Brace

Object Name:

Brace

Object ID:

1968.011.05.2

Description:

Carpenter's bit brace. Wood and steel. Flat, round mushroom-cap handle with undercuts atop a cone section and then a slightly bulbous bottom section. Three decorative lines on cone section and three on bottom section of handle. Broken brass ferrule around bottom of handle. Handle fastened to shaft with threaded top by a flat, recessed washer with single groove across its top. Handle sits on split washer which is on top of metal ferrule that surrounds pivot shaft. Crank assembly is wrought iron shaft bent into U-shaped piece. Top end has flattened disc through which top pivot shaft is swaged in place. At bottom end of handle is square cross-section chuck. This has truncated pyramid-shape hole in it that is larger at bottom. A separated metal auger with pyramid-shape end fits into holder. Brace portion without bit: 13.9" high. Center of rotating handle: 0.6" diameter. Metal surfaces all quite smooth. Bit is elongated, spoon-type, 4.8" long, with shaft diameter of ~0.2". Recessed spoon area: 1.3" long. Small notch on one side of bit's pyramid section at top. Crank handle radius: 5" from drill access.

Material:

Wood
Metal

Dimensions:

H-17.3 W-5.8 D-2.9 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Eva C. Sleeper