Today I acquired...........

[brightspark]

stanley copied it

 

[Blobber]

Carrying on with gifts for project Carlton a sprayable seam sealer gun, its a messy old job so this will either make it messier or easier!

 

[Cobbler]

stanley copied it

Got the Stanley version in the shed, not used since I had an electric drill. Too much like hard work

 

[Memmeddu]

stanley copied it

I don't know if they copied it from them or someone else but I'm pretty sure it was already produced by someone else.
The story is that they started to produce this type of drill in the early 30s or even 20's I'm not sure I have to check.
They had a lot of success so they named the company META (Metall) BO (bohrdreher)
A quick look to Wikipedia quote
"Metabowerke GmbH is a manufacturer of power tools for professional users headquartered in Nürtingen, Germany. The company was founded in the 1920s and got its name from a hand drill, the so-called "Metallbohrdreher". Today, Metabo offers a wide range of power tools. The company is owned by the American investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co."

Got the Stanley version in the shed, not used since I had an electric drill. Too much like hard work

I've got it because it's a piece of history,il restore it and it will become a display tool.
I'm an huge fan of Metabo products and this is something special as the company name belongs from this tool
I don't know if there are any references of the manufacturing years but it's not unlikely to be an almost 100 years old drill

 

[MetalMonkey]

Breast drills have been around since the late 1800s, the Stanley "continental 748" certainly since the 50s.
I imagine there was a certain amount of evolution and cross pollination between different designs.

Surprisingly they were still being made into the 90s! I have one I think from the 60s era.
However, it has to be said anybody using them back then to drill holes in metal probably still hasn't finished yet....

 

[brightspark]

there ok if u have a load of countersinking to do

 

[DAPPH]

there ok if u have a load of countersinking to do

Better with a variable speed battery or hand held electric drill by far.

 

[Memmeddu]

I'll surely try to drill something with it.
Might be useful

 

[magnet]

Dumpy level staf and tripod for£35 and local too. Im retiring my home made water level.
Been a year or two since i last used one but im looking forward to learning more about it.

 

[Farside]

View attachment 471206Dumpy level staf and tripod for£35 and local too. Im retiring my home made water level.
Been a year or two since i last used one but im looking forward to learning more about it.

Nice tripod.
I've noticed for a couple of decades that surveying tripods are often dirt cheap compared to photographic ones, and usually far sturdier, too.
Doesn't matter to me now, as I scored a couple of classic Daiwa 'pods for peanuts, but am still interested in adapting a surveying one sometime.

 

[magnet]

Got this to compliment the dumpy level. £3 to the door.

 

[DAPPH]

I'll surely try to drill something with it.
Might be useful

Stick a hex head masonry drill in it and slowly churn out a neat deep hole in a few hours , One thing I have use such drills for was mixing paint with a wire pigtail arrangement .

View attachment 471206Dumpy level staf and tripod for£35 and local too. Im retiring my home made water level.
Been a year or two since i last used one but im looking forward to learning more about it.

If it works well keep it . Keep it in a sealed poly bag for when the dumpy fails after Putin & his cronies send a quick EMP or two to the UK ,

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

Found out we have a new postie who reaches us much earlier in the morning, and puts parcels in the green bin.

So I had quite the haul:
- 32 to 50 mm spanner roll,
- Fuji Electric PYZ9 Dual PID controller
- a 300×400×600 enclosure
- 1m of DIN rail
- a hydraulic gear pump
- steering box rebuild kit and brake/clutch pillar gaskets for the Landrover
- a shade 5 visor screen
- 12v to USB fitting for the Hilux
- a panel mount rotary isolator
- a pair of safety glasses shipped by mistake instead of a visor carrier.