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21st September 2023, 01:57 PM #1
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Old hand drills from farm clearance sale
Bought a box of old tools that contained a couple of old hand drills at an on farm Clearance sale. A fellow at the sale immediately offered me $25 for one ofthe hand drills but he seemed a bit over eager so I said no. I have never seen a professionally made tool like Drill number one before!!
I have a photo of the tools but do not know how to put them onto this forum????
Drill number one is very old about 300 mm long, has a timber handle like a brace and bit that is attached to a cast straight shaft that offsets 45 degrees that then has a crank with a timber handle set at 45 degrees to the original shaft . When the crank is turned it operates a small universal joint that turns the shaft to the bit holder which is in line with the original shaft. There are no markings on the tool. I wondered Who made the tool? What is a tool like this worth.
Drill two is a two speed breast drill with an exposed crank wheel that is painted red . The speed is changed by removing the crank wheel and putting it into a second mounting hole that allows it to engage the shaftmounted bevel pinion. The only markings I can find are on the crank handle they say No 50 and then MIT A Mit with a continuous arrow through the letters. Who made this drill? How old would it be?
Should I restore the tools or just oil them and mount on a display? Both tools work?
I suspect the fellow who offered me $25 was after a bargain. Do I keep for my collection or Sell?
Made me look at al the old tools in my farm shed and I am going sort them and to put some together as a colllection, it would be a shame to see them just lost or destroyed
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21st September 2023, 07:17 PM #2
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WD,
Hand drills are funny item, some of us like them, but we all have a cordless drill, because a Cordless drill is so confident.
So there some time a novelty tool now, tho I’m sure some will dispute this.
So price wise hard too tell without knowing model how common they were,
Is it a collectible extra.
I’ve brought two or three old drills, but I’ve never paid more that probably$30 Au for any of them.
Cheers Matt.
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22nd September 2023, 09:53 AM #3
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Farm drills
Drill No1 could be some sort of beam drill, normally they have 2 rotating arms and are sat upon for stability. Very difficult to say one way or the other without a photo.
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22nd September 2023, 10:09 AM #4
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Does No 1 look like this? In this case Charles Amidon USA from the 1880's.
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Geoff.
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22nd September 2023, 11:47 AM #5
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The picture shown is not the same as drill Number one. I have tried to load a picture of both drills hope it works . They reckon I am technologically challenged!!!
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23rd September 2023, 02:05 PM #6
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The two speed breast drill looks to be a common style...
But your "number one" drill is something I haven't seen before, quite likely rare and sought after,
somewhat resembles something in A A Tattersall's 1895 UK patent drawings (lower left in pic)
Tattersall's drill.jpg
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23rd September 2023, 05:45 PM #7
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Thank you so much
It certainly looks like the drill shown in figure 5.
At this eaely stage of sorting out my many boxes of tools (Been accumulating from when I was 15 years old apprentice fitter) I have a 7 meter by 14 meter shed so full I am walking on stuff on the floor.
I may keep this tool as special part of my collection depending on what else I turn up.
I will post pictures of any other special finds.
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24th September 2023, 06:49 PM #8
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W D Chapo,
Could you dismantle the chuck and show us a photo of it please?
That might help.
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Geoff.
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26th September 2023, 10:55 PM #9
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Might be German. Wolfgang Jordan's "holzwerken" website shows one like yours which has an unidentified "H&K" marked on the head. Also, one of his pictures shows a similar drill from an un-named catalog.
Tattersall like HK drill.jpg
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