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The use of a side handle
on the No.2 drills commenced with the Type K3 when the two-jaw
springless
1877 patent chuck was discontinued and a series of larger, three jaw
chucks
came into use. At first, Millers Falls simply swiped the design
of
the egg-shaped crank knobs from their beam-boring machines, but the egg
shape was awkward to hold and seemed never to be at the best
orientation.
The egg-shaped knob was always cross-pinned to its stud and couldn't be
rotated to a more convenient orientation without making a carefully
sized
spacer.
The solution was the doorknob-shaped
handle which first appeared on the Type H. The one shown here is
on a Type F and most closely resembles rosewood of any that I have
seen.
It is simply stained to look like that, however. The egg-shaped
side
handle at the top (on a hybrid Type JI) is real rosewood.
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