Old electric drill from Bosch
"It is nice when you get an unexpected surprise", my friend uses to say . And this was exactly
happening today.
He had brought a drill from Germany some years ago: for such
simple purposes of drilling and doweling. He had realized that here the usage
of dowelss has been unknown in the Philippines and that here everybody prefers to
do with such work nails instead of screws
And after some years the machine stopped working. So what to
do? When inquiring at Bosch in Germany he learned that there is no Bosch branch in
Davao yet – but intends to establish a subsidiary. Bosch was very welcoming and
offered to repair the electric drill, if the machine is back to Germany. Darn, the
machine weights about 3 kg. No, this is too heavy, my friend thought. At the
end the machine was left in the dark corner in the store room beside the broom
Some time passed and we were invited to visit a corporate
exhibition held at SM Lanang. Among the invited companies there was an accredited company that would deal with BOSCH
machineries. An inquiry revealed that the company could not help us out with
the drill, as it is an old machine with the type number CSB 650-2RE. And we
were told that they are only able to repair BOSCH machines that begin with the
code letter "G".
Again, at the end of the day, the drilling machine was in
the dark corner of the store room beside the broom.
Having had the drill more than 15 years, a quality that is
seldom to find nowadays, he did not give in. Then my friend searched on the
internet to get more tips on how to solve this problem. He thought that the problem could only be the carbon brushes which
have be to replaced. And then he
realized that in different electric drills the carbon brushes are just the same!
After reading so rare shares on this matter on the world wide web, he was happy
to learn that BOSCH products have this distinct advantage to be of standardized
component - and regardless where you buy these components. They are universally
fit to BOSCH drilling machine!
Fantastic!
With this information, it was easy to get the brushes – one
costs 420 Pesos in the hardware store -
and he could assemble it by himself. And everything worked! Yes, BOSCH machines
are special.
With best regards,
Ludwig from Davao
