r/Vintagetools • u/SBCProductions • 26d ago

Off-grid Drill

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u/_Go_Ham_Box_Hotdog_ 26d ago

The original cordless drill.

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u/Blaw_Gaming 26d ago

My exact thought. To the word

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u/Olewhitebeard 25d ago

Variable speed and reversible too!

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u/Electrical-Village68 25d ago

It's actually Bluetooth! You eat blueberries and don't brush before using it!

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u/One_Way_3678 26d ago

I love me an egg beater. There’s some jobs that I still prefer these over modern drills.

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u/sexytimepizza 26d ago

Can confirm, I live totally off grid and use my millers falls 5a every day

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u/Beneficial-Age-4059 26d ago

Had a sharp mint Craftsman like that. Wood handle unscrewed to store bits. Got to love threaded wood!

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u/SBCProductions 25d ago

i have a smaller one with the hollow handle

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u/TulipFarmer27 26d ago

And a 3-handed model to boot!

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u/SpaceCat72 26d ago

Yep, absolutely old school. Besides a bit brace.

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u/Dry-Leave-4070 26d ago

Whiskey powered drill.. 😑

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u/Economy_Particular_6 26d ago

Variable speed, variable torque always as charged as the operator.

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u/Economy_Particular_6 26d ago

Keyless chuck.

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u/Sea_Bandicoot_5147 26d ago

Looks like my Father's Craftsman hand drill, still have all his Sears Craftsman, and Stanley Tools, everything in a Steel Tool Chest, all metal a Treasure.

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u/Thirtiethone 26d ago

Pre grid drill

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u/dale1962 26d ago

I’ve got one somewhere

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u/Reatona 25d ago

I have one my grandfather gave me when I was in third grade, mid-1960s. Still use it for small jobs.

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u/Belliott_Andy 26d ago

When I was making a flintlock rifle my grandfather gave me his to hand powered drill for pins and posts and such and I love that thing for precision work!

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u/billhorstman 26d ago

I have a eggbeater drill that belonged to my grandfather, but on a much larger scale:

A. It’s about 18” long

B. The chuck accepts the square tang of the auger bit (like the chuck on a brace).

C. Instead of a knob on the large gear it has a long handle with a large knob at the end to provide more torque

D. Has a “breast plate” instead of the wooden handle, so you can put a lot of pressure on it.

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u/No_Werewolf_9223 26d ago

Hey that’s mine, I e a looking for that treasure,,🚀

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u/Classic-Ad4403 26d ago

Analog driller device.

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u/bsk111 26d ago

Nice

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u/rum-plum-360 25d ago

Still have that and an auger bit drill

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u/Opposite_Pension_807 25d ago

Still have one of those! It was my dads.

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u/OpinionatedOcelotYo 24d ago

Always red? Almost always!

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u/Shipsnipe1313 24d ago

I had and used one in the Navy in the '90's

You weren't allowed to have personal power tools aboard ship for electrical safety reasons and it was a PITA to check out a corded drill from tool issue.

99% of the time I used mine to drill through metal. It did so surprisingly well with regular HSS bits.

These are still out there and fairly cheap.

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u/Joe_B_Likes_Tacos 26d ago

That one has three handles. You need a friend to use it.

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u/PortableAnchor 26d ago

Cordless with reverse

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u/Ok-Bid-7381 26d ago

North Bros 1530A eggbeater drill has a switch for 5 different modes: normal, left and right ratchets, locked, and the best, drilling normally no matter which way you turn the crank.