Replacement handle for small hand drill

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Dolphinjon

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I was in an antiques store last week to pick up a couple of chairs for Christmas presents. I found this small breast drill for $3, and the just gave it to me since the handle was missing. Does anyone have a suggestion of where I could buy a replacement handle for it? I don't mind making one, but if I could find one for a few bucks, it'd be worth it to not have to spend time making it.




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We only use hand tools at work, so it'd be nice to add another useful drill to my tools. The only marking on it are on the metal arm and it says "Germany." None of us can figure out who made it. Another mystery to hunt down :-)
 
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You could probably find something that would work with minimal futzing at leevalley dot com (in their hardware section).

It would really be a shame to not take a little bit of time to turn a custom handle for it. Something segmented would make it really stand out. Especially if you are taking it to work.

Ed
 
I hadn't thought about the segmented idea. I'll have to look at what I have laying around at home. I can even get paid to turn the handle as long as I do it at work. The only downside is that I'd have to turn on our treadle lathe, and that's a workout.
 
I did some turning on a pole lathe. For whatever reason (my personal klutziness :biggrin:) I couldn't turn while using my left leg, so I couldn't switch legs. After what seemed like years (but was almost certainly less than an hour) my right leg gave out. I couldn't walk normal for a couple of days.

I'd either be in super shape, or dead (most likely dead) if I couldn't rely on electricity.

Post a picture when you finish whatever you decide to do. A picture of the shop where you work would be interesting as well.

Ed
 
We have a pole lathe one of our guys built last fall. It's miserable to use. Our treadle lathe isn't too bad if you can switch legs, but that takes a while to get the hang off. Our broom binder is treadle powered as well, and I can only use my right leg on that one. Maybe some day I'll learn to switch. It's less work though. Here is a picture of our lathe in our temporary shop. We would be in dedicated buildings (a coopers shop and a woodworking shop), but we moved into the main museum while they do restoration work in our shops. I'll post a few more in a little bit.
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Here is our treadle lathe. It was built here in about 1970 and is based upon a much older one at Colonial Williamsburg. No treadle lathe survived from when the Shakers were at Pleasant Hill, although we know they had them.

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We built our work bench out of red oak. They had served in a tobacco barn as tier rails for decades, but were no longer needed for that. We used a large Powermatic planer that's in the maintenance shop to even them up. Another guy and I have been working on making window props to sell in the gift shop, so that's what's on the corner of it right now.

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And here is the main shaving horse we use. Behind it in a rack is part of our collection of original hand planes used by the Shakers here. And then some lumber for various projects. All of the cedar on the right is slated to become various staved vessels. I'm slowly working on my first, which will be a piggin.

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Head over to the local hardwar store and pick up a drawer knob. Quick simple and cheap...maybe an antigue brass one...
 
Or you could just turn one on your lathe it will only take 10min to make. I have made many of these for antique tool collectors.
Lin
 
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