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Thanks all, must be a pricey drill today.

Thank-you.

I have this sharp-angled drill with tri-cutter head, 17mm with 19mm parallel shank. Tip point angle is approx. 80 deg. Made by International Twist Drill Company, Sheffield.

It's likely to be JEWEL BLADE LTD further down the road from Swann Morton's, I pass it every other day. UPDATE Passed this morning and I noticed a sign on side of building that says it's a subsidary of Swann Mortons, seems they bought them out in 2005.

I once slotted a standard combiation spanner which did the job, but of course it depends on the wall thickness and rigidity of the neck.

Heres my Eclipse angle block, an Enox drill-bit stand and 2 Rabone Chesterman rules.

I find it all interesting, especially with working in it and living all my life in the middle of it!

I read that Ambrose Shardlows made cranks for the Spitfire during the war, and had the biggest machine shop in the world, at the time. Paramo Tools, Chapeltown made woodworking tools, their planes were similar quality to Record and they made castings for their vises. Worked there for a short...

Sorry for delay; here are some pics of some Bedford small spanners I bought around 1966, two being 10 BA and 1/8" AF. Some sockets I bought second-hand around 1974, large Bedford chisels/punches and a ring spanner, two Britool and one Gordon.

I'll post up a photo in a day or so, I don't know whether I've got any of their hammers. I remember the ball pein, and I think the club type, but hazy on others. I never visited the spanner works. The building is still there, Mowbray street/Ball street. I remember that despite making quality...

Hi, I worked at John Bedford (Mowbray St) Sheffield 1971-3. The spanner works were a couple of miles away on Bernard Road. We produced brick bolsters, cold chisels, hammers, punches and files. The cold chisels were quenched in Whale oil, the hammers in water. I purchased (at discount) sockets...