Millers Falls No.1, 3 & 5 eggbeater drills
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Millers Falls No.85 eggbeater drill; second example of Type 15.
The triangular Millers Falls logo (Greenfield Mass.) and model number are now stamped astride the affixing screw on the crank.  The frame retains its steel center hub without any provision for a side handle.  There is a provision for the No.1's back-support wiper, but the No.85 style does not use the wiper. Nor is there any shoulder on the main gear, whose cross section is narrower now.
The main handle has a newly rounded shape and is made from thickly red lacquered hardwood rather than the former rosewood.  Nevertheless, the Star pattern, protected-spring, 3-jaw chuck is still used, but with a longer body.