The keyless chuck on my Bosch drill has packed in . A new one from Bosch
cost £22.00 +post etc.

.. Its an old drill, does the job well but is hardly worth paying £22 to
repair.

It looks like a pretty standard keyless chuck with female screw fitting. One
from Screwfix is £29.00.

Anyone know where I might pick up a cheap one.

Sam

Sam Farrell wrote:

The keyless chuck on my Bosch drill has packed in . A new one from Bosch
cost £22.00 +post etc.
. Its an old drill, does the job well but is hardly worth paying £22 to
repair.
It looks like a pretty standard keyless chuck with female screw fitting. One
from Screwfix is £29.00.
Anyone know where I might pick up a cheap one.

You need to say which model drill you have, then you/someone can find
out the thread size.
On cordless drills, there are 2 thread sizes in general use, 1/2x20 and
3/8x24
I had the same problem with a GSR 14.4, I got a new Jacobs chuck for
around £30 from Tools International.

Worth paying it IMO, as the drill was pretty decent. Maybe not such a
good buy if the drill is old.
I've got a brand new boxed GSR14.4 for sale for £50 - still £90 at
Screwfix when I looked, maybe better value buying a new drill than
replacing the chuck on an old one.
Alan.


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"Sam Farrell" wrote in message
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The keyless chuck on my Bosch drill has packed in . A new one from Bosch
cost £22.00 +post etc.

. Its an old drill, does the job well but is hardly worth paying £22 to
repair.

It looks like a pretty standard keyless chuck with female screw fitting.
One from Screwfix is £29.00.

Anyone know where I might pick up a cheap one.

£30 buys you a decent new drill. Look around.

Doctor Drivel wrote:
"Sam Farrell" wrote in message
...
The keyless chuck on my Bosch drill has packed in . A new one from
Bosch cost £22.00 +post etc.

. Its an old drill, does the job well but is hardly worth paying £22
to repair.

It looks like a pretty standard keyless chuck with female screw
fitting. One from Screwfix is £29.00.

Anyone know where I might pick up a cheap one.

£30 buys you a decent new drill. Look around.

Depends if its blue or green.


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Doctor Drivel wrote:

"Sam Farrell" wrote in message
...
The keyless chuck on my Bosch drill has packed in . A new one from
Bosch cost £22.00 +post etc.

. Its an old drill, does the job well but is hardly worth paying £22
to repair.

It looks like a pretty standard keyless chuck with female screw
fitting. One from Screwfix is £29.00.

Anyone know where I might pick up a cheap one.

£30 buys you a decent new drill. Look around.

More drivel from dribble.

It buys a drill.

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On Sep 6, 6:37*pm, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

£30 buys you a decent new drill. *Look around.

More drivel from dribble.
*It buys a drill.

£36 buys a Kress variable speed, 2-gear 850W hammer drill with 13mm
chuck, ASL and 5yr guarantee at Wickes at the moment, reduced from
£60. They're in the process of replacing them with the next model
down - 650W, single gear - but still at £60.

SKU is 167240 if anyone's interested, but hard to find a branch that
still has stock.

I believe Messrs Drivel, Plowman and Handyman have all recommended
certain Kress products at various times in the past.

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mike wrote:
On Sep 6, 6:37 pm, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

£30 buys you a decent new drill. Look around.

More drivel from dribble.
It buys a drill.

£36 buys a Kress variable speed, 2-gear 850W hammer drill with 13mm
chuck, ASL and 5yr guarantee at Wickes at the moment, reduced from
£60. They're in the process of replacing them with the next model
down - 650W, single gear - but still at £60.

SKU is 167240 if anyone's interested, but hard to find a branch that
still has stock.

I believe Messrs Drivel, Plowman and Handyman have all recommended
certain Kress products at various times in the past.

I've only ever tried one of their products - so wouldn't comment on
others I don't know, unlike some.

A half price end of range drill at 30 quid might well be ok, though.

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Doctor Drivel wrote:

"Sam Farrell" wrote in message
...
The keyless chuck on my Bosch drill has packed in . A new one from
Bosch cost £22.00 +post etc.

. Its an old drill, does the job well but is hardly worth paying £22
to repair.

It looks like a pretty standard keyless chuck with female screw
fitting. One from Screwfix is £29.00.

Anyone know where I might pick up a cheap one.

£30 buys you a decent new drill. Look around.

More

Please eff off as you are a total plantpot.

mike wrote:
On Sep 6, 6:37 pm, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

£30 buys you a decent new drill. Look around.

More drivel from dribble.
It buys a drill.

£36 buys a Kress variable speed, 2-gear 850W hammer drill with 13mm
chuck, ASL and 5yr guarantee at Wickes at the moment, reduced from
£60. They're in the process of replacing them with the next model
down - 650W, single gear - but still at £60.

SKU is 167240 if anyone's interested, but hard to find a branch that
still has stock.

I believe Messrs Drivel, Plowman and Handyman have all recommended
certain Kress products at various times in the past.

I would recommend Wickes/Kress 100% as being top quality products. Searched
for that SKU on their site & got no results though.

I've had the 650w SDS turbo nutter ******* for over 2 years and its survived
a sh*t load of use & abuse. Cant fault it, powerful, robust, reliable.

If I were in the position of having to re equip the Handyvan from scratch
I'd go for the 18v Wickes system of drill, jigsaw, circ saw, recip saw,
torch etc all from one batery & charger.


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On Sep 6, 11:42*pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

I would recommend Wickes/Kress 100% as being top quality products. *Searched
for that SKU on their site & got no results though.

Remaining stock is only available in store. It's the second on down
on this page minus the red grips on the handle and the detachable
cable.

http://www.kress-elektrik.com/en/pro...?categorie=446

I've been without an ordinary mains drill since my Bosch died one
month outside the guarantee period and have been relying on the
secondary chuck in the SDS for jobs the cordless wouldn't handle.

After using a friend's elderly AEG (from when AEG was still AEG) I was
reminded how useful a mains would be so I bought the Kress when I saw
it at that price. Used it a few times and a fine piece of kit it is.

I notice Wickes or Hitachi have finally upped the guarantee to five
years on Hitachi products in the latest Wickes catalogue too.

mike wrote:
On Sep 6, 11:42 pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

I would recommend Wickes/Kress 100% as being top quality products.
Searched for that SKU on their site & got no results though.

Remaining stock is only available in store. It's the second on down
on this page minus the red grips on the handle and the detachable
cable.

http://www.kress-elektrik.com/en/pro...?categorie=446

I've been without an ordinary mains drill since my Bosch died one
month outside the guarantee period and have been relying on the
secondary chuck in the SDS for jobs the cordless wouldn't handle.

After using a friend's elderly AEG (from when AEG was still AEG) I was
reminded how useful a mains would be so I bought the Kress when I saw
it at that price. Used it a few times and a fine piece of kit it is.

I had an AEG years ago & it was excellent. Who owns them now?


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On Sep 7, 10:43*am, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

I had an AEG years ago & it was excellent. *Who owns them now?


My recollection - and I'm not guaranteeing it's correct - is that
they were owned by Atlas Copco for a while who then decided to sell
off their portable power tools business. I thought they were a brand
for a Chinese company now (like Milwaukee and Ryobi) but I might be
totally wrong about that. No idea what the quality is like these days
- they might be fine - I just thought that someone had been playing
musical chairs with the brand name and sometimes quality goes out the
window when that happens.

I believe that Electrolux own the AEG name for white goods.

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:58:20 -0700 (PDT) Mike wrote :
Remaining stock is only available in store. It's the second on down
on this page minus the red grips on the handle and the detachable
cable.

http://www.kress-elektrik.com/en/pro...?categorie=446

I was in Wickes yesterday and their Kress-sourced tools now have
detachable cables.

Also noted that in plumbing they had significantly enhanced the range
of fittings including 28mm and things like (not cheap) full and part
crossovers

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