2013 - Volume #37, Issue #1, Page #37
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4-Speed Drill Press Works Great
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“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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