Hooked on "Made in USA"

[jttoner]

Recently I found an old 14" Delta DP220 drill press, cleaned it and found it to be a pleasure to use. No spindle wobble and a quality feel I never experienced with mu Chicom Craftsman which I ended up giving to a friend. Although I have a 20 ton press, it really doesn't work well for small things like pressing roll pins in, so I thought a small arbor press would work better. Since the reviews and feedback for the Harbor Freight presses weren't too great., I decided to look for find a made in USA press. I found a new, made in Michigan, one ton Dake model 00. Sure it was a bit pricey when compared with HF, but it's a real beauty, smooth as silk with that made in USA quality feel. Works great for the small stuff and I'm glad I paid the extra dollars.

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[Steve Seebold]

I had a friend a few years ago who had a shop that was going out of business and he has a half ton and a one ton Dake arbor press. I asked him how much he wanted for them and he told me to put them in my car and we'd talk about it later. I never could get him to tell me how much he wanted for those presses, and now I've lost contact with him.

I manufacture a line of running gear for remote control gas powered boats and I use the press to push bushings onto some of the wear parts.

I have had a PCNC 1100 in my garage since July 2011. It's not quite as accurate as the Haas I used to own, and it's a lot slower, but hey, I'm supposed to be retired so I have nothing but time on my hands. AND besides, my Tormach didn't cost anywhere close to $75,000.00.

[jttoner]

Steve, good find on those presses. Simple low tech devices still have a place in the shop. I was happy to find something still made here.

[mountaindew]

English tools are not to bad also! these show as "irwin" my units have Record brand
Recently I picked up a new Record dual jaw bench top vise from Lowes to match a couple 20 yo Record bench side jaw vise that I use on each end of my bench with soft jaws.







Should have replaced the 40 yo 80lb Taiwan vise 10 years ago. this is a much safer unit lol talk about back lash in a tool the old vise had half turn on the handle


The new record is a nice unit, probably not the best day to day bench vise made "couple of hand made baby bullets come to mind" but they have a good history with me.

[jttoner]

Those look pretty good. I've had good luck with things from both the UK as well as from Europe. My Bison chucks from Poland have served me well.

[SoCalPlaneDoc]

I got a Dake 1 at a swap meet for $30.. looked almost new. Push bushing and dowel pins all day.. Pemnuts... done a walnut or two also