Have you tried variants on the name, such as 'sensitive drilling machine', or 'sensitive bench drill'?

Just a thought….

Possibly 'high speed' drill might help. The 'press' in your search term may be hindering you. Could you post a link to a picture of a typical one as that may help us to suggest more. When you say 'skeletonised', it makes me think of Bradson-style drills which may not be what you want.

Hi Pete

Do you mean like this one?

This is a drawing of my Champion No1. Made in England from the 30's to the 50's. They come up on ebay occasionally, prices vary hugely according to condition. The rear pulleys were missing on mine so I made my own. The handle isn't shown on this drawing.

Steve

Edited By Steve Crow on 06/04/2020 09:06:27

I like the 'straight' belt drive you've arranged there Nicholas – I'm thinking of converting my Cowells to something similar – using 90 degree drive-pulleys seems to come with a lot of belt slap.

Regards,

IanT

Here is one similar to Nicholas's first pictures – Link.

There is a champion no 2 on ebay at the moment but £225 looks a bit dear to me. Plus it's in lovely condition.

Are they called camel back pillar drills rather than skeleton type?

Not a lot of work to make one from scratch to be honest.

Mick

And the best parts to rescue from the B&D press are the handle and the spring.

Regards Ian.

Edited By Circlip on 07/04/2020 10:09:43

Hi, yes the drill stand in the ebay link looks like the B&D SD0506 which would hold their larger heavy duty drills, and it looks as if the base was broken and been welded and L/H part that holds the chuck end of the drill looks as that has broken off and is missing. The DIY B&D's were just that and were subject to less than a continuous duty cycle, where as with the likes of Wolf were aimed more towards industrial use, an of course were more expensive.

This DIY milling head I made, uses a motor from a B&D lawn mower that I had given me, and it had a hard life on my rough terrain grassed area. The frame of the mower rusted away and the wheels fell off, but the motor still woks OK, I've coupled it to a two speed gear box from a B&D drill and put the single speed gear box on the drill, which is years old and is still working fine.

B&D DIY drills were not that bad and were in a budget bracket that my father could afford back in the late sixties, so no real difference than budget stuff these days.

Just to say I have never had any connection with Black & Decker or any company associated with them.

Regards Nick.