Deadeye
Established Member
Honestly? I'm not an engineer, but am relentlessly curious and so like to learn and to take things apart.
I generally try to fix things at home...but my ability to take things apart is slightly greater than my ability to sort faults and reassemble.
Nevertheless, I've a nice old Meddings bench drill that I'd like to pretty up. Would I be a fool to even try (wiht no experience of these things)? I have no metal working skills or tools so wouldn't be able to make new parts, but would like to be able to, for example, replace bearings if needed.
Worryingly the interweb searches throw up a motor replacement, whihc looks ok and a refurb, which he appears never to finish (the last instalment - #13 - was years ago).
If, for the sake of argument, I went ahead and took it apart, stripped it, repainted etc. How long roughly might the process take? A few days? A few weeks?
I don't even have a parts diagram for the drill, and can't see how any of it would come apart - that is the kind of starting level of my understanding.
I suppose I'm scared I'll turn it from a very fine drill into junk!
Are there any good more general guides to repair/restoration of workshop hardware?
Oh, and I'm on crutches for the enxt 6 weeks, so nothing happening soon other than daydreaming...
I generally try to fix things at home...but my ability to take things apart is slightly greater than my ability to sort faults and reassemble.
Nevertheless, I've a nice old Meddings bench drill that I'd like to pretty up. Would I be a fool to even try (wiht no experience of these things)? I have no metal working skills or tools so wouldn't be able to make new parts, but would like to be able to, for example, replace bearings if needed.
Worryingly the interweb searches throw up a motor replacement, whihc looks ok and a refurb, which he appears never to finish (the last instalment - #13 - was years ago).
If, for the sake of argument, I went ahead and took it apart, stripped it, repainted etc. How long roughly might the process take? A few days? A few weeks?
I don't even have a parts diagram for the drill, and can't see how any of it would come apart - that is the kind of starting level of my understanding.
I suppose I'm scared I'll turn it from a very fine drill into junk!
Are there any good more general guides to repair/restoration of workshop hardware?
Oh, and I'm on crutches for the enxt 6 weeks, so nothing happening soon other than daydreaming...