Two-handed Wood Drill

Two-handed Wood Drill


Jasienski, Joseph (associated with)
Jasienski, Janice (associated with)
Millers Falls Company (created by)
1860 (Earliest/Latest dates)
Mostly metal with wood base.
Measurement Notes: See Basic Information
Wood base 29” long, 8” wide, 2” thick. Tower 25” high, 7 “ wide, 2” thick. Top piece and 1.75 x 4.5” spacer. Two semi-circular metal pieces that are sliding adjusters that allow the tower to drop forward or backwards. Main gear is 3.5” diam, multi tooth. Larger gear is 3.5” diam on the shaft which turns smaller gear 1.75” which allows the mechanism’s top to come up and down and rotates the clamping on the bottom. At very top is a hand-made .75 x 1.25” piece of tin screwed to the top to hold the mechanism in the highest position. Kneeling board on base shows definite signs of damage from gears. Two handles on each side 8” long with a 1.5” shaft each is an elongated, egg shaped handle that turns.
 
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