Return to Index
Stanley No. 813-16IN-Y, 
ball bearing chuck brace.
Price: SOLD.
B&D-22
Stanley No.813-16IN-Y sixteen inch swing brace for sale by georgesbasement.comThis was one of Stanley's premier braces and the largest model.

Sixteen inch swing brace with ball-bearing chuck marked with two US patents: No. 1,880,521 (October 4, 1932) and No. 1,915,245 (June 20, 1933). 

Brace is cosmetically in good condition, darkly patinated with little nickel plating remaining.

Rosewood handles are excellent and the brace is mechanically excellent.
US Patent No. 1,880,521 simplified imageStanley No.813-16IN-Y BB chuck and jawsThe chuck jaws were improved between the time the patent drawings were made and the time of manufacture, but the rest of the ball bearing chuck looks like the drawings.  The chuck's bearings can be accessed by lifting out the snap ring; the balls then fall out of the hole concealed by the ring, one at a time, over a period requiring a great deal of patience & manipulation.  Do not mix the sizes of the balls - replace all or put the remaining ones back.  It helps if the balls are clean or lubricated with light oil.