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Thread: Let's see you egg beater drills
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25th March 2019, 05:46 PM #31
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25th March 2019, 06:11 PM #32
Ok So here is another one from ebay. This is a later looking model a "Henry Boker" a manufacturer in Germany I sure the other is the same brand.
Regards Mike
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25th March 2019, 06:30 PM #33
They still seem to make hand drills but not with the bevelled gears from what I can tell. Hand Drill - Heavy Duty - Drills, Taps & Dies - Product Range
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25th March 2019, 06:50 PM #34
More info I found from post in 2012 seems he thought the bevelled gears made great drills but remembers an American made drill being better than his Boker Hand Powered Drills
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26th March 2019, 10:38 AM #35Try not to be late, but never be early.
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My 1931 Heinrich Boker catalogue lists seven hand drills, all straight cut gears rather than bevelled according to the illustrations.
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27th March 2019, 09:44 AM #36
I ended up buying the older one so I will give some feedback when it arrives
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2nd April 2019, 08:37 PM #37
[QUOTE=Vann;2127123But my favourites are the Silvers.[/QUOTE]
I just missed out on one in Nowra just up the road, it was on ebay I was the only bidder but they pulled it off ebay with a day to go
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13th April 2019, 09:55 AM #38
As I mentioned ended up making an offer on this drill $20.00 $35.00 all up when you include postage not cheap but I was interested in seeing how the beveled gears worked.
It arrived a few weeks ago and I only got around to cleaning it up last night to use.
First I disassembled what I could easily.
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Then give it all a scrub, rusty bits went in some Phosphoric acid
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Reassembly with a coating of light oil.
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Complete
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Testing with a 7mm brad point bit in some Queensland Maple, Really too big of a bit for this sized drill.
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First thing you notice is it is absolutely silent no purring that you get with the normal straight cut gears. Considering the size of the bit it worked very smoothly,
Next I tried a 4mm bit in the same piece of timber. It was really smooth and went through it with ease.
If you where to be drilling a lot of holes with an egg beater drill for some reason then I think the bevel cut gears are nice, But the difference is not so great and part of me missed the purring of the normally geared drills .
Mike.
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15th April 2019, 09:30 AM #39Try not to be late, but never be early.
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Nice cleanup job Mike. Is that a brand label on the handle that might tell you who made it? I suppose having the helical gears means that more than one pair of teeth are engaged, therefore making it less prone to breakage?
Cheers,
Geoff.
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11th May 2019, 09:32 PM #40
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8th November 2019, 11:10 AM #41Senior Member
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What a great assortment of drills. Looking for a replacement for my el-cheapo one that hit its use-by date, yesterday I bought a breast drill that I hope to get back in working order. For just ten dollars the worst I can do is learn more about drills and their parts and have fun at the same time. It's a Fairfax Henty and all I know is that it was made (I think) by Parbury Henty - dunno where, dunno when - and that it is really solid and heavy (or maybe that's just all the gunk inside it ) as I have not even opened it up yet). If anyone has any clues about this brand/model I would like to hear their views.
Thanks,
Gary
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11th November 2019, 01:09 PM #42GOLD MEMBER
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Fairfax Henty is listed under the directory of Australian Tool Makers with the HTPAA but the parent company Parbury Henty were importer distributers of hardware so this is more likely a Hardware rebrand of another manufacturer.
Some company history:
Started in 1829: Parbury Henty and Company Proprietary Limited - Archives
Formed a Pty Ltd company in 1931: 12 Sep 1931 - PARBURY HENTY AND CO. - Trove
Ceased Trading 1977: Obituary - William Charles Parbury - Obituaries Australia
These 2 speed enclosed gear breast drills were made by a number of manufacturers including Ixion, Stanley (748) and Millers Falls (666) among others.
They all look pretty similar - without more photos it's difficult to tell which it might be.
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1st February 2020, 01:59 PM #43Senior Member
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Thanks, Hiroller. Have finally got back to it so here are a couple of photos - don't know if they will be of any help in identifying it, but now runs much better without years of assorted gunk in it!. It even holds a 1mm drill bit as firmly as it holds the 12mm bit, so I am more than happy. Have also finished another, which i have had for years but it has no identifying marks or brands so wouldn't have a clue on this one either. Am now looking to start a small collection, but will have to settle for those that are branded or easily (??) identifiable.
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