Leytool drills

[Scouse]

Does anybody know how to open up the mechanism on a small Leytool drill?

The workings are enclosed in a cast body with a crank attached to a spinning disc.

There is a picture of one on this link

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BYGONE-DAYS-ALLOY ... 3f035d1d9b

Cheers

El.

 

[Oryxdesign]

I believe the crank comes off by undoing the nut in the centre with a spanner with two pips on it like an angle grinder.

Simon

 

[Alf]

If you haven't got the requisite spanner (They must have a proper name?) then needle-nosed pliers can sometimes work.

 

[andy king]

If you haven't got the requisite spanner (They must have a proper name?) then needle-nosed pliers can sometimes work.

They are known as pin spanners.

 

[Scouse]

Genius! Needlenosed pliers!

I had thought the bit in the middle was a nut type thing and I got an adjustable pin wrench for the job, but the pins were too big.

Thanks for the replies. I will report back in due course, either with a nicely disassembled drill, a broken window through which said still assembled drill made it's exit or with a classified ad for a small Leytool drill!

Feel free to bet among yourselves as to the outcome......

Best wishes,

El.

 

[Alf]

If you haven't got the requisite spanner (They must have a proper name?) then needle-nosed pliers can sometimes work.

They are known as pin spanners.

Darn it, it was too obvious. #-o :lol: Thanks, Andy.

Good luck, El. Maybe pad the plier jaws if there's room, or you can chew up the holes in the nut.

 

[Eric The Viking]

Genius! Needlenosed pliers!

I had thought the bit in the middle was a nut type thing and I got an adjustable pin wrench for the job, but the pins were too big.

Thanks for the replies. I will report back in due course, either with a nicely disassembled drill, a broken window through which said still assembled drill made it's exit or with a classified ad for a small Leytool drill!

Feel free to bet among yourselves as to the outcome......

Best wishes,

El.

If you have parallel-jawed pliers, you can grip the needle-nosed ones, to avoid straining the box-joint* when you twist them. Also, check (or guess) the direction of rotation - might be left-hand thread in this context.

Cheers, E.

*you do have 'nice' pliers, don't you?

 

[andy king]

Depending on hole spacings and diameters, a set of crank tipped circlip pliers might work as well.
Amazon have a cheap set for £2.99 with interchangeable heads. Not likely to last long doing that sort of thing, but might help if all else fails!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000 ... HG1T80CRXF

cheers,
Andy

 

[Oryxdesign]

You don't need any flashy pliers, just two small screwdrivers, get someone to hold the screwdrivers vertically in the hole and put a lever in between them. Hold the whole arrangement together and turn.

If you have one of those podgers with a cranked end you can just cross that across the screwdriver.

Simon

 

[Scouse]

Thanks for all the tips, I'll have a go this evening when everyone is out so I can swear freely! :wink:

El.

 

[Scouse]

IT'S OK!

I know you have all been losing sleep, but needle nosed pliers did the trick and the little Leytool drill is now in bits.

 

[Alf]

No elves? Must be the economy model...

Glad you got into it all right - I will now lose sleep until I know it's back together again, you do know that? :wink:

 

[bugbear]

I was hoping for a colony of elves to be operating the internal mechanism with magic and a system of tiny treadmills controlled by the elves and run as a worker co-operative where the workforce retains majority voting rights (exercised on a one-member one-vote basis).

Fantastic!

BugBear