Getting in a rut....another road trip to pick up the Fighting GrandBRATS....might as well have a little fun on the way to get them...

 

Stopped in Brandt, OH  again.....was after one item, wound up with two...

Cheap drill and a small saw = $11 out the door. 

Saw is a Warranted Superior 4" x 24" backsaw for a miter box.   The drill?

Millers Falls No. 104, aka "Buck Rogers"   this is the smaller of the two they made.  I thought it would go nicely with another tool..

Millers Falls No. 100, Buck Rogers push drill. 

Lets see, on that saw....very faint trace of an etch.....was missing one bolt in the handle, nothing bent or broken, or even a crack. 

Drill...Handle did not have it's supply of bits....no biggie.

The No. 100 I had picked up last year....

Not too bad a day?

The Bandit strikes again!

2 hours ago, steven newman said:

Millers Falls No. 104, aka "Buck Rogers"   this is the smaller of the two they made.  I thought it would go nicely with another tool..

Good score today Steven especially on the #104...Actually not a "cheap drill" in it's day and was innovative with the enclosed gear case.  think I've only ever seen one other of this. It was way to rich for me and not even in the same ballpark as nice as yours.

 

Looks like it was made somewhere from the late 40's to 1960. Production ended in 1960...we both were "wet behind the ears then!"

You probably have already seen this link, but if not, gives much more info on the 104 and it's big brother the 308. Next to last on the page.

http://oldtoolheaven.com/hand_drills/Featured.htm

 

Great Score!

Nice find.

Saw has been cleaned up, and a test run in my smaller mitre box has been done..

Had to raise the depth stops a bit, was getting too close to the deck..

Swung it around for the 45 setting

Seems to cut even better than the freshly sharpened saw I have for this box. 

Mitre Box is a Stanley #2246.....supposed to have a 26" x 4" saw.....hard to find, I think I can make do with this one, and keep the other as a spare.