Manufactured by Millers Falls as of 1931. Vintage hand drill, it has hollow handle with screw off cap for bits, 3-jaw chuck, 14' long, (Sold). 1851 Brown & Flather Sheffield, brass plated beech brace with ebony pad and ivory cap, asking 140. ![]() Frame enameled black drive gear painted red bright parts are nickel plated.ġ911 - as above, but detachable chef's cap side handle ball bearing spindle.ġ930 - as above, but tropical hardwood head.ġ935 - as above, but mahogany-finished hardwood head and handles head now flat-topped. 1896 Goodell-Pratt Company Toolsmiths breast drill, Made in Greenfield, Mass. 1896 - malleable iron frame cocobolo head with hardwood handles detachable, elongated side handle non-adjustable gear guide spindle runs on hardened steel cone bearing speeds adjusted by turning shifter knob on frame three-jaw chuck adjustable 0 to 3/8 inch. Please like and share us on Facebook KandS Gift GalleryĬa. Please check out my website for this and other items that I have for sale. If you have any questions, please contact me. I try my best to keep the shipping prices as low as possible, if the actual cost of shipping is less the charged cost I will inform the customer and refund the difference back to the customer. Below you will find the information I found on the drill from the Goodell Pratt website. Look at the pictures and see the craftsmanship of days past. This item I believe is missing the side handle however the rest of the drill seems to be in original condition. The little shift wheel on the frame moves a peg that slides the sleeve to one pinion or the other.Up for sale is this Goodell Pratt hand drill with a Mapatent date. Those ears engage either one pinion or the other. The internal sleeve has ears on each end and is keyed to the collet shaft. ![]() Following are 4 pictures showing my cautious step-by-step disassembly of the shifter. Although different in how the speeds are selected, I’m guessing the internal mechanism is similar. Update: A discussion over at the Sawmill Creek forums has Mike asking about the speed shifter on a Millers Falls drill. (Don’t ever throw away used guitar strings.) Lubed and reassembled, the drill runs as smoothly as one could want, and looks almost as nice as Wictor Kuc’s. I wound a new one from the steel core of a well used guitar string. One of the compression springs inside the chuck was badly deformed. Polishing the bare metal parts brought back their luster. A bit of red stain brought the knobs and handles into harmony before receiving three coats of Minwax Polycrylic satin finish. a new side knob of mahogany replaces the one that was lost. Three coats of fresh paint went on the metal parts. It’s “a user.” So, I’m not worried about the howls. Instead of doing the minimal (don’t harm the patina) restoration, I stripped it down, polished, and repainted. Here’s where the traditional collectors will howl. Actually, the saw was sharpened last week. (Click the picture on the right to see 100+ years of “ambiance.”)īeing between projects, I’m following Stephen Covey’s habit #7: Sharpen the Saw. I then brought it home and used it in building a workbench and the first boat. Thanks Rick.) It had a fair amount of grunge, but not bad enough to affect smooth operation. ![]() (Update: the ratchet mechanism was added in the early 1920s, making the 5 1/2B into the #259. So, this one was manufactured sometime between those two dates. The next patent date found on that model drill is 1905. Other than wiping the handle clean so it didn’t stick to my hands, the way shoes stick to the floors in movie theaters, we did no other clean up. This makes the drill very handy for working in tight spaces where’s there not enough room to fully spin the crank. The I setting locks up tight, no ratcheting. See the R I L indications on the round plate under the hand crank? R and L set ratcheting for Right or Left. Switch to slow when more torque is needed. The fast speed is great for drilling pilot holes and most screw setting. ![]() In addition to the usual drilling action, there is a fast / slow selector that alternates gearing ratios. We quickly discovered that it’s a very versatile drill. We put it to use immediately at the Wooden Boat School, drilling and setting screws on the boats we were building. Liberty Tools is a galoot’s paradise where one has little choice but to spend money. I found the Goodell-Pratt number #259 (I originally thought 5 1/2B) eggbeater drill at Liberty Tools in Liberty, Maine.
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