Show your Millers Falls tools!

[LesserSon]

Scored a stubby “Phil. Lic. 29” trifecta this weekend.

 

[RTM]

Scored a stubby “Phil. Lic. 29” trifecta this weekend.

Oh, that # is not on Lugz’ list anywhere. Nice find, in triplicate no less.

 

[LesserSon]

I did not realize that! Here’s more definitive evidence.

 

[SilverJimmy]

Got this in a used tool box and tools I bought years ago, carry it in my pocket every day.


What is cool is that it doesn’t come apart when extended fully open, some kind of magic keeps it together!

 

[NJ Marty]

Here is my Millers Falls Anvil Drill in very nice original condition.

 

[Old Radar]

^^^ Very Cool!

 

[Mike'smeatshop]

Really didn't think Miller Falls got into electric tools. But then I didn't read all the comments.

 

[RTM]

Really didn't think Miller Falls got into electric tools. But then I didn't read all the comments.

Starting in 1930 or so.

Millers Falls Electric Tools : Millers Falls Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

7 p. illus., 26.3 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

 

[Mike'smeatshop]

Really didn't think Miller Falls got into electric tools. But then I didn't read all the comments.

This will be a backup if the old craftsman ever Fales.

 

[Beauregard]

A Millers Falls speed indicator, or tachometer. Found in an old toolbox from my grandpa. Was this used with his lathe?
Would anyone be able to give a description of what and how this was used for?

 

[The Bean]

Is that some kind of gauge?

 

[d42jeep]

I have a Starrett and Craftsman one. The Starrett catalog tells what it is used for. It was likely used with his lathe for measuring revolutions.
-Don

 

[MAD]

A Millers Falls speed indicator, or tachometer. Found in an old toolbox from my grandpa. Was this used with his lathe?
Would anyone be able to give a description of what and how this was used for?

Here is a video demonstrating a similar tool

 

[Beauregard]

Great information, Mad and 42Jeep.Thanks for your time and efforts!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Oh, that # is not on Lugz’ list anywhere.

That list was compiled, empirically, years ago, with a wartime flavor, long before I joined GJ. I remember reading that there were twenty (20) licenses during WWII. My interest waned after that. Finding a good single source for all the licenses was frustrating.

 

[MAD]

That list was compiled, empirically, years ago, with a wartime flavor, long before I joined GJ. I remember reading that there were twenty (20) licenses during WWII. My interest waned after that. Finding a good single source for all the licenses was frustrating.

In case it is helpful to anyone: The Millers Falls Phillips drivers I have with Lic. 29 seem to be the newest ones (from the Ingersoll Rand years). I have a few with Lic. 1 that I believe to the earliest examples. Stanley was a fierce competitor then, but perhaps was "the only game in town" at the time. The mid-period ones (1950s +/-) have Lic. 2 stamped on them.

 

[FourthQuarter]

Can't bring myself to use this beauty. The detail; wax paper wrap, list of service centers, long and heavy yet pliable cord, strain relief spring on cord. So cool.

I love that the speed is moderate instead of the bit burning drills put out now a days.

 

[bonneyman]

Oh shoot, that drill is da bomb!

 

[Old Radar]

Cool Buck Rogers Ray Gun design.

 

[genog]

Really didn't think Miller Falls got into electric tools. But then I didn't read all the comments.

You've got to go to my post on page 6 (#221) and see the pic of my Buck Rogers reciprocating saw.
It's a real Kick in the Pants
The darn thing was so hilarious, that I bought it.

 

[genog]

I can't stop buying old chisels
....so I can sharpen them

 

[genog]

Had to rebuild a gate today, so I got out a nail puller/pry bar and discovered that it's a Millers Falls
I've heard the term, Cat's Paw nail puller

 

[matthew]

Number stamps:

 

[Camerl2009]

I have a millers falls no 2 egg beater it’s not in the greatest shape but still drills.

 

[WisJim]

I was cutting a curved end on a cedar 2x8 and realized that my saw is a Millers Falls, so here are pictures of it. It's a No.357 with 18" blade and was in catalogs for many years, I found it in 1925 and 1941 catalogs, in three sizes, 12, 18, and 24 inch.

 

[SilverJimmy]

Found this in all the tools left by the previous owner of our new house!

 

[SquirrelsTools]

My humble submission (new grab with three other brands)

 

[bmwrd0]

I picked this up the other day:



I haven't had a chance to track it down in the catalogs, buy at first guess I would say it is from the '30s, it is mostly complete, missing only the hose clamp used to attach it too a drill, and I will not be attempting to use it. But there was no way I was going to pass it up, not with a box in that good of condition.

 

[Mike'smeatshop]

I picked this up the other day:



I haven't had a chance to track it down in the catalogs, buy at first guess I would say it is from the '30s, it is mostly complete, missing only the hose clamp used to attach it too a drill, and I will not be attempting to use it. But there was no way I was going to pass it up, not with a box in that good of condition.

That is a great find. Do you have a vintage Millers Falls drill to adapt?

 

[bmwrd0]

That is a great find. Do you have a vintage Millers Falls drill to adapt?

No, but I am going to be keeping my eyes open for one. I just need to figure out the vintage, and then keep my eyes open for the right one.

 

[RTM]

It’s in the 1955

Millers Falls Tools : Hand Tool Section : Catalog 49 : Revised April 1955 : Millers Falls Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

130 p., illus., 18.4 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

 

[SilverJimmy]

Just noticed this sitting in the pile of my dad’s stuff I’m going thru…


Miller Falls Miter Box, was probably my grandfather’s.

 

[RTM]

Just noticed this sitting in the pile of my dad’s stuff I’m going thru…


Miller Falls Miter Box, was probably my grandfather’s.

Langdon Acme, my user, and I think one of their premium models. This catalog might be a bit older than yours.

https://archive.org/details/MillersFallsCatalogNo391925/page/n142/mode/1up

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I picked this up the other day:

Did you have a J.J. Walker "Good Times" flashback!?

 

[RTM]

Did you have a J.J. Walker "Good Times" flashback!?

Geez, that took some time to register. I need some coffee.

 

[Mike'smeatshop]

I found my back up drill. I need to run it some to keep the brushes cleaned.

 

[four.cycle]

Miller Falls Miter Box, was probably my grandfather’s.

That unit appears remarkably similar to a PROTO branded unit I gave away last summer. It had been stored in a box with some sort of garden chemical that leaked all over everything - made a heck of a mess of the saw.
Causes me to wonder who was making what for who.

 

[RTM]

That unit appears remarkably similar to a PROTO branded unit I gave away last summer. It had been stored in a box with some sort of garden chemical that leaked all over everything - made a heck of a mess of the saw.
Causes me to wonder who was making what for who.

Pretty sure MF for Proto, updates and links there.

 

[Fred Knox]

Here is one of my last Miller Falls hand tools (traded the others), which I haven’t seen yet in this thread. It is the No. 07 block plane which has the skewed plane iron. It is the equivalent to the Stanley 140, and relatively rare. The best part is the right side cheek can be removed for making rabbet cuts, which it does extremely well. This one is in pretty good condition.

 

[Pharmanaut]

This was my Granddad's. There's no lettering on it but it looks right.
Did I read they're made in the colonies?
If so, this one's had quite a journey to England.
Lost a handle sadly...
Has anyone an idea of it's age? My Great Grandfather, granddad's dad, was a coach builder so it could well come from his trade in Sutton, Surrey.