DAMN, and now I'm envious of that pillar drill!! That's a real find! Decent model too, 50's vintage I suspect, but with a turn table plate and a hand-cranked rising mechanism. Decent ratcheting bit and braces too. Those are like thirty bucks each, and the pillar drill you'd be lucky to get for under two hundred on ebay.
Oh, and snag all the drill bits you can find, they're not much each but a full set will run to hundred bucks sometimes. Might as well get them if they're free.
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DAMN, and now I'm envious of that pillar drill!! That's a real find! Decent model too, 50's vintage I suspect, but with a turn table plate and a hand-cranked rising mechanism. Decent ratcheting bit and braces too. Those are like thirty bucks each, and the pillar drill you'd be lucky to get for under two hundred on ebay.
Oh, and snag all the drill bits you can find, they're not much each but a full set will run to hundred bucks sometimes. Might as well get them if they're free.