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Atlas Press Co.
Kalamazoo, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	benchtop
Submitted By:	William Pierce

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	64
Date of Manufacturer:	1948-50
Serial Number:	065580 (View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated	10/11/2010 9:22:12 AM

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THIS MACHINE HAS BEEN SOLD.

Here are a before- and an after-refurbishing photos of an old Atlas Model 64 drill press. The machine was used more than 50 years in a small local manufacturing facility. Having dismantled the drill press completely for cleaning and checking of wear parts, I believe everything except the spindle bearings and the on-off switch to be original. Obviously the conical spindle guard is missing.

According to the Atlas bulletin, "Instructions and Parts list for ATLAS No. 64 DRILL PRESS-BENCH MODEL" which a representive at Clausing was kind enough to send, this model has one of two then available spindles, the 61-4C1 with No. 1 MT socket. As you can see, the spindle extends well below the quill. The chuck, while accepting only 1/2" max., is huge. Before receiving the bulletin, I had wondered whether the spindle and chuck actually had come from a larger machine.

The old 1/3 hp motor has a tag bearing the Atlas name. In removing the "wonderful" green color which so many companies (and schools) chose to use on their machinery, I found that the motor originally was black, while the drill press itself was gray--darker than the color I chose.

The idler, which is visible in the before photo and enables many more speeds than the two-pulley arrangement shown in the after picture, works fine. Since most of my work is in wood, I really don't require the additional speeds.

This drill press is the first Atlas machine among my small collection of very functional vintage machines. It handles heavier work than I like to do on my Rockwell benchtop radial drill press.

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