Brace

Object Name:

Brace

Object ID:

1968.011.05.1

Description:

Carpenter's bit brace. Wood and iron. Wooden palm handle at top, slightly flattened, round, flat-bottomed section that sits atop vase-type turning with a couple of decorative grooves in vase section. Handle has ferrule at bottom (loose). At least one other washer inside ferrule that rotates around pivot shaft. Cone-shaped recess at top of handle; below that is end of pivot shaft and perhaps a nut inside handle. Top of crank has flat circular section in which pivot shaft is set. Handle portion of crank is oval shape wood turning with single decorative line around center. May be a couple of metal pins that hold crank handle together. Crank arm flares at top and bottom ends of crank handle. Crank handle radius ~3.5" from drill access. Chuck square in cross-section, centrally set on end of bottom crank shaft. Thumb set screw on one side of chuck. Chuck has truncated pyramidal hole with small end at top. Spoon bit in chuck. Brace without bit: 10.7" high. Spoon bit: 6" long, 0.25" diam. Spoon section: 3.6" long. Notch on one side on top of pyramidal bit area. Appears to have undecipherable stamp on bottom of pivot shaft assembly at top end of crank handle; single line with perhaps 6 or 7 characters.

Material:

Wood
Metal

Dimensions:

H-15.8 W-5 D-2.8 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Eva C. Sleeper