Meddings (pillar drill / drill press) help!

[jipps]

So, I picked up a 1959 Meddings Pacera pillar drill (i.e. "drill press") at the weekend. It's an LB1/2, which means it's an L1 Bench model, Mk II. I understand that these were manufactured till 1961.

I need some help, and am hoping someone out there might have the answers:
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1. The return spring is missing. I checked with Meddings, they no longer stock it and they don't have any archive information on the spec. Can any meddings owner give me a rough idea of their spring size? (part #48 in the diagram below.) Width and diameter appear to be the important measurements... and the internal diameter of my Spring Box (part #49) is 2.25"
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2. The pulley instruction plate (part #20 in the diagram) is missing. Again, Meddings can't help. Can anyone post a pic of a Meddings pulley diagram?
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Here's the exploded diagram for reference:

Many thanks for your help

 

[jipps]

Here's a couple of pics of the beastie as I picked it up... the eagle-eyed among you will see the bungee on the base which has been doing return sprint duty

At 110kgs, it took some lifting out of the car! It'll be the subject of a resto thread in due course

 

[sqaurelizard]

nice score were'd you find it have had my eye out for a nice drill and no luck yet

 

[jipps]

nice score were'd you find it have had my eye out for a nice drill and no luck yet

Thanks! I just kept an eye on the classifieds - done deal might work for you, given your location...

And if you want old, British made, then be prepared to pay the same money as for a brand new China-made drill. And you'll get half the power at the motor. But: new drills come with a 3-year warranty, and are cost-engineered to a finite, de minimus, consumer spec. Mine has no warranty, save that it's been working these last 57 years without an issue

 

[Screwdriver]

Just saw this (and the pm). My old Meddings has been stripped down and is sitting on a trolley waiting its turn while I twiddle with an old shaper.

I will pop out over the weekend and have a look at some of the bits you're interested in..

S.

 

[DenisG]

For the return spring, there are generic ones (that would likely work for you) on amazon.co.uk (for example):
http://tinyurl.com/amazon-co-uk-drll-prss-spng