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Thread: Oldest Sher drill
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22nd September 2010, 10:21 AM #1Senior Member
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Oldest Sher drill
Hi ..
Was just curious what the first Sher drill looked like.. Apparently the Red Point Tool Co (Sher) produced their first drill in 1940... this predates the Drillmaster & Powermaster by at least 12yrs..
Ken.
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22nd September 2010, 10:54 AM #2
Don't know but mine's pretty old. Probably 60's. I've got some attachments for it also.
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22nd September 2010, 12:10 PM #3Deceased
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from time to time i see some Skil and Sher drills they have aluminion bodys ,Question ---were they as safe as their plastic brother's
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22nd September 2010, 01:45 PM #4
Safe and strong.
They were built in the era where they built a strong motor and gearbox then made a housing to suit.Jim Carroll
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22nd September 2010, 04:05 PM #5Senior Member
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May be as safe. It depends on if it is double insulated or not. I don't recall when double insulating tools came into practice. Prior to that there was a greater risk of electrical shock.
ron
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23rd September 2010, 09:54 AM #6
Mine's aluminium as is my B&D 9" saw and a couple of other tools. They have hardly ever killed me
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10th October 2010, 12:32 PM #7Senior Member
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Hi.. Am surprised that i didn't get a lot more responses from this topic !!.. Sher drills should be like backsides.. everyone has one !!.. then again i might have them all..
Anyway I have started recording details of all Sher power tools ..1940 to 1967 and am seeking details from owners..
What i need is the Model, Speed, Serial number and Colour, and if poss .. a pic
This should make a fairly accurate guide to dating the various models.
Cheers .. Ken.
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13th October 2010, 04:03 PM #8New Member
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Hi, I am trying to piece together the history power tool industry in Australia from 1940 to the present day. The main emphasis is on those products/brands manufactured in Australia. Brands include SHER, Black and Decker, Lightburn and KBC. Today hunting through the NSW State Library I discovered that Sidchrome manufactured a drill in Australia in the early 1970's!!!!
I'm interested in talking to people that worked with any of the brands mentioned above during the years when they were manufactured here.
If I find anyone with a SHER I'll send them your way.
b
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13th October 2010, 07:57 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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my dad and i built a couple of half cabin boats when i was a kid back in the mid 60's in the UK the only power tool we had was a 3/8 drill the rest was buckets of elbow grease , i thought the drill was a wolf but maybe i am wrong and it was a sher i have had a lot of sleeps since then .
i do have a very old drill laying in the hay shed at home must have a look see what it is .'If the enemy is in range, so are you.'
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14th October 2010, 01:27 AM #10
Hi all, just went and took a couple of pics of my grandfathers skil sher (now mine) don't really know much about it, name plate is a bit unreadable, still going strong
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only thing I have done is changed the chuck from a 3/8" to 1/2"
Pete
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14th October 2010, 06:55 AM #11
I have an old ally that was my uncles, I will check it out today when I get to the workshop and post. I was using it for a while but have put it aside to put a new lead on it.
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14th October 2010, 11:56 PM #12Senior Member
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15th October 2010, 06:02 AM #13
They're coming out of the woodwork!
Our grandfathers have a lot to answer for.
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15th October 2010, 08:36 AM #14GOLD MEMBER
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headed up a search party in the old hay shed this morning and located the old girl .
i think if i am going to ever use it again i am going to have to strip her down and give her a good clean up , probably not one of he oldest because this one has a plastic handle .
i should mount another search and find the BIG BIG drill that dad called his "gut buster" ,
its a monster and i think 600 rpm max ,'If the enemy is in range, so are you.'
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15th October 2010, 08:11 PM #15
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