Helpful as always, my friend Tom Lipton of Oxtoolco (and LBNL) was visiting the shop of the Mechanical Engineering Dept at UC Berkeley (Go Bears!) and came across this press. Many thanks to Tom for snapping a few pix for me. Tom put me on to the original craigslist ad that started this odyssey. Tom's YouTube channel is made of pretty much pure awesome.
Note the shop light mounted on the left side of the press. My press has the tapped holes for a mounting bracket, but the light itself is long gone. May be time for what the YouTube metalworking community has come to call a "Doubleboost Light" after John Mills's idea. John's channel is great.
This press is a little later revision compared to mine. One obvious change is the large black plastic knob to lock the head to the column after adjusting the height. On my press, this is a steel lever. I've see a couple of other presses on the web with the lever. The 1960 parts list above shows a knob like this one.
It looks like the press has its original motor...from back when things were made to last!
Note the shop light mounted on the left side of the press. My press has the tapped holes for a mounting bracket, but the light itself is long gone. May be time for what the YouTube metalworking community has come to call a "Doubleboost Light" after John Mills's idea. John's channel is great.
This press is a little later revision compared to mine. One obvious change is the large black plastic knob to lock the head to the column after adjusting the height. On my press, this is a steel lever. I've see a couple of other presses on the web with the lever. The 1960 parts list above shows a knob like this one.
It looks like the press has its original motor...from back when things were made to last!
This shot shows the detail of the A-112 Drive Mounting with a gits oiler. There's another one on the other side.
These oilers were removed from my press and replaced with grease zerks. Not sure why. Note the nameplate from B.H.S. Machinery Sales of SF CA. My press was sold to Litton Industries in 1951 by the same distributor. |
Note the asset tag. The two leading digits might be the year (1955) that the press was acquired. That would match the pic on the front cover of the 1956? catalog.
My press is missing both of the plates from the rear belt guard. They were likely removed when the ginormous skirt was added to the guard. |
This shot shows another detail of the A-112 Drive Mounting with a gits oiler.
The coil spring is an A-998 Counter Poise Spring on the A-109 Idler Swivel Stud for the belt tension assembly.
The coil spring is an A-998 Counter Poise Spring on the A-109 Idler Swivel Stud for the belt tension assembly.