 Millers Falls No.5 eggbeater
drill, owned by Randy Roeder, who made this picture and gave me
permission to use it here. It is the earliest Type 4 with a 3-jaw
chuck. The frame and gear design has been
found published only in a Montgomery & Co. hardware catalog.
This
model has a wide-rimmed main gear that can easily be grasped with thumb
& forefinger for sensitive drilling. The frame is typical of the
earliest No.1 types, but the tapered crank is let into the rim of the
main gear for security. The main handle has been lengthened for
the
longer, spiral-fluted twist drills. The chuck is a 3-springs, 3-jaw
type, unmarked. The
reeding indicates that this is an early 3-jaw chuck. However, the
design was never patented, probably because Goodell Brothers made a
similar, patented chuck having the Lanfair patent of August
13, 1895. Randy thinks the main handle is a replacement, and I
agree.
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