A tale of three bench drills

[lord13]

Whilst browsing facebook market place, I came across an ad for an old bench drill stand. Now with myself being a bit of a sucker for old broken things, and the fact it was only a fiver, I duly bought it to restore. It was totally seized and rusty and in general 'bad nick', but for only a fiver it would be ok to while away an afternoon whilst fixing it up.
Here it is 'as bought' ...





And after stripping down and filling the baseplate ( there was some corrosion and pitting )...



And finally some paint...



Happy days now to search for a drill to fit it, Luckily, the very next week I was at an autojumble and came across a nearly identical bench drill stand that had the drill attached. I asked the stall holder if he would sell the drill separately and he said that i could have the lot for two quid!

So here's bench drill number two, ( the silver thing in the picture is something he made me take with it saying it was part of it but it's not, i guess he wanted to clear some junk and I looked like a likely candidate)...





The drill itself is a Black and Decker, all it needed was a clean and a new cable and it works a treat.



So there you go, two bench drill stands and one drill. I kinda wish I'd left the first one orange as they would match, but I didn't know I was getting a second press.

But, I hear you say, the title says three...
Well, I thought I'd better look for another drill for the first stand... and looking through the wares at a local second hand place near me I came across yet another bench drill stand. This one was actually a black and decker, in great nick, and came with an attachment for using the drill as a bench grinder or polisher. All for seven quid in total.





Great stuff, I now have a complete and working Black and Decker bench drill.

But now I need two more drills for the other stands....well three more drills if you count the bench grinder...

[droopsnoot]

Jun 24, 2021 7:06:45 GMT lord13 said:

( the silver thing in the picture is something he made me take with it saying it was part of it but it's not, i guess he wanted to clear some junk and I looked like a likely candidate)...

That looks like an adapter to turn the drill into a circular saw, on a similar principle to the bench grinder adapter you pictured later. The idea was that you'd buy one drill and adapt it to the various uses with these adapters, I think there was a sanding one as well.

[alx]

Jun 24, 2021 7:58:35 GMT droopsnoot said:

Jun 24, 2021 7:06:45 GMT lord13 said:

( the silver thing in the picture is something he made me take with it saying it was part of it but it's not, i guess he wanted to clear some junk and I looked like a likely candidate)...

That looks like an adapter to turn the drill into a circular saw, on a similar principle to the bench grinder adapter you pictured later. The idea was that you'd buy one drill and adapt it to the various uses with these adapters, I think there was a sanding one as well.

Think this might be similar

link

AL.

[lord13]

Jun 24, 2021 7:58:35 GMT droopsnoot said:

Jun 24, 2021 7:06:45 GMT lord13 said:

( the silver thing in the picture is something he made me take with it saying it was part of it but it's not, i guess he wanted to clear some junk and I looked like a likely candidate)...

That looks like an adapter to turn the drill into a circular saw, on a similar principle to the bench grinder adapter you pictured later. The idea was that you'd buy one drill and adapt it to the various uses with these adapters, I think there was a sanding one as well.

Yeah i thought that too...but the drill does not fit the silver bit, it must be for a different drill maybe?

[lord13]

Jun 24, 2021 11:36:11 GMT alx said:

Jun 24, 2021 7:58:35 GMT droopsnoot said:

That looks like an adapter to turn the drill into a circular saw, on a similar principle to the bench grinder adapter you pictured later. The idea was that you'd buy one drill and adapt it to the various uses with these adapters, I think there was a sanding one as well.

Think this might be similar

link

AL.

Yeah that looks like the correct type, more stuff to go searching for

[jimi]

IIRC, it will fit, it doesn't clamp around the drill, the flat bits on the clamp fit into indents at the front of the drill and grip it that way. My dad had one many many moons ago.

Edit
Might not fit that drill, this is the one I was thinking of
Linky

[lord13]

jimi yeah actually, I see what you mean, I'll give it another look

[93fxdl]

I inherited from my father a few drill attachments






An orbital sander attachment
And






There is also a spindle with a 2" dia grindstone and a spindle with a 6" dia sanding pad
Also you were able to get flexi drives to use with the bench mount
Ttfn Glenn

[guslopez]

Yes as others have said the drill slots in thefront air flow grooves & clamps down .You have to remove the chuck first & once in the saw body fit the blade & guard using a fine threaded bolt that should be with it.
Originally they were Stanley drills before B&D took them over. The other attachment was the orbital sander with concentric weight .Another that clamps in the air slots.

I inherited a complete stanley tool cabinet with the pillar drill assembly, drill , sander, & saw attachments along with some other bits that I cannot remember from my Dad who bought it from new. I sold it a few years ago.
Just remembered that the horizontal attachement for grinding /polishing was also in the kit along with a similar attachment which appeared to be used in conjunction with it to form some sort of lathe?