Drill press question

[LinuxRandal]

I have an old Atlas drill press. Down the street from my brothers, someone has a Delta press of the same era, minus the table and chuck, for less then I can get the pipe for to make mine a floor model. (mine benchtop 36", his floor model) Am I right in assuming that these would probably have been a standard pipe size?

TIA

[LCHIEN]

I have an old Atlas drill press. Down the street from my brothers, someone has a Delta press of the same era, minus the table and chuck, for less then I can get the pipe for to make mine a floor model. (mine benchtop 36", his floor model) Am I right in assuming that these would probably have been a standard pipe size?

TIA

Don't know: My guess is they're not.

But That's what calipers are for...

Be careful if you want to take the head assembly off, they can weigh over 100 lbs.

[Popeye]

I'm sure you know all about that assuming stuff but if the other DP is just down the street why not just go measure it. Or am I missing something. Wouldn't be the first time Pat

[LinuxRandal]

Back from work. Mine's an Atlas, his is a Rockwell (Delta), but the down the street part, is from my brothers (1:30 drive from me), and my brother knows almost nothing about tools (so no help there). I was hoping to hear there would be two or three common sizes, so I don't make the trip for nothing (called the guy, it's at his business, so I am going Tues afternoon), now I need to measure mine.

[dlminehart]

Don't need to know much about tools to wrap a non-stretchy string around the pipe, mark where the string's end meets the string itself upon completing one complete trip around the pipe, and measure that circumference on a ruler. Your string length would have to match his.

'course, some folks have trouble just reading a ruler!