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    Posted 11 years ago

    jose23trov…
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    Sits 40cm high. Its base seems to show it needs to be clamped down. All steel and no marketing of any kind

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    1. just_a_random_guy, 11 years ago
      It's a Breast Drill used to bore large holes in wood. It uses the old fashioned screw bits like a regular hand brace would use. The carpenter would lean their chest against the bottom plate to provide the force needed to make larger bits take a good bite while drilling.

      That one looks like it has sealed gears and so may have more than one gearing.
      Shroder and Miller Falls were both big manufacturers.

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