Recent content by SledDriver

Resurrecting a dead thread but I've just bought one of these and thought I'd share my thoughts. It's really very good. Fantastic build quality, the plastics feel great, the ratchet selector is well designed and easy to use. The bit storage section is rigid and when closed the bottom 'cover'...

Good afternoon, I recently restored a drill press from 1969, and dismantled/reassembled the motor to check it's condition and clean it out. I'm fairly sure it went back together correctly and there were no obvious signs of damage. When I turn on the drill however, perhaps 1 in 7 times I get a...

An interesting comparison of various ratchets. Seems that the Gearwrench is superb value.

That is an appallingly poor take, and doesn't reflect at all on the quality of the video and the testing. The real problem is that you didn't see the results you wanted, and now you're desperately scrambling for reasons to discredit the results. If the Snap-On driver put up the results that the...

So absolutely crushes the Snap-on, second only in total rating to the $144 P.B Swiss, and if you remove the massive outlier bit retention score of the PB Swiss (at which LTT did well, second in magnet strength) then the LTT is rated the best. A few red faces in here perhaps…..

Dissent based on what, your imagination?

Good god. The state of some of the responses in here. It's as if anyone DARES to make a product which Snap-On already makes then you just can't help but throw insults and negativity. You don't care about enjoying your own tools, it's more important that you try and make other people hate...

I've made some good progress on the drill. The quill was reinserted, and the spring assembly and handle assembly were both fitted (which holds it all in). The finished depth stop and collar were fitted to the quill shaft. I reassembled the base, column, table and head, finally fitting the motor...

And completely unrelated, but I went to a tool auction the other day. It's largely cheap stuff, but I saw this sitting outside looking very unloved, and despite it being 3-phase (which I don't have), I looked at the estimate and decided to bid a little on it. Regrettably a bidding war...

Painting progress. I hand painted the badge in modelling enamels. Starting with a primed badge, then filling the red, then picking out the white. I've done this before but it was quite tricky. The casting quality of the badge isn't brilliant (or perhaps someone has attacked it with sandpaper...

Good thought, but I did manage to get it off using my biggest gear puller and a few knocks of a hammer. The top pulley is actually stacked on two big bearings - don’t find many built this well. Today I’ve cleaned, primed and painted the big items. The colour is more vibrant blue than I had...

Little bits of progress here and there. I used a stripping disc on the angle grinder to take off most of the rust and paint from the larger pieces. No photos but I sanded the tables to a reasonable finish, but actually I left them with a few blemishes. There's a small bit of pitting here and...

Assuming it's going to go on the floor, you're going to have to be at quite an oblique angle to know that there's a vice under there!

So far it has gone fairly smoothly. - I will not rechrome the flaking chromed parts (handles). I don't see much value in what will be a home use drill, and good plating in the UK is expensive. I will sand off the remaining chrome back to bare steel, polish, then wax. - I'm undecided about the...

And then dismantled, laying out the parts;