Thread: Lesto not Festo

Can any of you help me out on the origins of a tool with the brand name of Lesto? My research on the net has sort of led me down the road of Bosch, but it fizzles out.

I have two machines as pictured below. The first is a driver which originally was set up to drive slotted head screws, but I have modified it to insert hex head roofing screws.The second is a two speed drill.

Unfortunately the name plate is missing on one tool and obliterated on the other. I bought the driver at a clearing sale many years ago and the drill more recently on ebay just because I liked the first tool so much and I was in the market for an additional drill.

Both tools seem well made with a steel front half and run sweetly despite being old and well used. I think they may be old if for no other reason than the driver was set up for slotted screws, (it had a shroud which contained the screw head and prevented it slipping off) presumeably prior to the phillips head screw becoming commonplace.

I asked my daughter, Lisette, to take the pictures as she is the one with the digital camera so any complaints on picture quality should be addressed to her.

I am curious (about the tools - not an observation on my appearance).

Regards

Paul

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