Stanley Egg Beater Drill and Slide Drill

Stanley Egg Beater Drill and Slide Drill

Stanley - 10 1/2"
Slide - 10"

I love me some old tools, especially ones that still work. Here we have a Stanley Egg Beater Drill made in England. And a Slide drill..you move the the red center handle back and forth and it spins the metal rod. No markings, also known as a spiral drill. These would be used for small precision woodworking.

The Stanley isn't as old and has a plastic handle. I'll post my older Stanley with wooden handle next.

WHEN IN ROME...
"The first known auger was invented in 250 B.C. by Archimedes. It came in the form of a water screw that he developed to move large amounts of water uphill."

"This principle was soon applied to drilling. As a drill bit turned and bored a hole, the wide, flat screw thread pushed waste material up and out of the hole to stop it from getting clogged."

February 5, 1884?
"African-American Willis Johnson of Cincinnati, Ohio, patented and improved the mechanical egg beater (U.S. pat# 292,821). The beater was made up of a handle attached to a series of spring-like whisk wires used to help mix ingredients."

WHO CAME FIRST...THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG
""Ken Roberts' "Some 19th Century English Woodworking Tools" states on page
332 that a James Chesterman was granted Letters Patent No. 12,843
on November 13, 1849 for an eggbeater (photo'd on page 337).""

So..who really invented the egg beater?