Hand Tapping Guide Canedy-Otto no 28

I have been looking for the inexpensive way to a dedicated Tapping Press and this is what I came up with.

This a 1910 drill press that had been modified at least a couple of times.
Very interesting in that it has cast in place bearings.
It worked well the 1st few times so I added the the thumb screws on the upper pulley.
It really needed a lever down at the chuck and as it turns out the shaft end (with the taper) is 1.0" od which is exactly the size of many standard dies. I took an old die handle and mounted it without modification.

This is what it originally looked like