A friend of a friend showed up w/ a couple of boxes of his grandfather’s tools.
He was looking for guidance re. what to garage sell and what to keep as family
heirloom. Lots of common planes and several not so common. Best were some sash
planes by a couple of Philadelphia makers c. 1830’s. Included in the box was a
Goodell-Pratt breast drill. A model I had never seen before and I have certainly
seen my share.

It had double drive gears and seemed to be a two speed. It was too gummed up to
turn so I could not test. Looking at Randy’s site it appears to be a G-P No. 186
or 187. However, aside from the clumsy replacement for the breast plate there
were other differences. I wish I had taken the time to take better pics but,
alas, I did not. For your viewing pleasure here are my pics:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../albums/72157711337313431/wi
th/48899251596/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../albums/721577113373
13431/with/48899251596/

And here is the catalog info on them (you will have to scroll down a ways):

https://oldtoolheaven.com/related/goodell-pratt-breast-drills.htm

Bill

"ratchet mechanism allows continuous motion in either direction without regard
to direction crank is rotated”

Very cool.  North had a series of egg beaters/breast drills with a mechanism
that did this, only it was just clockwise chuck rotation not either direction

ANy picture of the “several not so common" planes?

Ed Minch

> On Oct 14, 2019, at 5:30 PM, Ed Minch  wrote:
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> ANy picture of the “several not so common" planes?


No other pics. There were a couple dozen woodies, mostly beads, misc. H&R’s,
rabbets, a smoother and several try planes. Both sash planes were c. 1830’s and
adjustable for width. One had nice boxwood nuts. What was most unusual to me was
that altho the planes, from a variety of manuf., spanned a period from mid-1830
to mid-1890, they only had one owner’s mark. And, the “owner’s mark” was a
flower. It was stamped into the end grain and consisted of a curvy stalk, a
couple of leaves and a daisy like flower. It did not have any meaning for the
current owner of the planes. He said it was not related to the family names.

Bill