Both
handles were made from orange-lacquered cocobolo:
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Craftsman 10
Made in USA BB
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B&D-136
Price: $35.00
plus shipping
I
got snookered; there were no balls in the appropriate place inside this
chuck, even though there is a track and marks that were made by those
balls at
some time in the past. That will be corrected before delivery, of
course. There is no sign that this brace was ever actually used, as the
jaws are pristine and unmarked. The handles have some chips in the
orange lacquer that is characteristic of braces made by the Millers
falls Company, and the original Craftsman decal is present in only
slightly worn condition on the wrist handle. The chuck is otherwise
exactly like that in Brace
B&D-130. For the sake of comparison, I'm including the two
patents that most closely teach the inner workings of the present
brace's chuck:
Once supplied with its full complement of balls,
this is actually a Holdall model chuck, near the top of the Millers
Falls line. It will hold round-shanked bits, regular square/taper shank
auger bits, and even No.1 Morse taper bits, all nice and firmly.
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