STANLEY BEAST DRILL VINTAGE 1960S CONTINENTAL NO 748 HAND DRILL

THE STANLEY BREAST DRILL 748 / 748A WAS A LARGE HAND DRILL FITTED WITH A HARDWOOD SIDE HANDLE, A CRANKED WINDER ALSO WITH A HARDWOOD HANDLE AND A SHAPED BREAST PLATE.
 
THE SHAPED BREAST PLATE IS DESIGNED TO BE POSITIONED COMFORTABLY AT THE TOP OF THE CHEST. THIS POSITIONING OF THE DRILL AGAINST THE BODY ALLOWS EXTRA EXERTION TO BE APPLIED WHILE MAINTAINING GOOD CONTROL. THIS CONTROL IS FURTHER ASSISTED BY HOLDING THE SIDE HANDLE TO HELP MAINTAIN STABILITY.
 
THE STANLEY 748 BREAST DRILL CHANGED MODEL NUMBER TO 748A SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1960'S TO EARLY 1970'S.

THE STANLEY BREAST DRILL 748 WAS ADVERTISED AS ' "CONTINENTAL" ENCLOSED GEARS - TWO SPEED'. THE 748A WAS LATER ADVERTISED AS AN 'ENGINEER'S BREAST DRILL'.

THE GEARS ON THE STANLEY 748 / 748A ARE HIDDEN INSIDE THE CENTRAL CASE TO HELP ENSURE THE INTERNAL MECHANISM IS KEPT CLEAN AND DRY AND AS SUCH THE GEARS SHOULD REMAIN RUST FREE. THIS FEATURE IS DESIGNED TO KEEP THE TOOL WORKING EFFICIENTLY THROUGHOUT ITS LONG LIFE.
 
ONCE THE DRILL PIECE IS LOCKED IN PLACE, THE DRILL IS OPERATED BY REPEATEDLY TURNING THE CRANKED ARM ROUND AND ROUND.

THIS HAND POWERED DRILL IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL AS A BACK-UP FOR SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS NO POWER FOR POWER TOOLS OR WHEN THE BATTERY PACKS OF A POWER TOOL HAVE RUN OUT.

THE 748 BREAST DRILL WAS ORIGINALLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE OF THE HAND DRILLS AND BREAST DRILLS.
 
SIZE
OVERALL LENGTH 452MM
MANUFACTURED DATES:
MODEL 748 1958 1970
MODEL 748A 1970-1993

CONDITION: DRILL TURNS BUT AFTER A FEW REVOLUTIONS OF HANDLE GETS STUCK AND YOU MUST REPOSITION FOR IT TO START TURNING AGAIN. WILL NEED A SERVICE BUT I AM CONFIDENT IT CAN BE IN FULL WORKING CONDITION AGAIN.
 
MARKS: STANLEY
CONTINENTAL NO 748 MADE IN ENGLAND
 
STANLEY TOOLS (1843-present):
STANLEY HAND TOOLS IS A FAMOUS BRAND OF HAND TOOLS.
The Stanley Works was founded by Frederick Stanley in 1843, originally a bolt and door hardware manufacturing company located in Connecticut USA. By the 1920s, it has established itself as one of the foremost hand tools manufacturers.
Around 1937, Stanley acquired the British J. A. Chapman company, a British manufacturer of carpentry tools and other items (including bayonets during World War I) formerly located in Sheffield, from Norman Neill. This helped Stanley to enter the British market.
Today it is a division of Stanley Black & Decker following the merger of Stanley Works and Black & Decker in 2010.
 
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