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You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Guardian Power Fdms Drill Press. Thread starter silverhawk Start date Jul 10, Joined Dec 6, Messages I couldn't find one out there on the inner tubes. I'm looking to upgrade a few things on it and turn it into a nice machine speed floor-standing drill press with a 3" capacity.
Joined Jul 2, Messages 7, It is not a Harbor Freight drill press, but lots of those machines were sold with many different name badges on them. The Taiwan machines back then were definitely better than the Chinese look alike ones, but still not too special. I have a Taiwan made Enco drill press about the same size as the one in the photo, dated , and it has been pretty good for me since I bought it new back then, 30 years ago.
Bob Korves said:. Click to expand I don't know if that would work, but I am doubtful. Asian import machinery looks all the same from three feet away, but when you try to swap parts you often find they are just different enough to not work, and not be easy to modify to work. Buffalo Forge, which has about 2, employees, operates three plants in the Buffalo area, two in Virginia, and one each in Canada and Mexico.
The company's products have been used to ventilate the Lincoln Tunnel, recondition damaged ships at Pearl Harbor and clear the fog from the ice on warm nights during the Stanley Cup hockey layoffs in its home town. Sales rose Dividends have been paid on the common stock each year since Despite management's refusal to sell shares now, Buffalo Forge's disclosure documents show that a Wendt family trust last fall sold 3, shares on the open market at the same time that Ampco was acquiring its shares.
Details of the transaction were not explained further and the company will not comment on the matter. After some negotiations, they approved a merger proposed from Ogden Corp. After the takeover, Ampco refused to recognize the Ampco agreement, contending that it resulted from a breach of the directors' fiduciary duty and constituted a manipulative device in violatino of Section 14 c of the Williams Act, 15 U. Ampco refused the tender of Ogden's , shares, refused to pay dividendss on the stock held by Ogden and denied Ogden the right to exercise its option for the purchase of additional shares.
Ampco sued for rescission of the transaction and sought damages from the individual members of the Buffalo Forge board if rescission was denied. The Second Circuit concurred with the findings of the U. Marathon Oil Corp. It found no misleading manipulative acts in this case. Register :: Login. Home Page. Mission Submitting Content VintageMachinery. Classified Ads Vintage Machinery Store. Manufacturers Index - Buffalo Forge Co.
Buffalo, NY, U. Brief History Buffalo Forge Co. Buffalo Forge Machinery Buffalo Forge is best remembered for the 15" and 17" drill presses that were made through most of the 20th century.
Parts and Service Buffalo Machines, Inc. Other Resources Buffalo machines did not have serial numbers and did not change much over the years so it can be difficult to determine when a given machine was manufactured. An owwm. More information related to this maker is available in the Wiki , including a reprint of a speech concerning the history of the company.
Google Books has a number of books and catalogs published by Buffalo Forge Co. Other items include the following: American Schools of Mechanical Technology The book is largely taken up with photographs of school shops equipped with Buffalo Forge equipment.
Fan Engineering , by Willis Carrier See also pages for Buffalo Forge post drills. That Buffalo Forge dates from about to at least , and primarily made iron bar stock. Drew, tells the story of this business and the people who worked there, especially those who worked there in slavery.
Advertisement for Canadian Buffalo Forge Co. That the Commissioner of Public Works be and he hereby is directed to cause the smoke nuisance maintained by the Buffalo Forge Co.
Canadian industry, commerce, and finance; published as a companion volume to The Journal of Commerce , , by J. Ogden Corp. The decision came a month after Howden Group P. Carey, Jr. A court memorandum opinion regarding an asbestos-related lawsuit provides a brief recent history of Buffalo Forge.
ECF No. Ampco-Pittsburgh acquired Buffalo Forge I in Buffalo Pumps, Inc. Thanks to Theresa Silva for providing some of the material here, such as the information on non-drill products made by Buffalo Forge. She died in Cope, page Our purpose is to provide information about vintage machinery that is generally difficult to locate. Share this. Like this: Like Loading Here are the pulley speeds… Like Like. The only parts I had to buy were a few set screws from Home Depot. Works great! I have one of these drillpreses made in and the motor humms but wont run unless you spin it i have looked everywhere for a capicitor can you tell me where it is located Like Like.
Or at least not that I saw when fixing it up. I have a bdm 5 drill press I looking for a chuck key that will fit it harbor freight key wont fit an work can any help me Like Like. Can anyone confirm the correct chuck key for the HDC bdm5 — and where to find one? Thanks in advance Like Like. I do not. Mine had a place for the bulb. Thanks Like Like. Looks like 8mm Thanks Nick. I appreciste the information. Thanks once again Nick Like Liked by 1 person. Thanks for the site.
Thanks, Pete Like Like. Mine says M Hope that helps! Do you know the width? Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
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