A novelty now being put upon the market by the Millers Falls
Company, whose office is 74 Chambers street, this city (New
York), is shown in the accompanying illustration.
A steel frame is provided, in which the No. 10 breast drill
manufactured by this company may be used quite advantageously.
The engraving shows the arrangement of parts so thoroughly that
very slight description is necessary. The upright rods of the
frame are of 5/8-inch round steel, 16 inches high, and are
placed 8 inches apart.
The drill is held true by the frame, and the work is held firmly
in place by the clamp shown in the engraving. The lever-feed
provided by this arrangement may be operated by hand, or a
weight may be employed, as may be preferred.
The drill-stock is of 5/8-inch round steel, nickel-plated. The
gears are cut, and are changeable from an even speed to one of
three to one, as may be desired. The drill-stock can be put in
or out of the frame by a half-turn of the thumb-nut, shown to
the left in the engraving.
The advantage of an attachment of this kind for use in
connection with a breast drill is obvious. Most of the work done
by a tool of this character can be better performed with the
drill mounted in the frame. When the breast-drill is used in the
ordinary manner it very frequently requires heavy pressure,
which is quite fatiguing to the workman. In the arrangement
shown there is a leverage of five to one, which makes the
feeding an easy matter.
When work is required that cannot be done in the frame, the tool
can be taken out in a very small space of time, and used in the
ordinary way.
I have been looking through the Millers Falls catalogs and
could not find this device listed anywhere. I suspect that
the drill is one of the standard units produced by Millers Falls
at that time, and only the mounting frame is a new design.
In any case, none of the catalogs that I have lists this unit.
If any of the readers has this contraption or knows more
about it, please let me know.
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