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Thread: Oldest Sher drill
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22nd October 2010, 08:51 AM #16New Member
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Sher drill
Yep, I've got a 1960s unit...solid cast metal body. Still going strong. You could hook it up to a chassis and drive a lathe or a circular saw. Versatile.
George
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22nd November 2010, 04:13 PM #17Senior Member
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I'll post pictures of all my Sher stuff when I get home tonight.
Does anyone on this forum have the original 1960s morticing attachment?
I've been trying to find one for years to add to my collection.
I found one guy who once did, but lost it in a shed fire.
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23rd November 2010, 04:00 PM #18Senior Member
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Here's just some of my Sher stuff.
The first 2 pictures is the Shermatic I inherited from my dad. It's fantastic, and at the moment it's bing used as the drill press. As you can see, he (and now I) really looked after it, and there isn't any rust or dents or anything (the original table is set aside for the moment). I had it serviced about 10 years ago and it got new bearings in the gearbox, and it's been going strong ever since.
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The last 2 pictures is a Sher I picked up from ebay a few months ago. It's a Shopmate Mk2, which has induction motor and pulleys. It's much more rusty but I haven't cleaned it up yet. I'm going to use it as the grinder/sanding disk/lathe.
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I've got most of the attachments, but I know sher made a planing attachment (which I don't think I would ever use) and also a morticing attachment (which I am still looking for).
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27th January 2011, 06:58 AM #19
I saw the circular saw attachment, still with its box, in an antique shop the other day, $18. I suppose you have one of them already?
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27th January 2011, 07:12 PM #20Senior Member
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Yeah, there's lots of them on ebay too.
Never use it, esp. since I have 3 circular saws anyway.
Most of the other attachments I do use though - sanders, grinders, drill, lathe, etc.
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1st February 2011, 05:29 PM #21
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23rd March 2012, 05:22 PM #22New Member
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Hey Ken,
I've got about 4 Sher drills now, and 2 Wolfs! Two of the Sher's have serial numbers 113762 and 511510, Thats a 3/8" Powermatic Dual peed and 1/2" Shermatic Dual Speed. Would be good to know the year of manufacture. I'm thinking I'd have to get access to company records?
I'll try and organise some pics.
Darren
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23rd March 2012, 05:28 PM #23New Member
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8th April 2012, 10:04 PM #24Senior Member
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16th April 2012, 12:27 PM #25Senior Member
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One other thing that I always remember about some of the old dual speed Sher drills is that they were a wrist breaker if the drill bit suddenly jammed.
No clutches in the drills back then.
They would go all day though even when pushed hard.
Stewie
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21st April 2012, 04:07 PM #26Senior Member
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Must say I have never used mine hand held.
My machinist mate reckon they used to be called widowmakers due to their all metal bodies. But I've never heard of any accidents.
Do they make 1/2" thread lathe chucks?
Sometimes I am making a jig or something and need to turn small metal or plastic pieces and a chuck would make things much easier. But don't know if they make them that small. 1/2" might be too weak for the weight.
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15th November 2016, 06:18 PM #27Senior Member
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Just inherited this:
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5th April 2017, 04:44 PM #28So that's how you change this field...
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Seeing as how kenour has already resurrected this thread from hades lair...
I'll get some photos together, but my old sher drill has both DC and AC on the nameplate as acceptable electrical input (which I'm assuming puts it into the "older" category, given that reticulated DC started to go out of fashion after WWII). Unfortunately, my grandfather killed the gears after a few years of using it as a lawnmower starter in his later years, but I was able to find another, newer one and put his back together. I've kept all the old bits in case I ever get a mill and indexing head, at which time I'll re-make the old gears.
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8th July 2017, 04:57 PM #29New Member
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I love my Sher Shopmate and I have 3 drills so far
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8th July 2017, 05:03 PM #30New Member
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Here's a shot of my Shopmate, I use it all the time
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