Hey Doc, such a drill used for winding rubber models is a rather expensive drill. Most had the big gear wheel with just gear on it. After a bit of winding the gears would loosen up and slip off the outside of the wheel. The only ones that worked well for any time had a ridge around the gear wheel. They were expensive. (OTOH I found one in a garage sale some years ago and got it for a few bucks, but don't have anything to use it for.) Funny how little things like that I can remember but now where did I lay my electric drill down? [:-]
It prolly was expensive, he had migrated down to the South from Ohio
(my dad always thought he was just another funny Yankee).
And I too sold Grit when I was kid, along with Rosebud salve and Christmas cards. Sold enough salve one summer to get a model rocket set. I was king for a day....
Funny when you think about all the things AMA needs, it is really hard to put a finger on what got us interested in these things to start with. It really was a different time, I mean remember when we were kids (some of us) everything stopped so we could watch the moon shots, and now they hardly even show the shuttle launchs on TV. Society becomes desensitized to some things, not that that is bad, but in reality times do change and sometimes we have to change along with them or we will get left behind.
Tommy