Recent content by Pharmanaut

So I'm not the only one to love their chucks! 🤔 Plus, those breastplates atop those drills are exactly what even the little ones could do with. On mine, I tracked down an old imperial bolt that fits the missing handle hole but I still need three hands to use it accurately. One to hold the top...

Hi, erm... "That looks a MF #5 with a..." no need to swear mate! Oh! I see what you mean, my mistake 😆 I've been finding the same problem. The easiest difference I can see across the range and down through time is the curves on the spokes of the main gear. But the problem with that is once...

Thank you, yes! You know, I've been thinking... It seems about the right time for that little drill to have been caught up in "Lend / Lease". Last payment of which was made on 29/12/2006 for the sum of $83 million! (Hope you didn't spend it all at once! 😆) That would explain it's journey. I...

Hey 4Cycl 😃, apologies for the late reply. And thank you for pointing me to that wonderful resource. I'm a ****** for catalogues & the older, the better! It's not just for the industrial history, there's a lot of social history that can be inferred from them too. Ok! Wish me luck! I'm goin' in...

This was my Granddad's. There's no lettering on it but it looks right. Did I read they're made in the colonies? If so, this one's had quite a journey to England. Lost a handle sadly... Has anyone an idea of it's age? My Great Grandfather, granddad's dad, was a coach builder so it could well...