Champion Blower & Forge

Bench Drill Press

This little gem was purchased at the Potomac Antique Tools and Industries Association (PATINA) sale at Damascus, MD in March 2008. The show is mostly for woodworking tools (I've never seen so many old planes, from $5 lumps of rust to rare $600 antiques) there is a flea market in the parking lot and some small machinery and machinist tools usually show up.

This drill press is in great shape, the only real defect being the missing fast pulley, which was replaced with the v-belt pulley. Nothing that can't be fixed. The table has only one very small dimple. Of course, there is some serious cosmetic work to be done.