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    Adjustable Centre Bit.

    Hmmm, thanks Vann, what I really meant was............ The other expansive bit mentioned in Andy's Osborn catalogue , Steers, is William Steers Pat No 296242, April 1st 1884. Cheers, Geoff.
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    Adjustable Centre Bit.

    Andy, thank you. You're an absolute marvel. I was shown this bit by my friend about 4 or five years ago and had kept an eye out ever since for another with no joy. He is down sizing his collection and offered it to me on Saturday and I couldn't grab it fast enough. The bit is marked 1 IN which...
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    Adjustable Centre Bit.

    Hello all, I got my hands on this adjustable centre bit yesterday. The bit itself is marked SMITH & SONS SHEFFIELD. The adjustable arm has J ANDERSONS PAT' SEACOMBE. ENG'. Any information on the origins of this bit will be much appreciated. Cheers, Geoff.
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    B B Burley plane

    Thank you for the information Don, very interesting and helpful. Cheers, Geoff.
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    B B Burley plane

    Thank you, it could well be that the B B Burley mark was put on at a different time and place, by Burley themselves perhaps, which would explain the big difference in depth of stamping between that and the Glasgow imprint. I was going to include a close up photo of the chuck but the photo I took...
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    B B Burley plane

    Hello, I was recently given this brace, unmistakeably made by my favourite UK manufacturer, J A Chapman of Sheffield. On the chuck shell I could faintly see the Registered Design No 239718, and excitingly the word Glasgow. On getting it home and taking to it with angle grinder, cold chisel and...
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    Help required to ID this brace.

    Memzey, did you find "foreign" on the brace anywhere? I haven't got any CK braces or enough Germans to do a study but some of the ones I've got do have "foreign" on them. According to CK's site it couldn't be any earlier than 1904 but it seems to have a 30's look about it to me. A brace by...
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    Help required to ID this brace.

    Some more photos including two of the head and attachment method. Apart from Aus' NZ and UK what other nations used the broad arrow to denote government property? Other commonwealth countries perhaps, or would it be easier to ask who did not use that sign? Cheers, Geoff.
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    Help required to ID this brace.

    You've got good eyesight Andy, I had another look at it today and could see the shadow of the E and decided it might be a one piece stamp. Thanks for all the input everyone. Cheers, Geoff.
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    Help required to ID this brace.

    Thanks chaps, I suspect the IV is an indication of the sweep although it actually measures 4 1/2 inches. It's not uncommon to find a brace with the sweep displayed on the tool to not be exactly correct. Bugbear if the OSLER is by individual letter stamps would that suggest an owner rather than...
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    Help required to ID this brace.

    I recently purchased this brace from a friend and I'm trying to find out a bit more about it. It's made of bronze, has a 4 1/2 inch sweep and is what I think was called an Armourers brace. I also think it's British. It's branded on the side of the chuck, OSLER 1918 with a broad arrow and on the...
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    Best Stanley Vintage Brace - Help Please

    I found two braces with 4 jaw chucks up in the shed. The first by Henry Boker of Germany looks very similar to your example Andy. I don't know anything about it, but would have guessed pre-war The other is a cheapy with no marks on which, due to the look of the head and handle, I was assuming...
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    Best Stanley Vintage Brace - Help Please

    Hello G.I hunted through a pile of English braces yesterday and found two Stanley's, a 144 10 IN and a 144 10 IN Mk 3. Although the first one hasn't got any Mk on it, for the exercise I'm going to call Mk 1 It's almost identical to the Chapman by Stanley with the octagonal chuck but the length...
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    Best Stanley Vintage Brace - Help Please

    Good photos Andy and G thank you, Andy does your No 144 have a Mk ? I've got a 144 10 in Mk 3 which like G's Mk 2 and your Toga has the "Alligator" jaws but the head and handle are plastic. An earlier No 144 10 in I have what I call "transitional", with octagonal faced chuck with inscription...
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    Best Stanley Vintage Brace - Help Please

    Richard, one advantage the Stanley No 73 has over the others you mentioned is that the spring holding the jaws is not so prone to damage. The engineers at Stanley perceived a problem with small diameter round shank bits being forced back into the jaw and damaging the spring. To overcome this...
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    Anyone good at identifying braces?

    Not only high torque Dennis but also precision. Friends who rebuild old cars swear by the brace and screwdriver bit for all the screws in the wooden frames.
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    Anyone good at identifying braces?

    Thanks for those links Mr_P, very interesting.
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    Anyone good at identifying braces?

    Hello, I was recently given this brace with the only marks on it a small GERMANY on one side of the frame and the little brace logo on the other side. The large chuck is the same as one studied by George Langford at http://www.georgesbasement.com/braces/M ... ace185.htm which in his case is...
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    Anyone good at identifying braces?

    Hi all, I was enticed back here by my friend Vann. I thought I also had a Flott but on checking my small group of German braces no Flott, but two others with the push button ratchet selector. In the photo the upper one is a four jaw from Henry Boker and the lower one a two jaw by Kaufmann of...
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    J A Chapman Sheffield info wanted.

    Hi Jim, thanks, another piece in the jigsaw puzzle. I had heard Acorn brand before, but when I looked it up it said "Henry Taylor tools since 1834". That confused me a bit. Thanks also for the Musgrave info, that gives me a start with them. Geoff.
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