AC Gilbert Drill - Huh?

[SMJ0104]

I have what appears to be a 1/4" GILBERT electric drill. What do you know? Google is striking out on this one...

 

[Chris_Hamilton]

http://www.eliwhitney.org/catalog7/...ublic/American Flyer Trains 1955, page 43.jpg

 

[SMJ0104]

Chris! You are beautiful! Thx for the info. Any idea when that ad was published? I'm reading it on the fly... $28 bucks from Little House on the Prairie days?

 

[gtermini]

It's for screwing your Erector set together quicker.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erector_Set#History

I only know this because in Salem, OR there is a kids museum called the A.C Gilbert House, I went there as a child, and I remember it being totally badass.

Greyson

 

[countryroad82]

Dang I got beat!! Although I'm not old enough to have played with Erector sets, I know the company pretty well from my toy train habit!!!