Vintage Wolf Drill from the late fourties?
Hi everyone
I just became an accidental owner of a old Wolf 1/2" General Duty Drill. Someone just trew it into scrap and my buddy pulled it out for me.
It's a SD4cA and the serial number is 1081949. The casting is painted in a light brown brass hammerite finish.
Its got a moulded in shoulder rest and a hole on top to insert an additional handle (which is missing though) All the Bushings can be oiled from through nipples
If Wolf used the year of manufacturing as a Part of the serial number this would mean that the year of making is 1949 wich i believe could be tru since the only plastic parts on the device are the taps which hold the coals in the housing.
I took the Drill apart for a general control Yesterday.
Although looking scruff on the outside the inside revealed that very few working hours must have been made on this drill.
All the driveshafts and gearings look just like new. They were packed in a huge layer of grease. The brushes show very little wear and the anchor none at all.
The only problem i could find was the rear end bushing wich is broken. Probably one let it drop once and the mass of the device just crushed the bushing. Not a big deal. i have friends wich do computer aided manufacturing and they are currently building me a new one!
Besides that the Drill is working just fine and reading the forum i have no reason to doubt it will do this for another two or three decades.
Does anybody have additional information on this tool? (i can also send pictures)
Kind Regards