Power King drill press model 611

[Jmoozy27]

I was gonna post this in the bushcraft tools section but it didn't seem to fit the bill:

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Plucked it off of craigslist this morning for $50. Everything looks original except the switch and plug. It seems to have been built and sold in the early 1940's and has a lot of life left. I can only imagine that this could have assisted in the defeat of the axis powers. Wishful thinking but... I love old stuff like this that still works.

If anyone has any more info on this I would like to know more about it. Feel free to post up some of your antique tools that you still use. They dont make them like they used to.

[onformula1]

That's cool, I used to have one just like it, I bought it in 1998 at a garage sale for $20 bucks cleaned it up and used it a ton in my shop unfortunately a few years ago it started cracking in the casting on the main head part, once it completely died I gave it to a good friend that has the same unit for spare parts, it still lives!



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[Dirtcrasher]

Nice old American iron.

We actually use to make really good stuff!!

[Jmoozy27]

That's cool, I used to have one just like it, I bought it in 1998 at a garage sale for $20 bucks cleaned it up and used it a ton in my shop unfortunately a few years ago it started cracking in the casting on the main head part, once it completely died I gave it to a good friend that has the same unit for spare parts, it still lives!



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I used it to remove a broken head bolt earlier and it works really well.

[onformula1]

They are great drill presses, they aren't Harbor Freight, but they are pretty good! :lol:

I had a buddy that found one with no motor and missing some parts, so he made a simple arbor type press with it, great for light duty work.