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Millers Falls No.85 eggbeater drill; found and photographed by Jim Schmitt. Type
14 - The Millers Falls Co. name and model number are now stamped above
the triangular Millers Falls logo, between the crank's and main gear's
affixing screws. This is a new arrangement. The frame
retains its steel center hub for a side handle and the provisions for
the No.1's back-support wiper, but the No.85 style does not use either
the side handle or the wiper. There is an indistinct groove
between the frame's central boss and the rear spindle housing, which
disappears with the Type 14B frame. The main handle has the
older, sharply flared shape and is made from hardwood; similarly, the
mushroom-shaped crank handle retains an earlier shape, but is also now
just hardwood, rather than the former rosewood. The Star pattern,
protected-spring, 3-jaw chuck is still used. |
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