Hand drill

[frank horton]

there was a better than average one.....the handle and butt end were ebony.....
I have one somewhere.....even got the auger bits as well....
thanks for Milwaukee being here........

 

[brightspark]

i took the chuck of mine cut some slots in it cut a couple of diagonals in the slot and use it as a starting handle on my hatz diesel whacker plate

 

[pedrobedro]

One of mine, it’s a meter long !

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That looks like a caravan wheel winder with a drill bit stuck in it

 

[Parm]

That looks like a caravan wheel winder with a drill bit stuck in it

Ive no idea

 

[MetalMonkey]

Absolutely superb for driving in or removing heavy duty screws, bracing against your body reduces ‘camming’ out
RonA

Used to use them a lot before impact drivers became a thing, for exactly this reason. You can tweak a screw very precisely too, they give you a lot of control.
Still have a couple around, and they are handy sometimes, especially if you are trying to keep the noise down.

 

[selectedgrub]

Very good.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Yes, I have a lovely 1980s Footprint one, and a roll of ridgeway bits. Done a few gate hangs on posts out in the sticks.

 

[Maker]

I use my dads old one as a speed brace when changing Chuck jaws,on a 12” chuck it makes a difference.

I made a bit to wind them out with an impact driver.

 

[pedrobedro]

Used to use them a lot before impact drivers became a thing, for exactly this reason. You can tweak a screw very precisely too, they give you a lot of control.
Still have a couple around, and they are handy sometimes, especially if you are trying to keep the noise down.

If you watch snooker table installers they use a brace as a screwdriver along the sides of tables. I watched them in our local club and it's fascinating.

 

[Dieselman 63]

If you watch snooker table installers they use a brace as a screwdriver along the sides of tables. I watched them in our local club and it's fascinating.

I collect the old bits for these. They’re often by makers who have long gone out of business, maybe 100+ years ago from some hovel in Sheffield! Amazing to hold these items, especially in NZ, for the prices you can get them for

 

[James1979]

I collect the old bits for these. They’re often by makers who have long gone out of business, maybe 100+ years ago from some hovel in Sheffield! Amazing to hold these items, especially in NZ, for the prices you can get them for

Not worth mentioning that I bought a load of bits in a job lot of other stuff in auction. As I’ve no interest in a bit and brace, I have cut the shank off most so they’ll go in a battery drill!

Possibly got a few unmolested ones left. I’ll look.

 

[AKN]

If you are into old wood tools I recommend Bristol Design, Perry Road Bristol, https://bristol-design.co.uk/. It is probably a good thing they are cash only I hate to think of the financial damage taking a card in there could do. :-)

 

[fizzy]

I am astonished there are people who don't know what this is.
Getting older than I thought

 

[Dieselman 63]

Some of my older Sheffield tools. Very early Sorby firmer chisel, an old Marples turnscrew, then the brace bits, and a J Cousins scraper, with ebony handle. I don’t even use this stuff, but preserve it.

 

[Seadog]

That's not a scraper, that's a putty knife.

 

[Bravheart]

@Seadog quicker on the keyboard. Broke a window last week and got a new bit glass cut along with putty and a knife. Exactly the same shape but a plastic handle. Yours probably still worth more in ebony.