4-Speed Drill Press Works Great

4-Speed Drill Press Works Great FARM SHOP Miscellaneous The 1/4 hp 4-speed drill press Justin Kelzer built consists of an antique Champion #97 post drill with a pulley drive attached Kelzer added a motor and transmission and mounted everything to a wood frame “I wanted a drill press and had been looking for an old post drill I could modify ” explains Kelzer “The seller’s wife had given him a posthole auger as a present ” The 1/4 hp motor was an old one Kelzer had found as he cleaned out his grandfather’s farm Though small it provides plenty of power thanks to the 4-speed transmission it drives “The transmission is from an old Gamble riding lawn mower ” says Kelzer “It lets me control the speed I can drill as slow or fast as I want Sometimes I use the neutral and I’ve run it in reverse to back out of a hole ” To mount the transmission Kelzer cut out the deck plate from the lawn mower with the transmission’s shift pattern He welded a piece of angle iron to the plate mounted the transmission to it and bolted it all to the wooden frame of the press Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Justin Kelzer 1312 Apron Rd Randall Minn 56475 ph 320 360-5875

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