Eggbeaters

[john k]

I sort of have a thing for these, I guess its the gizmoscity, they do seem to accumulate.   The top one is the Yankee-North Bros.  I found 2 weeks ago, and overpaid for, but darnit I like the thing.  Good wood parts and a perfect chuck.  It is a model  No.445, only missing the bits in the hollow handle.  Next down is the Millers Falls I found at Walnut, Iowa.  Dirty, but really only needing some lube, and the chuck is perfect. Model 77A, white metal frame, but its a good one.  Bottom is a Goodell & Pratt, forget the number, but works great.  Someone did some digging, what came first the eggbeater, or the eggbeater drill?   The eggbeater has an earlier patent!

[scottg]

That top one is the scarcest of the whole Yankee family, so you couldn't have done very wrong.
  If not now, eventually there will a Yankee fad like no other drill fad ever!
 Yours will be in the spotlight --bigtime--.
    yours Scott

[Bill Houghton]

Concur on the North Bros. drills.  The Millers-Falls No. 2 has a strong reputation, but both the examples I own have floppy handles because they used cheap wood on the handles.  My North Bros. drills are all three still rock-solid.  Plus they were made in the city of my sweetheart's birth (Philadelphia), which adds a little extra pizzazz to them for me.

[bonneyman]

I've "accumulated" a few of those myself. Here's a nice Millers Falls #5 I got for $2, a Dunlap I restored, and I know I have a small Stanley Handiman laying around somewhere. They do come in handy at times.

[Bill Houghton]

Three?  You've only got three?  Lazy bum!