Alfa Machine Corporation ASR Drill Press Restoration and Information – Page Five

Continuing on from the previous page. Base partially cleaned up:

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

Two bearings under the driven pulley, 47mm OD, 24mm ID and 14mm high:

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

The motor mount holes are off-center:

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

Their off-center location makes for rather an annoying time using a socket (or even an open ended spanner) to loosen the nut. More pics during the paint removal process:

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

Repainting started:

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

The gap between the table and the table support is tiny!

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

This is as far as the restoration got in the time I had the press:

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

Here is a partial restoration and review of an Alfa Machine Corporation ASR bench pedestal drill press.

I didn’t get much of a chance to try it out as I only had access to the drill press for a short time, so I can’t provide much of a review. Does anyone know where this one came from?

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