moe1965 746 #1 Posted October 15, 2018 What is this drill used for. There is a piece that screws out of the handle that is used to advance the drill bit. It ratchets like a ratchet wrench and there are three detente to choose from that you can see in the picture to select from to position the drill. There is a point on the opposite end of the drill that I'm guessing is used so you can push it up against something so the drill will cut. That is what the piece that screws out of the handle is for. I'm guessing it is used to drill holes in ceiling joists. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 49,193 #2 Posted October 15, 2018 No idea Moe but it is cool old skool ...nice shop deco! A guess might be to run knob and tube wiring? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,909 #3 Posted October 15, 2018 One of many angle drills used in the building trades that were available, probably a Millers Falls. Do a search and you will probably find one like it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,514 #4 Posted October 16, 2018 41 minutes ago, WHX21 said: No idea Moe but it is cool old skool I got very little idea either but I agree with the above thoughts. Curious to see what the others think as well. Any numbers on it you can use to look it up as Dick suggested? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 17,084 #5 Posted October 16, 2018 A Dentist drill 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 68,514 #6 Posted October 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, wallfish said: A Dentist drill John you seem like a really nice guy and you come up with some awesome ideas once in a while but.... I really hope This one Is dead wrong 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,909 #7 Posted October 16, 2018 12 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: I really hope This one Is dead wrong NOPE! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mows4three 826 #8 Posted October 16, 2018 You guys are all wrong and probably couldn't tell the difference beween the broad side of a barn and a hole in the ground. What you have right there in your pictures is one half of a No. 117 left-handed thread, right angle, square hole drilling machine made around 1910 by the Great Necked Blue Pointed Stanley Powerkraft Company. You can see from the touché marks stamped on the side of it that it was made in their Seneca Falls shops by Irwin Miller. It was from their Snap-On Craftsman line of mechanics tools. The only problem with what you have is it is missing some parts. I don't see the sky hook attachment and because the oil sump is not there you will need the smoke shifter if you are going to run it dry. These are are exceedingly rare where I'm from. In fact they are rare all over (be advised this restaurant will only serve rare meat and undercooked eggs at the diner's own risk). Most of the ones I know of were found in outhouses. They were used in the tight quarters of the crapper to drill ventilation holes between the roof rafters at the highest point in the peak of the roof to take advantage of convective currents and create optimum air flow. It has been theorized by expert tool collectors that these worked so well that the operators just left them there in case they were needed in a hurry. The last one I saw was when I was binge watching Antiques Roadshow and eating Cheetos. The guy found it in a dumpster and thought it might be worth something. The tool appraiser was Chic Sale from the prestigious Boston auctioneers and consignment shop of Goode, Will & Howe. He got this poor guy's hopes up, then dashed them, telling him that he only had one half of a two-part set. Poor bastard was reduced to tears. So was his wife, with tears of joy. She couldn't wait to assail him with an unending stream of "I told you so" all the way back home. You should get it mounted by a tool conservator in a hermetically sealed frame with acid free matting. Conservatively it should be insured for twice the value of your own home and never lent out to your neighbor, who incendently just sold your borrowed hedge clippers last weekend at the community flea market and still has my 100' extension cord. Good luck with this gem. You are a lucky guy. Dave 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,770 #9 Posted October 16, 2018 looks like something from the 20,s or 30,s , when human life and labor was cheap, I agree with 953 on that search. having been to the tower of London, those dental cartoons are pretty close to what really went on. those molten wax vats , must have been brutal ,before being stuffed into a hole bordering the river Thames, waiting for high tide, good old days , Pete Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
