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Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 29, 2019, 02:32:25 pm

Thanks Kevin, found a two inch and inch and three quarters bits yesterday for it.  :)

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: kevin on June 29, 2019, 01:45:39 pm

nice never seen one before but it makes perfect sense

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 17, 2019, 07:32:51 am

That`s great doug glad its still going strong and making people smile.  :)

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: crazydoug on June 17, 2019, 07:10:26 am

Great find Lenn, and great to hear from you. Always enjoy seeing your creations. By the way, the "rodeo cowboy" you sent my wife and me is still bringing smiles to young and old alike. We run it at every engine show we attend, and it is probably the most videod accessory ever!
crazydoug

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 17, 2019, 05:54:01 am

  Rog ya don`t know how close i come to getting entangled, i was using the side grinder once and it got caught in the motor through those slots on the side.
Lucky i could shut that off quick. 

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: IndianaRog on June 16, 2019, 06:12:45 pm

Lenn, watch that beard, would be a bugger to untangle it from those gears :o

Rog

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 16, 2019, 11:55:17 am

Thanks Paul, we made a bit box today.
I`m looking for a 1/1/2 and 2 inch drills if anyone has those that they don`t need, must have the screw point on them.

(https://i.imgur.com/75voC9Km.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/lCPpbofm.jpg)

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Belugawhaleman on June 16, 2019, 09:24:15 am

That's a pretty cool tool Lenn. A great find.

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 16, 2019, 06:30:12 am

Thanks Carl, i don`t really have much use for one just thought it was cool.  :)

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Mi Steam on June 16, 2019, 01:15:05 am

Lenn the drill really gives you a workout and does a good job
drilling those holes.

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 15, 2019, 05:04:02 pm

Thanks Nick.  :)

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Nick on June 15, 2019, 04:52:45 pm

Works great Lenn, Nice video  :)

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 15, 2019, 01:11:26 pm

Your welcome Jan.  :)

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: classixs on June 15, 2019, 01:07:03 pm

Does a swell job that one...

Thanks for sharing the movie Lenn, cool to see it in action (https://emoji.tapatalk-cdn.com/emoji482.png)

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Hero on June 15, 2019, 12:21:44 pm

Quote from: Pitchy on June 15, 2019, 08:22:54 am

Thanks, wish that was all i paid for mine.

Don't worry too much about it; mine was in poor shape, though it was all there.

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 15, 2019, 09:39:17 am

Thanks Jan, here ya go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qZiR9ahRfc

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: classixs on June 15, 2019, 08:56:43 am

That is SO cool Lenn, congrats !!!


We need a movie of it doing its thing now  ;)

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 15, 2019, 08:22:54 am

Thanks, wish that was all i paid for mine.

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Hero on June 15, 2019, 08:12:18 am

A few years back, I found one of these for two bucks at a yard sale. Had no use for it, though, so I sold it. Neat mechanism!

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 15, 2019, 06:44:17 am

Thanks fellers, here`s what i found on Swan, it appears he made a auger in 1886 with improvements after that.

Swan, who was born in Dumfries, Scotland, December 18, 1833, immigrated from Scotland in 1854 and worked at the Bassett Iron Works in Birmingham, CT, the Farrel Foundry & Machine Co in Ansonia, CT, and for Oliver Annes before buying Annes's business in 1877. The "Est. 1856" date is probably Annes's. He acquired Douglass Mfg. Co. and changed its name, but apparently still used its name in 1894. Swan had patents on 20 August 1867 for a machine to make augers, 21 April 1868 for an augur handle, 9 June 1868 for auger bits, 14 July 1868 for an auger, 16 November 1869 for a bit/auger die, 14 December 1869 for an auger handle, 15 February 1870 for a machine to grind and polish bits, 15 March 1870 for an auger, 30 May 1870 for an auger, 27 June 1871 for an auger, 19 September 1871 for a hollow auger, 20 May 1873 for a machine to form lips on augers, 29 July 1873 for an auger, 27 June 1882 for a screwdriver, 12 June 1883 for an expansive bit, 25 December 1883 for an auger, 31 July 1885 for a draw knife, 11 May 1886 for a boring machine and 28 May 1894 for a hollow auger. Many of these patents were issued prior to the formation of his own company and may have been used by one or more of his previous employers.

Upon Swan's death, the company passed to his son William, followed by his brother John, followed by James, Son of John. Upon its closing in 1951, it was owned by one R.S. Robie.

http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=4927&tab=7

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: St Paul Steam on June 15, 2019, 05:52:22 am

that is in good condition, I've never seen one before, just figured they did em' by hand & sight.

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Nick on June 14, 2019, 09:26:35 pm

Very cool Lenn! And got to see that it's in your hands where it will be used  8)

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Jim on June 14, 2019, 08:47:40 pm

Wow what a find!

What year roughly do you reckon that hails from Lenn?

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: SeeSteam on June 14, 2019, 08:34:28 pm

As a kid, I only used hand powered drills as my mom didn't want us to use power tools. We had a push drill for small holes, a gear crank drill for medium holes and a crank shaft drill for big holes. :)

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 14, 2019, 04:25:18 pm

Quote from: txlabman on June 14, 2019, 04:20:16 pm

;D ;D ;D

Was this used in timbers framing for cutting the holes for the dowels?

Yepper.  :)

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: txlabman on June 14, 2019, 04:20:16 pm

 ;D ;D ;D

Was this used in timbers framing for cutting the holes for the dowels?

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 14, 2019, 03:35:12 pm

Thanks, should drill a hole in my head and install some brains for getting it but what the heck.  ;D

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: txlabman on June 14, 2019, 02:24:18 pm

A very cool find Lenn.

Thanks for posting the pictures!

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 14, 2019, 12:15:50 pm

Thanks Rog, dang thing is is around 150 years old and rarer then hens teeth in good shape.
Ebay has  some.

Title: Re: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: IndianaRog on June 14, 2019, 11:08:36 am

Wow, what a functional looking gizmo...never heard of one, but it certainly looks like it's fit for drilling beams.

Rog

Title: Swan barn beam drill
Post by: Pitchy on June 14, 2019, 10:53:21 am

Just got this Swan beam drill this morning and she`s a beauty, works great a real vintage treasure that are getting hard to find and spendy.

(https://i.imgur.com/QnjpaDKh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/oCyfmyOm.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/QnjpaDKm.jpg)