For all you OLD ARN afficionados

As part of our vacation, we are exploring the western slope of the Rockies in Colorado - we came across Grand Mesa at 10,800-plus feet today. On the south side of the mesa is a little town called Cedaredge, with a replica village called Pioneer Town. These machines were in the blacksmith shop:





This lathe has to be at least 10 feet long! I couldn't get close enough to measure, but I think those are 2x12s on the floor in front of it.





Look at the size of the bit in this drill press! It's probably 1-1/4" or more.

Both are powered by a belt drive with an electric motor driving it. It was fascinating.

Nancy

Cool stuff, Nancy. The drill press looks like it's got a couple feet of quill travel.

Back in the day when a lot of machines were powered by similar belt systems, I wonder how many guys were called "Lefty".

Neato! I'd like one of each! Naturally I had to find out what the "Galloping Goose" was. Pretty cool on it's own.

Wes

Believe me, those old lathes, as cool as they look were scary to run. I’d be willing to bet that there’s at least a 1/16 of play in the saddle. All those old lathes were as loose as a goose.

Very interesting...we have this exact same drill press at work. We no longer use it because of OSHA regulations and I suspect my employer will sell it off at some point. I think it is too big for my shop though.

Wes Bischel said:

Neato! I'd like one of each! Naturally I had to find out what the "Galloping Goose" was. Pretty cool on it's own.

Wes

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For those of you who may be curious, here are a couple of views of the Galloping Goose, along with an explanation. This one is in Dolores, Colorado.

They are going to activate the Goose for rides in August--at $65.00 per person!!! I'm not going to make the drive up there.

Nancy

Travis,
my dad and i pulled one of those drill presses out of an old maintenance shop and put it in his garage. It's a serious brut, but he uses it regularly. It doesn't take up much of a footprint, and can drill through most anything. It came with a case full of tapered shank bits - He's a happy camper.
If your boss decides to sell that thing off, maybe give it a second thought.
Paul Hubbman

That's cool iron! Sounds like a great vacation!