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GaryM909

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I picked them up at a garage sale a couple months ago. The guy that owned them was a retired Millwright.
It was the second day of the garage sale and he decided to go fishing and let his wife handle the sale. I paid $1 for them just because I figured I might have a use for them. I guess not.
 
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GaryM909 said:
I paid $1 for them just because I figured I might have a use for them. I guess not.
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I lived in Singapore for most of my high school days. There was a crime museum in town that showed weapons the old Chinese gangs used, and these and the triangular bearing scrapers were prominently displayed. They apparently leave wounds that don't close easily and therefore lead to bleed-outs. So you've got that going for you!
 
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Ha!
Before posting here, I searched Miller's Falls #227, and got nothing, which is why I posted here.

But changing the # to "No." made all the difference!

Thanks!
 
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I brought this little saw home today. I don't need another coping saw, but couldn't resist, due to the cool ball ends where the blade attaches.
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It's a #42 Ball-Bearing Coping Saw, as seen in the 1915 #35 catalog.

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It's marked Millers Falls Mass and a Nov 10, 1908 patent date. ( patent # 903495A )

US Patent: 903,495 - Coping-Saw Frame

US patent 903,495 Coping-Saw Frame was issued to William J. Parsons of Montague, MA. It was granted on 11/10/1908. The primary claim of this patent has to do with a fairly complicated draw bolt, nut, and winged key arrangement which allows the back frame to rotate
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Unfortunately, it is missing the knurled nut (part #19) and the little tab (#21). The tensioner works fine, but it doesn't lock in position without that nut. It has "abnormal" threads. Twenty threads per inch, but a 1/4-20 nut doesn't fit it. They look like Acme threads and it might be slightly larger than 1/4". Oh well, at least it came with a blade!
 

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i found this millers falls boring tool/push drill no 185a, i understand they had a nickel finish however not a trace of that is left, just the brass is left.20241208_112802.jpg
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ranger08 said:
i found this millers falls boring tool/push drill no 185a, i understand they had a nickel finish however not a trace of that is left, just the brass is left.20241208_112802.jpg
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That is a gem. The tooling looks like munitions. Like a several high-powered cartridges stacked together. Very cool.
 
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I didn’t post my Millers Falls valve lapper here on the Millers Falls thread so here it is. I found it at a sale less than a block from home. Somewhere I have an old brace that hopefully will provide a replacement for the missing handle. IMG_7764.jpegIMG_7763.jpegIMG_7780.jpeg
Lugz requested some pictures of the interior so here those are. IMG_7883.jpegIMG_7884.jpegIMG_7885.jpegIMG_7886.jpeg
Back together. IMG_7887.jpeg
-Don
 
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I found this well used chisel at a sale yesterday. I couldn’t quite make out the markings in the pictures. The red plastic had me thinking MF so I read through the whole thread and found a picture Genog posted a few years back.IMG_8016.jpegIMG_8017.jpeg
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-Don
 
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Millers Falls 16 ounce ball pein, from the local flea market this morning. I could get used to a year around flea market just a few blocks away. I'm visiting my son in Pueblo and the flea market is small, but they seldom miss a weekend.20250103_134108.jpg
 

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Happy to have picked up this No. 55 ratcheting screwdriver at the flea market this morning. There have been a few No. 63's posted, but I didn't see any of these come up in a search. My first, so I presume the mechanism and directional markings ("L <- O -> R") are the same or similar. A little "0" mark on the selector/ferrule, which twists to L(eft), 0 (Neutral/None), or R(ight). Works fine. Fine tooth action. 6" blade. Cabinet tip. Branding not the best.

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Here are two Millers Falls "Buck Rogers" planes. The smaller one is a 709 that is in as found condition. The larger 714 was very rusty (got it at discount) and decided to give it a different look. The handles were shot too. Made wood replacements out of sycamore. Cleaned, polished and nickel plated the iron and steel. The aluminum (zinc?) frog got a coat of silver paint. For contrast the center area of the body was painted black.
 

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d42jeep said:
I didn’t post my Millers Falls valve lapper here on the Millers Falls thread so here it is. I found it at a sale less than a block from home. Somewhere I have an old brace that hopefully will provide a replacement for the missing handle. IMG_7764.jpegIMG_7763.jpegIMG_7780.jpeg
Lugz requested some pictures of the interior so here those are. IMG_7883.jpegIMG_7884.jpegIMG_7885.jpegIMG_7886.jpeg
Back together. IMG_7887.jpeg
-Don
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I found a brace at an estate sale that provided a handle to replace the one missing from the valve lapper. IMG_2177.jpegIMG_2178.jpegIMG_2179.jpegIMG_2180.jpeg
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I was thinking that particular brace has served its purpose. I have plenty of nicer ones. It can be a parts brace. There isn’t much value in a used Trojan. 😉
-Don
 
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Anybody want anything off this Millers Falls 7 1/4 SP2075 saw before it gets tossed? Armature is missing a segment. End cover is missing. Switch still clicks, blade guard still rotates. You have about a week or so until I go to the dump. Free except for shipping from southern Maryland.
 

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Found this little gem at the flea market last Saturday.

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Millers-Falls 120A polisher. Customized and modified. The custom part is that it was nickel plated where normally it is painted grey. The modified part is that upon taking it apart I noticed excessive wear where the pulley rubbed into the frame on both sides. Then I saw where the bronze bushings were short. There were no oil fillers. Looking at the removed bearings I saw that there were no oil holes. So the bearings were replaced with full length oil-impregnated ones and oil holes put in. The frame was filed down until the ends were flat on each side of the pully. As there was a bunch of side-to-side slop, additional oil-impregnated thrust washers were installed. New oil fillers and felt wipers installed. Rotates easily with almost no play. The inside/bottom was painted black.
 

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Eric Brown said:
Millers-Falls 120A polisher. Customized and modified. The custom part is that it was nickel plated where normally it is painted grey. The modified part is that upon taking it apart I noticed excessive wear where the pulley rubbed into the frame on both sides. Then I saw where the bronze bushings were short. There were no oil fillers. Looking at the removed bearings I saw that there were no oil holes. So the bearings were replaced with full length oil-impregnated ones and oil holes put in. The frame was filed down until the ends were flat on each side of the pully. As there was a bunch of side-to-side slop, additional oil-impregnated thrust washers were installed. New oil fillers and felt wipers installed. Rotates easily with almost no play. The inside/bottom was painted black.
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Here is another Millers-Falls polisher. This time it's a 130A. What is the difference between the 120A and 130A? For the most part nothing. The only change is the shaft length and the 130A has a chuck. The 120A has a 8" long shaft threaded 2" on each end. The threads are 1/2-20 with left-hand on the left and right-hand on the right. The 130A has a 9" shaft threaded 1 3/4" on the left-handed end and 3 1/4" on the right-hand end. The chuck requires a maximum of 1 1/4" for fully closed.

First picture is the 130A in grey paint and the second with the 120A in nickel.
 

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d42jeep said:
The rule is steel and the rest is aluminum
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Are you sure aluminum and not that die cast zinc or pot metal?

Does the square part match any of your Stanley or Union heads? That pattern with the loops makes me think Union, but I thought someone found a Stanley reference too.
 
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