![]() ![]() It’s the taping of the parts you don’t want painted. Now the most time-consuming part about painting a wheel crank isn’t the painting. I did glean that some guys had used Rustoleum Sunrise Red to good effect on their Millers Falls eggbeater restoration projects. I scoured and Lumberjocks but there’s scant little information about what paint colors to use. When it comes to Goodell Pratt painting manuals, well there aren’t any. Have you ever built a model airplane? Or perhaps painted a miniature tank model to play war games? For those of you who haven’t, you can find books and instructions crammed with excruciating detail about which specific, German-Western-Front-Tank-Track-Grey paint to use where. I used the brass Dremel brush to polish up the crank gear teeth as best I could and called it good. Shaking my head, I upgraded the crank’s rehab to a restore. The next morning, I discovered that the Evaporust had also removed all the original paint! Damn it! I didn’t know Evaporust would do that. I gave the disassembled crank the mineral spirits/toothbrush treatment before putting it into an Evaporust bath to remove the rust spots here and there. Next, I turned my attention to the crank. This I followed by a good polishing of gear teeth, metal shaft and brass pieces on my bench grinder’s cloth buffing pad (no rouge). Then I wiped down the spindles with a toothbrush and mineral spirits. I chucked up a new brass wire brush from my Arizona tool hunt into my Dremel and removed what rust I could. That left the body with rust spots and the crank. Boy, reading the thread about one guy’s spring-making chuck-restoration experience was enough to make me break into a cold sweat.Īs for the pins holding spindles and such-screw that. ![]() Or worse-risk breaking one of those springs and having to fashion a new one. Since the chuck works ok, I decided not to take it apart and risk tinsy springs boinging all over hell’s half acre never to be found again. Basically, I only removed the main crank and unscrewed the chuck. The plan didn’t unfold the way I thought it would. I would remove rust and polish metal surfaces where possible (restoration) and leave existing paint and wood finishes (rehab) because they added some nice character. In fact, I wanted to do a part rehab, part restoration-a rehabistoration. The chuck functioned properly…all the parts were there…and there were brass appointments as well. I attributed that to the previous owner who clearly had lubed the piece up for a good ole fashioned pig chase. The Goodell Pratt drill also had a smooth rotating action, though it was noisier than its iconic brethren. Unfortunately, the chuck jaws failed to work properly so I put it back on its shelf with a heavy heart and a frown. The crank rotated very smoothly with the merest sound of hummingbird wisps as gears interlaced at high speed. One was a Millers Falls and one was a Goodell Pratt. Manufactured by Millers Falls as of 1931.I was poking around in my favorite tool dealer’s booth when I came across a couple of smaller eggbeater drills. Frame enameled black drive gear painted red bright parts are nickel plated.ġ911 - as above, but detachable chef's cap side handle ball bearing spindle.ġ930 - as above, but tropical hardwood head.ġ935 - as above, but mahogany-finished hardwood head and handles head now flat-topped. 1896 - malleable iron frame cocobolo head with hardwood handles detachable, elongated side handle non-adjustable gear guide spindle runs on hardened steel cone bearing speeds adjusted by turning shifter knob on frame three-jaw chuck adjustable 0 to 3/8 inch. Please like and share us on Facebook KandS Gift GalleryĬa. Please check out my website for this and other items that I have for sale. ![]() If you have any questions, please contact me. I try my best to keep the shipping prices as low as possible, if the actual cost of shipping is less the charged cost I will inform the customer and refund the difference back to the customer. Below you will find the information I found on the drill from the Goodell Pratt website. Look at the pictures and see the craftsmanship of days past. This item I believe is missing the side handle however the rest of the drill seems to be in original condition. Up for sale is this Goodell Pratt hand drill with a Mapatent date. ![]()
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