I have been contacted by a nice fellow from Manchester, England, who is in possession of his late fathers shop. In particular, a 26" Barnes Flat Belt Drive standind Drill Press. It's so tall his father had to bore a hole in the ceiling for the top of the spindle. It looks to be in marvelous shape and simply needs a place will it will be loved and used. The current owner would rather not have to scrap it.
Here is one image of the drill press, still in place, waiting for someone to tell it what to do. There are another five or so images over at the website at the bottom of the Barnes Drill Press page.
Not only is this a little too big for my shop (a nice Yankee drill press would do me fine) but it's in Manchester, England, not Manchester, New Hampshire USA.
So if anyone is in dire need of one of these, or knows of a local organization that could use one, please contact me and I'll pass the information along to the owner.
Till next, Gary
