Tool Talk
Woodworking Forum => Woodworking Forum => Topic started by: cgw2also on March 30, 2018, 12:49:45 PM
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Does anyone out there have any information on The Forsberg Mfg. Co. ? Trying to find more info on their hand drills, when the W-790 & No.625 were made & if they made other model numbers. Have not been able to find any detailed info on the internet or elsewhere. Any and all help appreciated.
Thanks.
Charlie
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Hello, Charlie. The DATAMP lists a few Patents by an H S Forsberg, may not be what you are looking for. I typed in the full name Forsberg Manufacturing Company, on Google, seems like they were a Connecticut based company in Bridgeport , Connecticut , circa 1930's to 1960's, might be worth looking into. Regards, Lou
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You can't just say that...ya gotta post pictures.
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I had a Forsberg Mfg Co Hand Drill model W-790 with a Whale logo. This looks a lot like the Millers Falls Model 77 but with a heavier frame. It has a 3 jaw chuck, a chef's hat top handle with space for bits (none included) and a solid wheel with no remnants of the label present. An excellent example of a less common tool maker from the early-mid 20th Century.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7031/6391799897_7f5afb83b7_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/aJPDqv)Forsberg Whale Drill (https://flic.kr/p/aJPDqv) by Noel Hankamer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nhankamer/), on Flickr
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6391799903_2a3160ff72_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/aJPDqB)Forsberg Whale Drill (https://flic.kr/p/aJPDqB) by Noel Hankamer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nhankamer/), on Flickr
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6391799893_236650e349_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/aJPDqr)Whale Logo (https://flic.kr/p/aJPDqr) by Noel Hankamer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nhankamer/), on Flickr
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Thank you Bill H. for the heads up to post photos, what can I say other than oops. PAWPAW the W-790 in these photos is the one you sold me last November, the 302 etched/burned into the handle was my clue, see the photo of just the handle, it's very faint but the 2 is still barely visible even after all the sanding I did to eliminate it. The side handle is missing cause I put it on another W-790 I refurbished last fall and sold in an antique store here in Georgetown. I have another W-790 coming that I will take the handle from to put on this one after I get the dimensions from so I can make one. The W-790 is a large heavy well built eggbeater, 15 1/4 inches overall & 2 pounds 6 ounces without the side handle. The No.625 is much smaller at 8 1/2 inches & 9 ounces, reminds me of the one made by G. M. CO. MFG. INC. of LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. Top one in the photo is obviously the W-790 & the lower is the No.625. The large gear on the first one I refurbished was red and this one was what I would call a light maroonish color, both as far as I could tell the original colors, so this one got repainted with a color called claret wine, which was as close as I could find to the original.
Charlie
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Nice restoration !