Another drill on eBay, ideas to get it home?

[Maker]

Jesus Maker, how much equipment do you have already ? Your shed must be the size of armstrong whitworths or Charles Parsons factories !

I've only got a lathe, a mill, a 48" SO cab, and a work bench. I have to Google Armstrong whitworths but it's a single garage, plenty more space for more tools.

 

[ronan]

I have to Google Armstrong whitworths

Ok then , Doxfords

http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/William_Doxford_and_Sons#The_Manufacturing_Process

 

[slim_boy_fat]

^^ Great pics there - and not a lot of PPE going on.......those were the days

 

[ronan]

^^ Great pics there - and not a lot of PPE going on.......those were the days

Probably not needed as those workers knew what they were doing.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Probably not needed as those workers knew what they were doing.

Indeed.

My Dad was a Capstan Setter in the local engineering works [CPT], which supplied the whole town with pokers........

http://www.fraserburghheritage.com/default.asp?page=15

 

[MattF]

I've only got a lathe, a mill, a 48" SO cab, and a work bench. I have to Google Armstrong whitworths but it's a single garage, plenty more space for more tools.

It's not exactly a small lathe though. How big is the garage?

With regards a drill, just have some patience. One will crop up near you eventually for the right money. It's merely a patience game. I've had to wait years to drop on some of my kit.

 

[Maker]

It's not exactly a small lathe though. How big is the garage

It's small compared to a DSG or a Monarch. The garage is 8'x16'

 

[MattF]

That space will become seemingly too small in no time.

 

[johnik]

Finally got quotes back from them, £233, 235 and £295. Not my definition of 30% cheaper than elsewhere when a standard pallet is £65 and a large pallet is £100.

they move the contents of my house from London to sunny Somerset for around £200 and my car was around £100 i think...maybe they got greedy ?

 

[Rig Pig]

I didn't win it, it went for £215. The good news is there's two, close enough for me to collect, though not as cool as this one. One is a Progress and the other is a Rockwell.

There is a Kerry bench drill for sale on Facebook / Norwich tools site.

Any use?