That sounds like a nice drill. When last I visited a pal, he had a number of 3 phase motors he wanted to get rid of. He is away until the end of the month, but if you dont have a motor by then, I can see what he has available. Alan On 17/09/2012 09:27, Chris Crosskey wrote: > Hi folks... I have a new toy... it's a 20-odd year old Nutool floor-standing > pillar drill, Morse taper 4, 32mm drill capacity, 12 speed 170-3000rpm and > currently has a 240V 2HP motor on it. > > Couple of faults, the motor adjustment rails seem jammed, and it's missing > its table.... If anyone has a table for a pillar drill with a 3 5/8" (or > thereabouts) column and an 11" throat depth then I'd be happy to negotiate > for it, and anyone with any experience of the drill slides on these things > I'd welcome advice... There are two butterfly screws that lock the rails and > some sort of handle just in front of them.... the rails are pretty rusty > though and that might be most of the problem.... I plan on stripping it down > to give it a clean as the return spring seems a bit lazy despite we > tightening it up a bit, and I want to sort out the wiring cos it's a bit > manky too.... > > If anyone near Oxford/Swindon is interested in swapping the motor for an > equivalent 3-phase I'd be happy to do a straight swap as I have a spare > inverter kicking around and it would increase the already impressive speed > range... > > Cost me 69 quid and a bit of a magical mystery tour out near Much Wenlock > > chrisc > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. If you have received it in > error, do not use or disclose the information in any way, notify me > immediately, and please delete it from your system. > ________________________________________________________________________ > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.