I will certainly enquire at Meddings, Ivybridge. The machine is, I discover, a Drilltru Mk 11, 15 inch, bench drill. Thank you all very much for your interest and help so far. See also my album "Meddings Pacera MB4-MF4" for exploded view of Pacera head. Must have coffee now!įault Chart for Meddings MB4/MF4. I'll look out the fault finding chart for the MF4 and put it up shortly. One of these is on the cast casing just below the gearbox "bulge" and the other right down at the bottom of the quill assembly, may be hidden by the chuck guard. Sorry, they are grease nipples, not oil, for Shell "Alvania Grease 3", or equivalent, on the MB4,MF4 models that I have had. Is there a locking screw/nut somewhere that has tightened itself? Most of them have an oil nipple somewhere on the spindle casing, a few squirts with an oil gun keeps them sweet. They still have a factory in Ivybridge and should be able to help. The tensioned spring to provide the automatic return looks fine but it is powerless against whatever is causing the friction.Ĭall Meddings. I can't see how to get at the inner workings. I have applied light oil wherever I could see that it might be useful. It requires real force to move the handle in either direction. My Meddings pillar drill has become extremely difficult to use.
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