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Anyone know a good place to get antique machinery oiling cans, besides eBay? I picked up a (more well-used looking) one of these guys at the local tool library’s tool swap today, and I want to pamper it like it deserves.

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North Bros. Yankee No. 1530a Ratchet Hand Drill

This is a nice clean 11" long, hand drill marked "YANKEE NO. 1530A NORTH BROS. MFG. CO. PHILA. PA. U.S.A." on the nickel plated selector switch barrel. North Brothers was one of the top maker's of hand, breast, and push drills, from the late 1800's to 1946, when they sold out to Stanley Tools. This model is the small ratchet drill with 5 different choices on the selector switch barrel, so you can choose "LOCK, RIGHT HAND DOUBLE, RIGHT HAND RATCHET, LEFT HAND RATCHET, REGULAR, and these are...

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hackaday unofficial Jan 19, 2022

Drill Does Well In Double Duty As Well Drilling Drill

There are a large number of methods commercially used to bore a hole into the ground for the sake of extracting drinking water, and the all require big loud equipment. But what if you just want a small well? Do you really have to call in the big guns? [The Working Group on Development Techniques] is a student association at the University of Twente in the Netherlands who shows in the video below the break that some simple homemade fixtures and a powerful hand drill are quite enough to do the job!

There's more to drilling a well than just drilling well

Chief among these fixtures is a swiveling mechanism that serves to hold the drill and its weight, give control over the drill, and inject water into the pipe that the drill bit is attached to. Plans for the swivel are made available on [WOT]'s website. What looks to be a DIY drill bit uses commercially available diamond tips for hardness.

What makes the video remarkable is that it discusses every stage of drilling the bore hole, lining it with casing, and then making it suitable for pumping water from. The video also discusses the chemicals and methods involved in successfully drilling the hole, and gives an overview of the process that also applies to commercially drilled wells.

Naturally you'll want to make sure your drill is corded so that you can drill for long periods, but also so that it doesn't grow wings and fly away!

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Drill Does Well In Double Duty As Well Drilling Drill

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