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Tip looks a bit over centre or is it just the camera angle?
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Tip looks a bit over centre or is it just the camera angle?
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I have been after a decent wet and dry vacuum for a while and spotted this on the Bay.
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Dull day.
But free breakfast.
Plus.
New small de-rusting , plating, blackening tanks.
£3 for all 6 containers.
Plus I am going to be a road hog.
.
Well Mini Me and I
But free breakfast.
Plus.
New small de-rusting , plating, blackening tanks.
£3 for all 6 containers.
Plus I am going to be a road hog.
.
Well Mini Me and I
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Acquired yesterday, but unloaded today. Still trying to work out how it works, if it does. I now have to fix it, then decide whether to keep it or the fobcostar I've already fixed!
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Qualters and Smith?
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Kerry super-eight.
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Same company , I had a 50/50 chance
good, strong machines those. I have a later q&s qdm 22, with a planetary reduction for back gear. Build on basically the same casting as yours
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As in 4 speeds on the pulleys and a high/ low range? if so sounds a very useful drill, well worth fixing.
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Yep, that's it. Didn't know Q&S were the same company. The range selection seems seized, which doesn't surprise me. Previous owner probably didn't know what it was for, it's quite common with back gears!As in 4 speeds on the pulleys and a high/ low range? if so sounds a very useful drill, well worth fixing.
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Yep Kerry bought q&s sometime in the 50s I believe
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The look like the Halfords advance ones i have been thinking about getting.. I need an excuse for buying them lol
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They’re nice. The lock shift thing is metal too, seems durable. We shall see...
I bought a 1/4" drive sidewinder ratchet years ago for changing the spark plus on my Subaru Legacy.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173256020678
Works in a similar way to your ratchet & it was the only easy way to remove the 10mm bolts holding on the coil packs! Even with using it the job took an hour, without it 1/2 a day!
I currently have a Kerry Super 8 bench drill like yours and a floor mounted Q&S QDM 750, which uses an identical back gear system mounted in a slightly different casting.
Here's a link to an old thread where I did a guide on how the back gear works.
https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum...press-kerrys-super-8.60442/page-2#post-767011
Once you get that working I would be fairly certain you will keep it & sell the Fobco! It's very solidly built (the column is solid bar, not hollow) & it's so handy to go from pilot drill speed to slow speed without messing around with belts! I've used mine to bore 25mm holes with nice long curls of swarf coming out.
More info here.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/kerrysuper8/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/qualters-smith-drills/
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Jumping to the right place from the "There's always one" thread 
, the Abracs discs arrived this morning so had a test. Apart from being a bit tight inside the grinder guard [this'll wear down, I'm sure] it seems to have done a decent job - better than a flap disc I think as there is no 'digging in'/marking you can get with them
And yes, I know the milled slot is slightly off-centre.....
Gives me confidence to replace with cheaper eBay jobs when the needs arises.
, the Abracs discs arrived this morning so had a test. Apart from being a bit tight inside the grinder guard [this'll wear down, I'm sure] it seems to have done a decent job - better than a flap disc I think as there is no 'digging in'/marking you can get with them And yes, I know the milled slot is slightly off-centre.....
Gives me confidence to replace with cheaper eBay jobs when the needs arises.
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Is that one of the non-woven type discs?
I use the Norton Blaze ones and they're excellent. Shame they're 10 quid each and don't last so long.
I use the Norton Blaze ones and they're excellent. Shame they're 10 quid each and don't last so long.
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Dragged out today, but "Managed" to convince my friend to let me look into a few shops. Worth it, my friend now enjoys second hand shops.
So I managed to get my grubby mits on some nice stuff.
It will be a few weeks before I can get some workshop time on them.
But I can wait.
SIF Egg Beater drill, Ex War Department, dated 1942.
It doesn't move, but the chuck is in good condition.
May be restored, or used to repair the other one I have.
Rabone Chesterman Tape, metal tape.
In good condition, will be donated to a MIS.
CK combination pliers, almost new.
Will be used for work.
Service Cabinet key, to replace mine.
Mine some how grew legs, not happy.
Couple of screwdrivers, The ratchet one is marked US Army. The 2 were part of a bundle.
Drill kit, I lost the 2 missing ones when I was trying to be a smug bar steward opening the kit in friends car.
5 Raw Plug Stamped Hammer drills.
The top one is "mushroomed," but the bit is sharp.
The bottom one is dead, broken and mushroomed.
The middle 3 have had little use.
Nice small ball pein hammer, the shaft is the wrong type for the head, that may be kept. Or I may replace.
That lot £10.
Bristol shop.
So I managed to get my grubby mits on some nice stuff.
It will be a few weeks before I can get some workshop time on them.
But I can wait.
SIF Egg Beater drill, Ex War Department, dated 1942.
It doesn't move, but the chuck is in good condition.
May be restored, or used to repair the other one I have.
Rabone Chesterman Tape, metal tape.
In good condition, will be donated to a MIS.
CK combination pliers, almost new.
Will be used for work.
Service Cabinet key, to replace mine.
Mine some how grew legs, not happy.
Couple of screwdrivers, The ratchet one is marked US Army. The 2 were part of a bundle.
Drill kit, I lost the 2 missing ones when I was trying to be a smug bar steward opening the kit in friends car.
5 Raw Plug Stamped Hammer drills.
The top one is "mushroomed," but the bit is sharp.
The bottom one is dead, broken and mushroomed.
The middle 3 have had little use.
Nice small ball pein hammer, the shaft is the wrong type for the head, that may be kept. Or I may replace.
That lot £10.
Bristol shop.
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A few toys, some I had as a child, one I brought for the family link.
Nice Field Gun.
HMS Hood.
Just why not.
Spirit of St Louse.
1976, needs some bits changed.
Nice Field Gun.
HMS Hood.
Just why not.
Spirit of St Louse.
1976, needs some bits changed.
