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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

At  3/2/2008 09:06 AM,Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:


> > > Yeah, I like the "egg-beater drills" and have several sizes including a
> > > big one you can lean on, along with a couple push drills.
> >
> > Properly called a 'brace and bit"
>
> Read that too hasitly.  I've no idea what the 'egg beater' drill is called.
> The Brace and Bit is that U-shaped drill.   </HTML>

http://www.britannica.com/eb/art-62260 for a brace and bit.
http://www.antique-used-tools.com/gp.htm hand drill, egg-beater 
drill, I used to call it a hurdy-gurdy and these come in different sizes.
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=17459&cookietest=1 this is a 
screwdriver drill, push drill (this what you meant James?), yankee 
drill (?) and other names too. Anyone see the movie 'The Blues 
Brothers" & remember where Jake opened the elevator control box? He 
used one of these for that <g>.



Rob
becida AT comcast.net