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Swarf, Mostly!07/05/2012 20:02:46
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Posted by Andrew Johnston on 07/05/2012 12:34:23:

SNIP,

..... and it's rather an odd drill, so I hang on to it. The drill was almost certainly part of WWII 'lend-lease'.

SNIP

Regards,

Andrew

Andrew,

Is your drill, by any chance, a Tauco?

Best regards,

Swarf, Mostly!

Andrew Johnston07/05/2012 22:48:31
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Swarf Mostly: Blimey, how the h*ll did you know that? And here's a picture:

Tauco

I've never come across another drill like it, or even seen much about them on the web.

As one can see it's a bit enclosed, so in reality I can work with much larger workpieces on my vertical mill. I also spend quite a lot of time planning out jobs so I don't generally need to drill a hole urgently, while the mill is occupied with something else. Saves on scrap too!

Regards,

Andrew

Martin Kyte08/05/2012 14:15:34
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Move it into the Kitchen.

Martin K

Nicholas Farr08/05/2012 20:47:18
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Posted by CoalBurner on 06/05/2012 23:24:43:
Posted by Nicholas Farr on 06/05/2012 20:31:28:

P.S. The table on the drill press is always useful for standing your cuppa on.

One piece of advice - do NOT put your cuppa on the drill press table - or for that matter on any other machine table. For the simple fact that you are standing a piece of heat conductive materiel on a HUGE heatsink!!!

Your favourite cuppa will be cold in minutes!!!

Always put your cuppa on a nice warming piece of wood, I know this is not something that is prolific in a ME workshop, but it is essential if you want a hot drink to remain that way cheeky

Hi, idea one can always improvise with a suitable style coaster which is in keeping with the workshop decor, to slow down any thermal loss due to forgetfulness, like in my example below. wink 2

Tea Break

Regards Nick.

Andrew Johnston08/05/2012 22:46:32
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Posted by Martin Kyte on 08/05/2012 14:15:34:

Move it into the Kitchen.

Martin K

Doooh, I can't move it into the kitchen because:

1) There's no 3-phase in the kitchen

2) It'd take me ages to dismantle it, and even then I don't think I could lift the base

3) All my drills are in the workshop

4) The kitchen is already full, as illustrated here:

Kitchen1

Regards,

Andrew

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