.
Sir how do I remove the drill chuck for maintenance on this model?
Can you explain what liquid are you brushing in the corners and lettering 1:30 into the video and why? Thanks bud.
its a gel rust remover, home depot carries it
Where did you get that light? Is it vintage or new made to look vintage?
its an original retirement lamp that was an option for the drill press.
Ironic fixing a bent handle in a vise with a bent handle ha ha.
Excellent restoration.
Your videos need better editing.
Im trying man, I agree, lol
What brand of paint did you use?
I used rustolium with a enamel hardener and self etching primer.
Do you know the name of the color of this rustoleum? That is gorgeous! Want that for my vise....
@@jameszettelmeyer291 I used flat black and antique bronze on the letters