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Post by Black Hand on Jan 26, 2020 7:19:16 GMT -7
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Post by spence on Jan 26, 2020 13:41:53 GMT -7
Many thanks for that, Black Hand. I have a small collection of old tools, and it's going to be a good resource for me. I was already pleased to find several of them described and/or shown in that document. I've identified a couple and learned good stuff about some others.  Spence |
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Post by Black Hand on Jan 26, 2020 13:53:53 GMT -7
Ironic you should post the Brace & Bits - it was exactly this tool (saw a modern brace at the local recycled building materials store) that set me searching for 18th & 19th century braces that led me to this book (had found it before, but some time ago).
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Post by straekat on Jan 26, 2020 14:02:44 GMT -7
The wooden bit braces are a bit light for use on thick metal. Steel bodied braces allow much greater force and torque to be applied than possible with wooden bodied braces. There are forged metal bit braces without the modern adjustable chuck, and use the same bits the wooden varieties use. Prior to ab out 1820, the metal workers bit braces were hand-forged. Around 1850, low-cost cast metal braces began replacing the wooden bodied braces.
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Keith
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Post by Keith on Jan 26, 2020 20:27:04 GMT -7
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