Richard Magbanua
10-05-2009, 3:10 PM
I found a rusty Miller's Falls hand drill at a local antique mall a few months ago and finally got around to restoring it. I really like using these hand drills for drilling pilot holes instead of using my 18v cordless. I also find them to be very beautiful and well made. This may not be what a collector would have done, but I'm not so much a collector. I'm mostly a user. It needed and new paint job and a new handle so that's what it got. I'm sure this will get plenty of use in the shop.
I do have one question for you though. I used a sandblaster to remove the old paint and rust. It seems I didn't mask the gears off as well as I should have because I can feel just a bit of aluminum oxide has gotten inside the gear shaft. It still works well, but eventually I would rather clean it out if I can. I can see a pin above the bottom gear. Can this be pounded out or do I need to grind it off to remove it from the drill? How about the top gear?
Here are more pictures and comments of the restoration...
http://richardmagbanua.blogspot.com/
Thanks!
I do have one question for you though. I used a sandblaster to remove the old paint and rust. It seems I didn't mask the gears off as well as I should have because I can feel just a bit of aluminum oxide has gotten inside the gear shaft. It still works well, but eventually I would rather clean it out if I can. I can see a pin above the bottom gear. Can this be pounded out or do I need to grind it off to remove it from the drill? How about the top gear?
Here are more pictures and comments of the restoration...
http://richardmagbanua.blogspot.com/
Thanks!