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Yankee
Braces - A Type Study of Sorts
by
George Langford
February
17, 2007; updated June 4, 2008.
Group
F - Three eight-inch swing braces made for the Bell System,
one made by North Bros. after the first two patents had expired,
another, also made by North Bros., made before the two chuck patents
were ready,
and
the third, made after their acquisition by Stanley, when no patents
remained in effect.
Both the eight-inch swing Yankee braces below
were made by North Bros., first (at left) as an independent entity and
the second (with the domed ratchet enclosure) as a division of Stanley
Tools after all the patents had run their course. Their
mechanisms are nearly identical, except that someone, whether at Bell
or at Stanley, became uneasy about trusting the owners of the braces
with the task of lubricating them, so one of the two oil holes for the
ratchet mechanism was taken away as seen in the closeups of the heads
at right. A third brace, B&D-F3,
recently SOLD, is shown at the bottom of this page.
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The pads below
are also arranged with the right hand brace below the left hand brace. |
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This is brace
B&D-F3, SOLD.![]() |
The pad, below, has all the red inlay remaining.
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"YANKEE" is
stamped into the metal in two places as well as molded into the pad.
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