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Hey all,

Thank you for your responses, very helpful.

Ian: Would you happen to know where one could find the lower speed pulleys these days? I have a parts list for the machine here from Meddings, and while it does list alternate spindles, they are only for a HIGHER speed, there are no spindles listed for a lower speed... But if they did exist at the time, then perhaps Meddings or somewhere else will have some spares?

Martin, would you also happen to know where one could find pulleys that would fit the MB10, that would acheive a lower speed?

Many thanks

Theo

Hello all,

Firstly, I must admit that while I am an experienced musical instrument maker, my knowledge of power tools (other than my bandsaw...) is extremely limited. So please bear with me.

I recently bought a Meddings MB10 bench drill for a very cheap price, which I need for a current project (drilling tiny 0.5-1.5 holes at a high speed into hardwood), and it is perfect for that. The minimum speed is 3,000rpm.

However, in the future, I feel I will need drilling speeds of less than 3,000rpm. Ideally, I would like to have the option of going down to 1,500.

Is there a way of controlling the motor, so it can spin at half the speed? What would one need to acheive this?

All the best.

Theo

Hello all,

Recently I bought a Meddings M10 high speed bench drill, which I use for drilling very accurately placed holes, of small diameters (0.5-3mm) (I am a musical instrument maker), so it suits me really well.

However, as anybody who has seen one of these will know, there are no slots on the circular table to attach a vice to it. In lieu of using a small G cramp to attach a small vice onto the table, how is one meant to securely attach a vice to this machine?!

Also, the belt on the top is quite worn out. Would anybody know where I could find a replacement for such an old machine?

And finally, would anybody know where I could source an original instructions manual for this?

Many thanks.
Theo