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On Thursday, 20 October 2016 16:35:50 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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On 16/10/2016 15:24, Bob Minchin wrote:
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At one time Wolf was a very good brand (1950s and 60s) but the name
has been sold and appears on all sorts of Chinese low quality tools
these days.
My Father has a Wolf muti set up ... Drill stand,wood working lathe,
circular saw, jigsaw ... all powered by wolf 2/8" single speed hand
drill. All in cast aluminium not a piece of plastic in sight. The set
is
now more than 60 years old.
And the time taken to fit an accessory meant it was quicker to do it by
hand. And, of course, the speeds were all wrong.
Long ago someone gave me a B&D circular saw attachment. I tried
it, it was marginally quicker than sawing by hand. In fairness though
I don't remember how sharp it was. Steel teeth of course.
It's also a question of what folk could afford.
I remember balking at a hammer drill at £80 in the 1980s.
I bought one in the very early 70s but then I was building
the whole house from scratch on a bare block of land and
was spending vastly more than that on the materials.
Bought a big circular saw too.