Old drill worth saving ?

[dieselsamurai]

This is near me and the guy wants £30 looks to be pretty old but not to far gone to save. It has the pulley on top of the spindle but no motor shouldnt be an issue.

Ive never heard of a J.Edwards pillar drill but its a cool looking thing shame to see it wieghed in



Press behind isnt for sale :-(

 

[Brad93]

£30 is probably fair

 

[fizzy]

Definitely worth saving and may never have had an electric motor.
A bit of work and it will be a thing of beauty and worth a lot more.
Known as camelback drills I think.

 

[Agroshield]

F J Edwards is better known for its sheet metal machines. They would have been the importer or agent. Likely to be US-manufactured.

F. J. Edwards - Graces Guide

www.gracesguide.co.uk

 

[James1979]

Only Google because i handnt heard of them, but….

Edwards British Machine Tools | Westermans

Quality, British made machine tools by FJ Edwards. Used equipment available for delivery Worldwide, click for current availability.

www.westermans.com

Edit - you’d think Westermans would fact check themselves….. info on link is just copy / paste for FJ Edwards from another source.

 

[graffian]

Looks like a Denbigh drill. "The Denbigh" will be in the casting on the wall side, if it is.

 

[frank horton]

I'd buy it in a heart beat.....but I like old things.....except women.......hahaha......

 

[dieselsamurai]

yeah I think its worth a punt for £30 as just think it looks cool too. Hopefully got an MT2 spindle as its at least useful to me

 

[fizzy]

F J Edwards is better known for its sheet metal machines. They would have been the importer or agent. Likely to be US-manufactured.

F. J. Edwards - Graces Guide

www.gracesguide.co.uk

Doesn't look very American to me.
Plenty of old British drills like that.

 

[dieselsamurai]

Looks like a Denbigh drill. "The Denbigh" will be in the casting on the wall side, if it is.

I was wondering who actually made it i was expecting it to ba cast somewhere but cant see in pictures

 

[dieselsamurai]

Doesn't look very American to me.
Plenty of old British drills like that.

it must be pre ww2 i guess

 

[nickk]

Is the. “F” obscured by the drive screw?

 

[James1979]

Is the. “F” obscured by the drive screw?

Yup. I think so.

 

[nickk]

Vw air cooled bell housing ready for boring?

 

[fizzy]

it must be pre ww2 i guess

Definitely!
Prob pre 1920s

 

[fizzy]

My nice little drill

 

[graffian]

I am surprised they are not more common, at one point it was about the only make of pillar drill I had seen.
All three[2 pillars & 1 bench] that I had, had the same problem, the spindle is driven by a sliding key, look at the top
of the pulley to see it. The keyways in the spindles were badly worn, I ended up with a grinder precision[9" grinder] widening the
key way. I made a new key for the new wide keyway and didn't have any more problems.

I would have put it post war, if you told me they made them like that right up to the 60's I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[Johnnybravo]

Vw air cooled bell housing ready for boring?

Engine casing

 

[dieselsamurai]

I am surprised they are not more common, at one point it was about the only make of pillar drill I had seen.
All three[2 pillars & 1 bench] that I had, had the same problem, the spindle is driven by a sliding key, look at the top
of the pulley to see it. The keyways in the spindles were badly worn, I ended up with a grinder precision[9" grinder] widening the
key way. I made a new key for the new wide keyway and didn't have any more problems.

I would have put it post war, if you told me they made them like that right up to the 60's I wouldn't be surprised.

Ok will look at that then, if theres too much play in everything then i might be put off but most can be sorted I guess

 

[dieselsamurai]

Just waiting for the tax on my truck to appear as valid I paid today for it but still says untaxed online and I dont want to get pulled