In fact those are old pictures, I have made some improvements till now. I will take some pictures today and I will post them tomorrow.
Like father, like son. My father built his own bench drill back in the late 70s. I have used that drill till today with very good results. There is a picture of this drill bellow and althought very rusty, it works very well. I use it routinely at my Mom's, in fact, it's more powerful than mine
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Originally Posted by newlite4
a guard above the switches to avoid coming into contact with the driven pulley.
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Althought that's something which certainly can happen, I normally use the switch that I fit in the lever end, in order to stop the drill very quickly if the bit gets stuck (see picture). I usually never touch such switches when the pulley is moving, anyway, something very important to take into account.
I want to make a cover for the entire pulleys arrangement, but Mr Time is implacable. Nowadays I'm working on a sheet bender and a sheet cutter around the drill to have a complete work station there.