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I recently got an old bench drill in bad need of care. It is a relatively small ASEA made bench drill with a 6mm (1/4") chuck, a 300W two-speed motor and a two speed gearbox, givig a total of four speeds.  The seller said it weighed about 40-50kg, but it was actually a good 72.... It was left for a few...

(Draft, in progress) Collets and tool sizes for routers, drilling machines are a bit confusing at first but in reality there are not tat many to consider for the small workshop or DIY, unless you have specialized needs. Lets start with the small and work upwards.  Cylindrical collets Dentists size; 2mm  Dentist tools and dental tech tools usually usually 2mm diameter...

I found an ad on the web a week ago for a coffee grinder that looks solid. My guess is that it is from the 1930's. Or does anyone have a better guess?    Anyway, I asked the seller about the weight, and he said 15-20kg. So quite a solid piece. The motor was to be 250W and working well. Maybe...

The problem In the 17:th and 18:th century, when Great Britain was building the empire and European colonialists where competing to conquer the world, there was one major problem in navigating ships; the lack of a method to find the longitude (east-west) position at sea. This led to uncertainties in navigation and cause the loss of many ships, thousands of lives...

The situation Some time ago I gave up on using a Dremel mini drilling machine. It's one of those that take 3.18mm (1/8") tools and has collets to hold the bits. I should have returned it when it was bought it because it was really quite bad right from the start. I do not know how many drill bits I broke with this...

It had to be done.  This site was something I just had to create, to acknowledge my inner tool nerd. As a mechanical engineer, ex research engineer, ex welder, ex carpenter and house builder, ex kid from the countryside, there has always been tools around; hand tools, power tools, electronic measurement equipment of all kinds. Now it was time to make a...