Meddings LB1 Mk III pillar drill- manual pdf?

[terry.sh...@gmail.com]

Dear All,
I have just acquired one of these sturdy old drilling machines. It's a little bit scruffy, but seems to run very well. Before putting it to work, I would like to give it a partial strip down followed by a good clean, an inspection, then grease and reassemble.

It would be handy to have a manual for the drill but, unsurprisingly, the Meddings web site doesn't carry manuals for their 40-50 year old machines. Does anyone know of a place where some kind soul might have uploaded the manual as a pdf?

Cheers. Terry.

[John Rumm]

This lot seem to have it listed... not sure how much they will want for
a manual though:

http://www.rondean.co.uk/images/MANUALS-LOG-WEB-COPY-jan-2013.pdf


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Cheers,

John.

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[The Other Mike]

For money i'd guess www.lathes.co.uk will have one but they are very expensive.

For free? Maybe best to ask on a UK based engineering message board or
elsewhere on usenet.

http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/

http://modeleng.proboards.com/

news:uk.rec.models.engineering

or maybe on the US based ones?

http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/forum.php

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/

HTH

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[terry.sh...@gmail.com]

Thanks for the replies, folks. I'll try asking around on the suggested forums, since I'm not sure that I can stomach paying for a store bought manual; the machine isn't so complicated as to warrant it.

I think that my first job with the drill will be to assist me in making some kind of spinal support device that I now need after shifting the bloody thing. My God, it's HEAVY!

Regards,

Terry.