Made in Germany and current during the 1960s and into the 1970s, the Cordia BF-26 vertical milling and drilling machine was unusual in having a separate table for drilling work. Usually, this type of machine is referred to as one for "milling and co-ordinate drilling" and fitted with a spindle speed range suitable for both types of operation. On this type, drilling would normally have been carried out not on a separate table, but using the screw-feed compound table - this enabling the workpiece to be held in a bolted-on machine vice and so positioned easily and accurately.
Like the Company's drilling machine range, the BF-26 was fitted with a direct drive, 3-phase motor able to run at three speeds of 1260, 1470 and 2100 r.p.m. Combined with a two-speed gearbox, the drive system gave the No.3 Morse taper spindle six speeds of 95, 130, 200, 720, 950 and 1450 r.p.m. While the ability to switch electrically and instantly between the three speeds in both the low and high ranges was handy, the relatively low top speed would have handicapped the machine's ability to use tiny drill bits.
With a working surface area of 260 x 640 mm (10.25" x 24.375"), the compound table had two T-slots, was fitted with adjustable travel stops and had longitudinal and cross travels of 360 and 200 mm respectively (14.1875" and 7.875"). At the back of the head was a clever, single-lever-operated parallelogram linkage that clamped the head to the column. With this mechanism slackened, by using a crank handle on the machine's right-hand side, the head could be adjusted to set a minimum distance between the spindle nose and the compound table of 105 mm (4.125") and lifted to give a maximum clearance of 385 mm ( 15.1875"). When using the drilling table, the spindle nose could to be brought down to zero and had a maximum clearance of 280 mm (11").
Able to be swung around its mounting column, the head could be inclined 30° each side of vertical and had a spindle with 100 mm of travel (4") this being controlled by a  lever working through rack-and-pinion gearing. Unfortunately, there was no fine-feed handwheel fitted, nor was there a cutter-holding drawbar; the built-in motor prevented that and required the spindle nose to be threaded and fitted with a 'retaining and extraction cap' in order to hold tooling - a system also employed on the not-dissimilar direct-drive  machines made by Arboga in Sweden. While Cordia's A30 Series tapping machines used a similar head to the BF-26 and were fitted with three rates of power down-feed, unfortunately the BF-26 lacked that useful facility.
Mounted on a robust, cast-iron stand with a small tool-storage compartment, the BF-26 stood 2770 mm high (89") and weighed a non-inconsiderable 514 kg (1135 lbs)..
If you have a Cordia BF-26, the writer would be delighted to receive pictures and hear about your experiences when using it.