I didn't want to use my good drill for sanding (inside bowls) so I
bought a Skil variable speed reversible for under $30. Right away I
spent $15 to replace the stiff plastic cord it came with. It has
worked faithfully for 4 or 5 years. Today it started sputtering and
stopped.

I had to completely disembowel the thing to get at the brushes. One
was worn to a nubbin and the other was nearly new looking. And they
are an odd size. I bought some the same thickness and cut them do the
right length and width and now it runs good again.

Next time I will probably go with a Makita tailed drill, or something
similar.
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

How long a minute is depends on which
side of the bathroom door you're on.

On 9/11/2009 3:04 PM Gerald Ross spake thus:

I didn't want to use my good drill for sanding (inside bowls) so I
bought a Skil variable speed reversible for under $30. Right away I
spent $15 to replace the stiff plastic cord it came with. It has
worked faithfully for 4 or 5 years. Today it started sputtering and
stopped.

I had to completely disembowel the thing to get at the brushes. One
was worn to a nubbin and the other was nearly new looking. And they
are an odd size. I bought some the same thickness and cut them do the
right length and width and now it runs good again.

Next time I will probably go with a Makita tailed drill, or something
similar.

In the spirit of anti-gloating, I can one-up you: when I needed a drill
for wire-brushing a rusted railing--a dumbass job for an electric drill
if there ever was one--I went over to my favorite recycled-goods store,
Urban Ore in Berkeley, and picked up a 1-speed drill for $5. The drill
will probably outlive me. It's actually better than most drills for this
kind of work since instead of the usual trigger switch, it has a big
slide switch on top that you don't have to either hold on to or lock
down to get the drill to run continuously. Plus it's solid metal, not
plastic.


--
Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:04:32 -0400, Gerald Ross wrote:

I didn't want to use my good drill for sanding (inside bowls) so I
bought a Skil variable speed reversible for under $30. Right away I
spent $15 to replace the stiff plastic cord it came with. It has
worked faithfully for 4 or 5 years. Today it started sputtering and
stopped.

I had to completely disembowel the thing to get at the brushes. One
was worn to a nubbin and the other was nearly new looking. And they
are an odd size. I bought some the same thickness and cut them do the
right length and width and now it runs good again.

Next time I will probably go with a Makita tailed drill, or something
similar.

I bought a Sioux close quarter knock off on Ebay about 100 bowls or so ago.. I
think it was $25 with shipping..
Damn thing is like a Timex, it just keeps on ticking with zero maintenance..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

I bought a Sioux close quarter knock off on Ebay about 100 bowls or so ago.. I
think it was $25 with shipping..
Damn thing is like a Timex, it just keeps on ticking with zero maintenance..


mac



I bought the cheapest hammer drill I could find, about 15 years ago...
turned out to be a little Skil 3/8".

I have used and abused that thing, including attaching it to a
drill-pump to suck water out of the basement during and after rains,
before the house was dry-- it ran for 8-12 hours at a time. It's been
left outside in the rain and snow, been dropped from a 30 foot peak onto
a gravel driveway, I think the concrete truck even ran it over once. :-)

It's in my garage and I still use it to drill holes in concrete.


--

-MIKE-

"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com

---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply

-MIKE- wrote:
I bought a Sioux close quarter knock off on Ebay about 100 bowls or so ago.. I
think it was $25 with shipping..
Damn thing is like a Timex, it just keeps on ticking with zero maintenance..


mac



I bought the cheapest hammer drill I could find, about 15 years ago...
turned out to be a little Skil 3/8".

I have used and abused that thing, including attaching it to a
drill-pump to suck water out of the basement during and after rains,
before the house was dry-- it ran for 8-12 hours at a time. It's been
left outside in the rain and snow, been dropped from a 30 foot peak onto
a gravel driveway, I think the concrete truck even ran it over once. :-)

It's in my garage and I still use it to drill holes in concrete.


I once had a skill hammer drill. It died. sigh

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

How long a minute is depends on which
side of the bathroom door you're on.

mac davis wrote:
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:04:32 -0400, Gerald wrote:

I didn't want to use my good drill for sanding (inside bowls) so I
bought a Skil variable speed reversible for under $30. Right away I
spent $15 to replace the stiff plastic cord it came with. It has
worked faithfully for 4 or 5 years. Today it started sputtering and
stopped.

I had to completely disembowel the thing to get at the brushes. One
was worn to a nubbin and the other was nearly new looking. And they
are an odd size. I bought some the same thickness and cut them do the
right length and width and now it runs good again.

Next time I will probably go with a Makita tailed drill, or something
similar.

I bought a Sioux close quarter knock off on Ebay about 100 bowls or so ago.. I
think it was $25 with shipping..
Damn thing is like a Timex, it just keeps on ticking with zero maintenance..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

I use a harbor fright close quarter drill but only used it on natural
edge bowls with the lathe stopped. My knuckles don't like for me to
use it in a deep regular bowl.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

How long a minute is depends on which
side of the bathroom door you're on.

Gerald Ross wrote:
-MIKE- wrote:
I bought a Sioux close quarter knock off on Ebay about 100 bowls or
so ago.. I
think it was $25 with shipping..
Damn thing is like a Timex, it just keeps on ticking with zero
maintenance..


mac



I bought the cheapest hammer drill I could find, about 15 years ago...
turned out to be a little Skil 3/8".

I have used and abused that thing, including attaching it to a
drill-pump to suck water out of the basement during and after rains,
before the house was dry-- it ran for 8-12 hours at a time. It's been
left outside in the rain and snow, been dropped from a 30 foot peak onto
a gravel driveway, I think the concrete truck even ran it over once.
:-)

It's in my garage and I still use it to drill holes in concrete.


I once had a skill hammer drill. It died. sigh

I have a Skill jigsaw, damn thing won't die, believe me I have tried.

--
Froz...

"FrozenNorth" wrote in message
...
Gerald Ross wrote:


I once had a skill hammer drill. It died. sigh

I have a Skill jigsaw, damn thing won't die, believe me I have tried.

--
Froz...



I have no skills whatsoever. ; )

I once had a skill hammer drill. It died. sigh

I have a Skill jigsaw, damn thing won't die, believe me I have tried.


Where can I find these "Skill" tools of which you speak? :-p


--

-MIKE-

"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com

---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply

-MIKE- wrote:
I once had a skill hammer drill. It died. sigh

I have a Skill jigsaw, damn thing won't die, believe me I have tried.


Where can I find these "Skill" tools of which you speak? :-p


Ok, one to many el's.
But drive to Toronto, you can have it. ;-)

--
Froz...

On 2009-09-12, -MIKE- wrote:

Where can I find these "Skill" tools of which you speak? :-p

I got the tools. It's the "cheap drill"?

nb

On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:20:09 -0400, Gerald Ross wrote:

mac davis wrote:

I bought a Sioux close quarter knock off on Ebay about 100 bowls or so ago.. I
think it was $25 with shipping..
Damn thing is like a Timex, it just keeps on ticking with zero maintenance..


mac

I use a harbor fright close quarter drill but only used it on natural
edge bowls with the lathe stopped. My knuckles don't like for me to
use it in a deep regular bowl.

Probably the same one I have.. I use it inside bowls a lot.. if that doesn't
work, I go to the power shaft..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

On Sep 12, 12:20*pm, FrozenNorth
wrote:
I have a Skill jigsaw, damn thing won't die, believe me I have tried.

You mean Skil vibrator? Those things are sex toys, not wooddorking
tools.

Luigi