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B&D-180
Price: $30.00
plus shipping
The
spotty condition of the nickel plating on the chuck and ratchet is
off-putting, but this brace works quite nicely and has gorgeous wood,
with nearly all the original finish remaining. The ball bearing chuck
presents a problem in finding an appplicable patent, as the jaws follow
John Leland's U.S.
Patent No. 1,184,758 with the jaws' follower shape built into the
chuck body, but the spring anticipates Austin Stowell's U.S.
Patent No. 1,880,521. The latter patent was assigned to the Stanley
company. Also, the three-piece chuck shell doesn't follow either
patent; the nose rides on ball bearings that bear on the knurled part;
and the internal threads are cut in the smooth third piece. On top of
all this confusion, the 771B model number is nowhere to be found in Randy Roeder's
comprehensive catalog of Millers Falls braces.
Both
handles were made from tropical hardwood:
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Millers Falls
Made in U.S.A.:
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No.771B - 12 IN.:
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