Building the Universal Pillar Tool was re-issued in a compendium called Workshop Techniques and is available from various sources for about £30 e.g.

https://www.teepublishing.co.uk/books/in-your-workshop/workshop-techniques/

Rod

On 8 January 2026 at 11:50 Roderick Jenkins Said:

The top half of the Batchelor bushing attachment looks like the same casting used for the sensitive drilling attachment.

I think that is the point – hence “universal pillar tool” not just a drill.

The standard UPT only uses 2 arm castings which are identical.  The Sensitive Drill addition uses a 3rd arm casting which differs in providing a support for a pillar for the drill downfeed lever and an attachment face for jockey pulleys.  It looks like Mr Batchelor has adapted the principle of the drill downfeed lever to fit on to the normal upper arm and designed a plate support for the lower arm.  Even though the bushing tool is not in GHT’s book, looking at the details of the Sensitive Drill found in the book and the picture of the bushing tool on the Hemingway website will probably supply sufficient information for manufacture.

Rod

I agree with Charles above, but the plans etc. are in an odd place in my 1998 copy.

Despite it’s title the book deals with only 2 main subjects –  the “Universal Pillar Tool” which is dealt with in Chapters 1-10, and “Indexing Methods” which are dealt with in Chapters 11-28.

And then tucked away at nearly the end of the book is Chapter 29 – “Clock-plate bushing tool” which is an attachment for the universal pillar tool. It’s as if this was a last minute addition, which is just as detailed as the rest of the book, but the chapter is very easy to overlook.

Despite there being only 2 main projects covered there are lots of detailed methods of construction which are relevant to other projects and make the book one of my “must have” books.

Rod

Hi

I have the UPT book and some part machined casting somewhere.

If anybody have a use for them send me an email and tell me what you want to pay, Mostly I’m just making the place a bit nearer for my widow (When the time comes).  Or wait and see what scrap man she pays to take away all the goodies she doesn’t send to the tip.

George