MILLERS FALLS PUSH DRILL

[jtcarm]

I still carry one in my tool pouch. Mine is a Stanely, with bit

storage in the handle. Handy for pilot holes when hanging

light fixtures, ect. When cleaning out the garage last summer

I found out I had accumulated 40+ planes. Every thing from

thumb planes to Door planes. Bought a lot of them at yard sales.

Some new in the boxes. No one uses them anymore either.

I use em. The old Stanley Bailey-style planes (pre-1960s) are awesome. You can buy a $30 smoother and with a little sweat equity restore & tune it to work as well as a $300 Lie Nielsen.

Ok, maybe not quite as well, but close.

 

[Milpolice]

I have one that was given to me by my Father who used to work in the Shipping Dept of Millers Falls Tool.

 

[model70hunter]

Dennis the B nailed it for me, I am an old phone guy and yes we used them until they bought us electric drills and long extension cords and then cordless.

I still have my Yankee and have used it many times over the years most of the small bits were broken. My wife had a box of stuff she picked up at her grandfathers no one wanted years before she met me. It the box was a claw hammer he made in HS shop, a complete brace and bits, another old phone guy staple, and a Yankee drill full of bits with a wooden tube that had a set of replacement bits.

I still have my old brace and bits and my grandfathers brace and bits.
i have used them many times.

 

[johnjohn]

I have one with the Craftsman logo on it, that I bought new in the late 60's or early 70's. I still use it.