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Anyone here have any experience with Millers Falls hand tools?
Recently, my daddy gave me a Millers Falls Number 2A hand drill that belonged to my great-uncle. I've been wanting it since I was about 11 years old and used it while Uncle was helping me build a science fair project that year. It's in decent shape with some wear that appears average for its age. I'm planning to give it a clean-up or maybe a mini-restoration consisting of disassemble, clean, paint, and lube.
From what I've seen online, a lot of these drills came with a wooden side-handle that screwed into the frame opposite the hand-crank. This may not have been included with all of them. I'm not sure if this drill would have had anything like that or not, and have asked Dad to be on the lookout for something like that as he's sorting through the remainder of Uncle's hand tools.
If its side handle doesn't show up, does anyone have any ideas to source a part like that? I've tried eBay, but haven't found anything like that yet. Doesn't mean it's not out there, I just haven't found it.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thank you,
-William
Recently, my daddy gave me a Millers Falls Number 2A hand drill that belonged to my great-uncle. I've been wanting it since I was about 11 years old and used it while Uncle was helping me build a science fair project that year. It's in decent shape with some wear that appears average for its age. I'm planning to give it a clean-up or maybe a mini-restoration consisting of disassemble, clean, paint, and lube.
From what I've seen online, a lot of these drills came with a wooden side-handle that screwed into the frame opposite the hand-crank. This may not have been included with all of them. I'm not sure if this drill would have had anything like that or not, and have asked Dad to be on the lookout for something like that as he's sorting through the remainder of Uncle's hand tools.
If its side handle doesn't show up, does anyone have any ideas to source a part like that? I've tried eBay, but haven't found anything like that yet. Doesn't mean it's not out there, I just haven't found it.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thank you,
-William