Recent content by Boulderdash

You are right. I was growing to dislike that yellow more and more each time I laid eyes on it. So this weekend I tore the drill apart (again!!) and gave it a repaint. I much prefer this shade. Its actually Land Rover grey, apparently, but much more subtle and suited to the tooling.

After all the parts were cleaned, I applied a couple of coats of Ivory machine tool paint. I am not sure I like the colour really, it seems more yellow than ivory to me, but it might grow on me. We shall see... The stepped drive pulley was missing when I bought it. Trying to find one was...

The bearings were shot. Grumbly and rough, these definitely needed replacing. Unfortunately, futile online bearing stockists searching and WT forum research led me to conclude Walker Turner bearings seem VERY difficult to obtain. There's 4 bearings in the head, 2 pairs are common 6202 bearings...

FNG/Newbie alert!! I'm a long-time lurker of Garage Journal who's only recently joined, and thought that, having virtually finished my Walker Turner bench drill restoration, some of you guys might appreciate it if I made a step-by-step thread detailing how I got on. I welcome your feedback and...

Wow, that looks sturdy! Any idea how much it weighs? And those hydraulic jacks are neat; good to have stuff adjustable. What are they from?

My mate has one of these. He said its his nest egg, as it's one of those cars where the appreciation rate is so steep it beats any bank interest rate 4 or 5-fold.

That's awesome!! Do you know much about it? From when it dates etc? They can't have made many..

That looks fantastic, keep the updates coming! (Very jealous of the band saw too. Being nosy, but what make/model is it?)

I'd guess its some sort of one-off special tool........or a bottle opener? :)