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26th Feb 2013, 9:02 pm | #21 |
Dekatron
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Re: Vintage Drills
Yes, the workshop came first. My father got one when it first came out. The manual (which I still have somewhere) contains an illustration of a Selecta drill being used with the workshop, but the caption said that the drill was "available later".
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26th Feb 2013, 9:28 pm | #22 |
Hexode
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Sandiway, Cheshire, UK.
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Re: Vintage Drills
Another electric tool manufacturer was 'Arcoy'. I posted a picture of one that I have last March (this should link to a picture of it)
https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...6&d=1333053878 Arcoy also made larger drills (Buccaneer series) as well as a planer. Another product they made is a dovetailing jig which even after all this time seems to much in demand considering how many change hands on auctions sites. |
27th Feb 2013, 10:30 pm | #23 |
Retired Dormant Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Pontypridd
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Re: Vintage Drills
Thanks for the pdf scanned docs, they have clarified a few details which I had'nt grasped. I remember that my father originally had a B&D single speed 3000rpm Drill /Sander/Polisher ( I think the model No was U-300) which just about managed to produce mortises using a 1/4inch straight router bit in incremental passes. The chuck was hand tightened and locked with a hex grub screw.
I did not know of the lathe set up parts or the comb jointing and dovetail equipment. The Arcoy dovetailing jig produced and still does make exellent dovetails. |
1st Mar 2013, 12:10 am | #24 |
Dekatron
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Re: Vintage Drills
I still haven't found the Selecta manual, but have unearthed the "General Arrangement Drawing" that was supplied in its own brown envelope. The original is on one side of an 11 1/2" x 18" sheet.
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2nd Mar 2013, 11:44 pm | #25 |
Dekatron
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Re: Vintage Drills
Re post #21, I have now dug out the manual, and find my memory was incorrect: the "available later" item was the dovetail jig, not the drill. To fit a "Selecta" drill, it was necessary to replace the front casting by a special casting: see page 6. It recommends the use of a higher speed than the usual 2500 - 3000 RPM for routing and grinding, but does not say that the Selecta drill can provide this: a marketing opportunity lost, or did they make an earlier model without the high speed setting?
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12th Mar 2013, 2:52 pm | #26 |
Octode
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Re: Vintage Drills
Pictures of a Desoutter drill I picked up a few weeks ago. A quick rewire and saftey test and one good working mini drill.
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