Fine Tool JournalHere comes my RSS infohttps://finetooljournal.net/2023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00FeedCreator 1.7.3FTJWEB03-3132023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/13946/ftjweb03-313FTJWEB03-313 LOT OF TWO BRACES. STANLEY NO. 311 10" SWEEP AND GOODELL-PRATT NO. 2510 (HNL1519,1523)FTJWEB03-3122023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/13945/ftjweb03-312FTJWEB03-312 LOT OF THREE BRACES. . FRAY NO. 86, ONE DAVIS WITH BIT AND CRACKED HEAD, AND ONE BY LANCASTER MACHINE AND KNIFE WORKS. (HNL1251,1521,1520,1522)FTJWEB03-2682023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/13901/ftjweb03-268FTJWEB03-268 RUSSELL JENNINGS/STANLEY NO. 100RJ AUGER BITS IOB. SMALLEST 3 BITS MISSING OTHERWISE CLEAN WITH GOOD LABEL, SOME SCUFFS ON OUTSIDE OF BOX. TOP HINGES SLIGHTLY SPRUNG. (RRT 744)FTJWEB03-2662023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/13899/ftjweb03-266FTJWEB03-266 RUSSELL JENNINGS/STANLEY NO. 100 AUGER BITS IOB. SMALLEST BIT MISSING OTHERWISE CLEAN WITH GOOD LABEL, SOME SCUFFS ON OUTSIDE OF BOX (RRT2028)FTJWEB03-2652023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/13898/ftjweb03-265FTJWEB03-265 IRWIN BITS IN BOX. BOX HAS 80% LABEL ON INSIDE LID, VARIETY OF DIFFERENT IRWIN MARKS, 13 TOTAL. (KDL606)FTJWEB03-2012023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/13834/ftjweb03-201FTJWEB03-201 AMIDON PATENT CORNER BRACE. RUSTY BUT WOULD CLEAN UP WELL. (MHS028)FTJWEB03-1992023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/13832/ftjweb03-199FTJWEB03-199 STACKPOLE PATENTED BRACE. 1867 PATENT WITH ROTATING COLLAR, LESS COMMON BRASS COLLAR VERSION. (MHS029)7202-3462023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/13556/7202-3467202-346 Scottish pattern brace. Hexagonal steel body, chuck with large locking wingnut, wooden head with split, 12" sweep. Good+ (BFN206) 30-607202-3442023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/13554/7202-3447202-344 MILLERS FALLS No. 502 corner brace. 10" sweep. Early version with Leland's patent chuck and tropical hardwood grips and head, decal is 75%, a little surface rust. Good+ (BFN046) 60-1207104-2142023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/13074/7104-2147104-214 MILLERS FALLS corner brace. Stephen McClellan received four patents for variations on this pattern - two in San Marcos, TX, in 1897 and two after he moved to New York. All are rated either A or B in Pearson. This is the version with the v-shaped guide, sliding breast plate, removable handle that can be repositioned, and two-jaw MF chuck. Nickel plating and wood are both exceptionally nice. Good (HSS1037) 150-3007104-0692023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/12929/7104-0697104-069 TUCKER patent brace. William Tucker's 1859 brace with a screw that pulls a cog in to hold the brace.? Lignum head with some chipping around the edge, 8" sweep. Good (PLH3082) 60-1207104-0682023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/12928/7104-0687104-068 T. TILLOTSON plated Sheffield brace. Beech body has some wear, ebony rotating head has tight crack and ebony button with gouge in it. T. Tillotson circular stamp in top brass plate, user intials stamped into wood near chuck. Good- (BUD484) 40-807104-0672023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/12927/7104-0677104-067 COLQUHOUN & CADMAN framed Sheffield brace. Ebony framed brace with pushbutton check mechanism. Brass and wood are very clean, the characteristic C&C scroll mark, stamped both on the body and cast into the head medallion are worn but clear. Crack in the head and possibly one in ebony near the chuck, some rust around screws, wood separating from frame in one section. Someone etched "In Drill This Side" in brass by the chuck. According to Reg Eaton's "The Ultimate Brace", Colquhoun & Cadman is the rarest maker of Ultimatum-style braces, accounting for only 2% of known examples.? Good (CVR534) 200-4007104-0662023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/12926/7104-0667104-066 Lot of two wooden braces. Both user made and look like chairmaker braces with spoon type bits. One is 13-1/2" long with very 4-1/4" diameter wide rotating head an 9" sweep, copper plating on front arch that probably was used to repair a split in the chuck. The other is also13-1/2", with 3-1/4" diameter rotating head and 5" sweep. Both well made and in good clean condition. From the collection of Dennis Fisher. Good+ (FIS425,433) 100-2007103-2772023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/12411/7103-2777103-277 MILLERS FALLS No. 108 angle brace attachment. Earlier version, traces of japanning and plating, two-jaw chuck. Good (JMC358) 35-707103-2672023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/12401/7103-2677103-267 Unusual variant of SPOFFORD patent brace. Nelson Spofford's clamshell-type chuck, originally patented in 1859, is not that rare, but this, although unmarked, appears to be a very rare example of Spofford's 1880 patent, rated A for rarity in Pearson.? Although the chuck mechanism is basically the same, this version uses two separate pieces rather than a single split piece to hold the chuck.? The patent description explains that this allows the chuck to be made of common cast iron rather than spring steel.? The second piece to the chuck is hinged, instead of pinned as in the patent description.? 10" sweep, beech head and grip.? You'll see 100 common Spoffords for each one of these.? Hank Allen collection. Fine (HNK194) 100-2007103-2662023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/12400/7103-2667103-266 A.A. WOODS "Universal" hollow auger. Way above average condition for a hollow auger, with no missing parts, almost complete japanning and minimal rust.? Based on Wood's 11/27/1900 patent.? Fine (MKJ637) 60-1207103-2652023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/12399/7103-2657103-265 DABOLL patent brace. Charles Daboll's 1854 patent for the pushbutton bit catch (A rating in Pearson); 12" sweep, cast iron head.? Chuck is marked not only with the patent information, but also by New London, CT, maker Increase Wilson.? Hank Allen collection. Fine (HNK182) 60-1207103-2632023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/12397/7103-2637103-263 STREETER patent brace. Marked with Abel Streeter?s two earliest patents, issued in 1855 and 1857; No. 2 cast into underside of cast iron handle; super clean; 10? sweep.? Hank Allen collection. Fine (HNK185) 60-1207103-2622023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/12396/7103-2627103-262 AMIDON patent brace. 1884 patent brace with a chuck tightened by a wingnut that pushed the jaws together. One of many wacky ideas from the Rube Goldberg of brace patents.? 11" sweep, rosewood grip and lignum head.? Hank Allen collection.? Fine (HNK192) 60-120FTJWEB01-2652023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/12054/ftjweb01-265FTJWEB01-265 CORNER BRACE ATTACHMENT (LGN080)FTJWEB01-2642023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/12053/ftjweb01-264FTJWEB01-264 STANLEY NO.984 CORNER BRACE (LGN079)FTJWEB01-1202023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/11909/ftjweb01-120FTJWEB01-120 WOOD BRACE (DLY414)FTJWEB01-1192023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/11908/ftjweb01-119FTJWEB01-119 BRACE (CVR066)FTJWEB01-1182023-02-02T23:58:41+01:002023-02-02T23:58:41+01:00/current-auction/viewbids/11907/ftjweb01-118FTJWEB01-118 HAND DRILL (GRG043)