For the past few weeks, my dad and I have been restoring a 1956 Craftsman Benchtop Drill Press. I will also be posting photos of the disassembly, cleaning/painting, motor disassembly and fixing, and rebuilding the general assembly.
Shoutout to user jtbinvalrico on Garage Journal for inspiring this restoration in the first place! His work is amazing.
Here is a video of the drill press before we restored it and after we finished (you can really hear the difference - before, all the bearings were shot and made a crunching sad noise):
Here are some photos of the drill press before the restoration:
Next, I will post photos of the disassembly!
