Vintage hand tool advice

[hickory n Steel]

Scratch that, it actually is a spiral.

[hickory n Steel]

How do you feel about yankee style drills ?

Not much. If I need an "old" style drill I reach for an egg beater style. I have a sweet old Millers Falls that does well on wood and plastic. Metal, not so much.

I've been interested but they always seemed to command too much.

I have one of those mostly plastic Fiskars craft drills, but I've never been too happy with it.
I'd rather have an egg beater style.
Something I've wanted for a long time is a drill that fits well in a standard hand carry toolbox.
I like the idea of grabbing just the small toolbox and having everything I need for a small general project.

[strik9]

EUREKA!  EUREKA!

(my eggbeater drill is so worn it won't even make holes in drywall when the idiot kid hangs kitchen cabinets )

So it was replaced with a worn and dodgy Bosch corded drill.

[J.A.F.E.]

EUREKA!  EUREKA!

(my eggbeater drill is so worn it won't even make holes in drywall when the idiot kid hangs kitchen cabinets )

So it was replaced with a worn and dodgy Bosch corded drill.

 

Well played sir. 

[hickory n Steel]

They finally arrived today.

The seller accidentally sent me a millers falls push drill instead of the Stanley push driver I was supposed to get, but I've decided to just keep it because I like it.
The push driver pictured was rough anyways so I'll find something in better condition in the future.
Theres loads of push drills and push drivers available for under $20 on Ebay all of the sudden.

[john k]

I'd say you did ok on the push drill.   Never saw anything cheap about most any Millers Falls tools. 

[hickory n Steel]

I really like it.
On the 188a the handle turn to line up with the hole in the top for bit removal and this one was very tight.  I tried oil, but it was just screwed together too tightly.
Got it loosened up a little and now it's great.

I found a set of 8 bits in good condition on the bay for $20 shipped which I'm happy with , I've heard the fluted shank bits like this are much harder to come by than the Stanley/ north bros type and these were less than a brand new set of those.

The Dunlap I'll probably just use with a regular 1/32 spiral bit for pilot holes, I couldn't even load all 8 chambers with em because they're an easy size to break.