Has anyone seen or got a catalogue entry for this beasty they would be able to
share ??

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37914238/wood/MF%20Arch%20Drill.JPG
">https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37914238/wood/MF%20Arch%20Drill.JPG

1877 is the date I believe..

a long shot i know, but costs nought to ask...

Cheers
Mal
Perth.

> Has anyone seen or got a catalogue entry for this beasty they would be
> able to share ??

It's gone from the MF catalog by 1904 is all I can report.  Probably
done in by the egg beater drills.

Mike in Sacto

Well that's a start Mike, narrows it down to 1877 through 1903 at
least....thanks :-)

On Jul 25, 2014, at 02:41 PM, Michael Blair  wrote:

        > Has anyone seen or got a catalogue entry for this beasty they would be
        > able to share ??

It's gone from the MF catalog by 1904 is all I can report. Probably
done in by the egg beater drills.

Mal,

I don't have it in any of my catalogs. I have the lion's share from 1878 on. 

Randy

Randy Roeder
Web site: oldtoolheaven.com
Repaint houses, not old tools.

----- Original Message -----
From: Malcolm Thomas 
To: oldtools Tools 
Sent: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:44:05 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [OldTools] MF drill - catalog page required

Has anyone seen or got a catalogue entry for this beasty they would be able to
share ??

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37914238/wood/MF%20Arch%20Drill.JPG
">https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37914238/wood/MF%20Arch%20Drill.JPG

1877 is the date I believe..

a long shot i know, but costs nought to ask...

Cheers
Mal
Perth.

OTH was the first place i looked Randy !     ....mmm could it be another spiral
drill body which someone stuck an old MF chuck on the end??

Will have a closer look when it arrives.

Sent from my iPhone

> On 27 Jul 2014, at 12:42 am, r.roeder@m... wrote:
> 
> Mal,
> 
> I don't have it in any of my catalogs. I have the lion's share from 1878 on. 
> 
> Randy
> 
> Randy Roeder
> Web site: oldtoolheaven.com
> Repaint houses, not old tools.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Malcolm Thomas 
> To: oldtools Tools 
> Sent: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:44:05 -0500 (CDT)
> Subject: [OldTools] MF drill - catalog page required
> 
> Has anyone seen or got a catalogue entry for this beasty they would be able to
share ??
> 
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37914238/wood/MF%20Arch%20Drill.J
PG">https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37914238/wood/MF%20Arch%20Drill.JPG
> 
> 1877 is the date I believe..
> 
> a long shot i know, but costs nought to ask...
> 
> Cheers
> Mal
> Perth.
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These drills were sold with a small chuck, usually split jaws, for holding
diamond shaped bits. They were sold to people doing fretwork. I’ve also seen
similar drills offered in jewelers catalogs for boring soft metals, also with
the split jaw chuck.

I suspect the chuck was added by an owner.

Gary
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On Jul 26, 2014, at 8:48 PM, Malcolm Thomas  wrote:

> OTH was the first place i looked Randy !     ....mmm could it be another
spiral drill body which someone stuck an old MF chuck on the end??
> 
> Will have a closer look when it arrives.
>