Antique Tools #1: Stanley h1221 Hand Drill

niice gift in the turban congrat´s David
it´s not every day such a ting happen :-)
and it looks in a fair condition as I can see after so many years in the dark

have a great week David

Dennis

Keep it for the Antique’s Roadshow – I’m always looking for something that’ll make me a million on there.

-- http://www.jordanstraker.com

Cordless, Variable Speed, Reversible, no Batteries or Re-charge ever necessary… Ya gotta love ‘em!!

-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

I have one of those and yours looks just like mine almost down the very last detail. It works just fine and I occasionally use it. I love the older tools.

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

I have that drill as well as a few others. I even have and use a Bit & Brace on occasion. Sometimes you need something that allows you a bit more control and hand power is jus the ticket. With good sharp bits, you will also be surprised at how quickly the work goes.

-- Hey, woodworking ain't brain surgery. Just do something and keep trying till you get it. Doc

Looks like a great hand drill. You’ll have to do a shootout comparison between it and the modern fiskars hand drill you have.

-- Galootish log blog, http://www.timberframe-tools.com

Well, clicked on the link for this post in Outlook, and 2 hours later I am here. Don’t ask me how, cause I don’t know, but I had inadvertently moved the folder for internet explorer down into the Intel folder, and of course, internet explorer couldn’t be found. Finally figured it out when looking in the the registry, and followed the location for iexplorer listed there and it didn’t exist. So looked in neighboring folders, and there it was. One problem with being a power user, even the most trivial misclick of the mouse can cause a lot of problems, and that us because I make everything accessible.

Anyway,
I like those old drills, but I lost mine, I think, in a move many years ago. Here is a link to Timbo’s restoration of a Miller Falls drill. That led to a whole bunch of posts by me and others:

http://lumberjocks.com/Timbo/blog/12201

-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska

I’ve got a pretty similar one that I bought new David, but now I will have to check to see if it has double gears. A nice gesture by your friend.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Jordan if you can get a million bucks for the drill, I will glady donate it :) Jim – Super users like you keep me employed ;) swirt – That is a great idea. I will do a post in the future pitting the modern hand drill vs. the antique hand drill. I am already betting on who wins that one.

Thanks all for the comments. They are neat and useful to have. I think everyone should have one to fall back on. They are surprisingly useful for delicate work.

David

-- There is little that is simple when it comes to making a simple box.

Nice find, David.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

I just bought this drill for my six year old son—Dads’ giving him his first drill for Christmas. I’m glad to have a little more info on it, and I can’t wait to clean it, restore it and use it with him.