Cleaned up a "special" hand drill..

[steven c newman]

Noticed one of the egg beaters hanging up in the shop...was getting a few rust spots.....basement shop, go figure.

Wire wheel to clean things up. A drop of 3in1 oil where needed....add a drill bit, and test drive....nice and quiet, and fast..
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Yeah, yeah..just a single speed, single pinion drill...
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Didn't find much in the way of Maker's Marks...
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Only thing on the gear crank, was a "Made in USA"....the chuck?
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No markings...3 jaws....might be a 1/4" chuck?

It was at the end of the top handle, were things got...special.....:cool:
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You move that tab around to the left...and a access hole opens up, for bit storage...I guess that is better than those wooden caps most drills use?


Now, I just have to find out who made this drill....:confused:

[Doug Weiner]

I guess I have an alcohol problem. When you mentioned looking for Makers Mark I was thinking of whiskey. Lol

[lowell holmes]

If you coat it with floor wax, it will not rust.

[steven c newman]

Hmm...

The real question here is.....what company made a drill that used this method of storing bits in the handle.....?:confused:

[steven c newman]

Happen to have both a Stanley Handyman drill, and a Stanley Defiance drill...placed them with the Mystery drill...
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Some things are close...
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Only the Mystery drill can install that side handle. Defiance has a few other items..
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It has a double pinion drive. The knob on the crank is different. And..it has a thicker drive gear...like a M-F #5....

[steven c newman]

Hear is a thought...the red colour is more like the shade Stanley used on their Victor line of tools.....could be......:confused:

[steven c newman]

There was a rumour when I bought this egg beater drill....of it being brought back home from Germany.....yet, it is stamped as being "Made in USA"?

So far...it is not: Millers Falls....Goodell-Pratt....Stanley Handyman....Pilot/Granit....so who else is out there making these drills?

[steven c newman]

Let this drill sit a spell...have two others that were just hanging around....
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A wee bit bigger than the last three....Gray Frame MIGHT be a M-F No. 78....made for..
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Sears Craftsman. The other, even larger drill..
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Is a Millers Falls No. 2-01..
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Needs cleaned and oiled ....not much else...The Craftsman had a couple bits in the hollow handle..
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But, they don't match what was in the chuck..
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Drill Point? Hmmmm....will tear these two down a bit, and clean them up....and hang them back up....