hand-powered wall-mounted drill press

[Electric Comet]

that is what it looks like to me

an interesting site i like the videos too

[Keith Nuttle]

My grandfather was a blacksmith and had one of those drills. When they tore his shop down the drill press became part of our garage. As kids we did many projects with that drill press.

As I remember is was similar to this one

As I remember with the gearing it would make a hole as fast as an electric drill. The little dog of the top wheel would automatically move the bit down as you turned the crank.

[whit3rd]

Usually called a 'post drill'; it was a common drill press design back in timberframe barn days. The lathe looks a lot like the one in my basement...about a century old.

[Keith Nuttle]

Not to be contrary but the Post Drill was more of a Machinist drill used by Black smiths and other metal working applications.

Here is an example of a drill used in timber frame construction. As we do today to make a mortise. You drill several holes and then cut out the material between the holes to make the mortise.

There are more examples of both drills in the internet.

[Electric Comet]

looks well preserved an interesting piece of history

easy to see where the design for modern drill press came out of that