Brown AuctionsHere comes my RSS infohttps://www.finetoolj.com/1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00FeedCreator 1.7.3TC25-2311970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15264/tc25-231TC25-231 PULL CHAIN DRILL. Uncommon variation on the bow drill in which the drilling motion is produced by pulling on a spring-powered armature that automatically returns. There are a few versions around but all are uncommon; this one is 13-1/2" long with a japanned cast iron frame and wooden handle, drum and knob. Unmarked. Japanning is about 50%, chuck is missing its jaws, wood has moderate wear but return mechanism works smoothly. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good 60-120TC25-2301970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15263/tc25-230TC25-230 BRASS CORNER BRACE. Unmarked but has the universal joint mechanism patented by Charles Amidon. 12" long overall, solid brass with square thumbscrew locking chuck and lignum head. Well made and unusual. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good+ 100-200TC25-2291970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15262/tc25-229TC25-229 CORNER BRACE. Unmarked. Cast iron body, 16-1/2" long with wooden handle and offset crank using the universal joint design patented by Charles Amidon. Barber type chuck. Wood has mild wear and some chips but no damage, iron is oxidized but no rust or pitting. Well made and unusual. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good 100-200TC25-2281970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15261/tc25-228TC25-228 RATCHET BRACE. There's a mark that ends in "Eck" and is partially obscured, also marked "Kentucky." Looks manufactured but a design we've never seen before. The ratchet has a rocking pawl that locks it from one side or the other, there's a sliding rod that locks it in place. Heavily built, 12" sweep, wooden head has wear around the head but intact. Very unusual. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good 200-400TC25-2271970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15260/tc25-227TC25-227 BIT BRACE. Banner Patent. Patented in 1894 by John Banner of Banner's Elk, NC, uses a large wingnut to slide the jaws closed. Rated "never seen" in Pearson, and the only one we've ever seen. Unmarked but unmistakable. Wooden head and grip are worn but intact with a crack in the head, works smoothly. 12" sweep. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good 400-800TC25-2261970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15259/tc25-226TC25-226 CAST IRON POD BRACE. Unmarked and probably user made. The chuck is an open cylinder that the pod slides into, and then is twisted to lock. The brace is 14" long with a 7" sweep and rotating wooden head. The one pod is 11" long with a spoon bit and a screw with the edges filed flat to engage the slot in the chuck. Wood has light wear, metal oxidized but no rust or pitting. Well made and ingenious. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good 100-200TC25-421970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15075/tc25-42TC25-42 ULTIMATUM BRACE. Marples. Ebony fill, brass frame, complete ivory ring in head, locking ring chuck. Brass lightly polished, one crack in fill next to the head, wood otherwise very clean. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good+ 150-300TC25-411970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15074/tc25-41TC25-41 DECORATIVE CAGE HEAD BRACE. User made, decorative twisted metal head and grip, 6" sweep, thumbscrew for chuck missing and overall oxidation but unusual design. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good 100-200TC25-401970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15073/tc25-40TC25-40 BITSTOCK TOOL. We've seen a couple of these around and are not sure what they do. Possibly a type of wrench? 8" sweep, hardwood head and grip, surface oxidation but no damage. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good+ 40-80TC25-391970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15072/tc25-39TC25-39 DOUBLE WHIMBLE BRACE. John S. Fray. 22-1/2" long with two 12" sweeps, marked with Fray's patent for the chuck, double-ended rosewood handle and grips, one tight split in handle, metal overall oxidized and a few patches of light pitting. Possibly based on Beadle's 8/5/79 patent. Unusual. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good 150-300TC25-381970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15071/tc25-38TC25-38 BRASS SCOTTISH PATTERN BRACE. Unmarked other than user name, brass body with rosewood head and grip, 7" sweep, unusual spring activated chuck mechanism. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good+ 75-150TC25-371970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15070/tc25-37TC25-37 CORNER BRACE. McClellan Patent. Stephen McClellan received four patents for variations on this pattern: two in San Marcos, TX, in 1897 and two after he moved to New York. All are rated either A or B in Pearson. This is the 1900 patent with the fixed rear handle, and v-shaped guide that rotates to different positions. As with most, includes a Millers Falls chuck. Split in handle, overall oxidation but works smoothly. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good 60-120TC25-361970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15069/tc25-36TC25-36 BRACE. Armstrong Patent. Patented 10/28/1884 by Arthur Armstrong of Plainville, CT, and manufactured by him, it uses a lever to force the jaws of the chuck closed. Nickel plating 60%, good rosewood head and grip, 8" sweep. "A" rating for rarity in Pearson. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good 60-120B66-6471970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14892/b66-647B66-647 POD BRACE. User made and unsigned, 16" long with 8" sweep. Beech with turned hardwood head. 7/8" throat for pods with brass collar. No pods included. Well made and in immaculate condition. Good+ 50-100B66-6451970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14890/b66-645B66-645 UNDERTAKER'S BALL-HANDLED BRACE. The head can be folded inward; supposedly this was to allow undertakers to more conveniently carry them in their pockets and screw down the coffin lid at graveside. In this one, a wingnut is loosened to rotate the head. Unmarked, 9" long when unfolded, 6" sweep, one chip from the head but otherwise clean. Good+ 200-400B66-6431970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14888/b66-643B66-643 WASHER CUTTER. Heysinger Patent. Patented in 1883 by Isaac Heysinger of Philadelphia, unmarked but unmistakable. Both slitters and the point clean and sharp, some light pitting on body, rosewood grip. B rating in Pearson. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good+ 100-200B66-6421970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14887/b66-642B66-642 PLATED BRACE. H & J.W. King. Beech with brass plating, rosewood head with brass plated stem, push button chuck. "H & J.W. King New York" stamped in wood by the chuck. King was a hardware store in the 1850s, when their mark is on a plane it rates four stars. Small area of tarnish on the chuck and a few small dings in the wood, but overall nice and clean. Good+ 100-200B66-6391970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14884/b66-639B66-639 LOT OF TWO COACHMAKER'S BRACES. A cagehead brace with an unusually decorative four-spoke head, cast iron, 9-1/2" long with 5" sweep, friction fit chuck. And a steel brace with brass grip and 4" brass handle in lieu of head, cast brass locking thumbscrew on chuck, 12-1/2" long with 7" sweep. Both unmarked and well made. From the collection of Steve Dice. Good+ 150-300B66-6371970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14882/b66-637B66-637 UNIVERSAL JOINT BRACE. Derlon Patent. Arthur Derlon's brace designed to bore holes in close quarters was patented in his native France, and in Belgium and Great Britain, as well as the US. This is a very uncommon example of the earliest type. Unlike later versions, its frame is plain cast iron without plating, it has no knob, and the grip is a simple copper sheath. Unmarked, but identical to the patent drawings. Cast iron is rough with pitting, but no damage and works smoothly. See Lot 99 for a different version. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good+ 200-400B66-3731970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14618/b66-373B66-373 FRAMED BRACE. William Marples Ultimatum. Rosewood fill, sliding chuck with short nozzle, Shamrock trade mark on medallion, complete ivory ring yellowed, one chip from the edge of ebony head but wood otherwise very clean. Brass has been polished and the marks are partially polished out but still legible. Rosewood ultimatums are very uncommon. From the collection of Steve Dice. Good+ 400-800B66-3711970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14616/b66-371B66-371 MULTIPART POD BRACE. Very unusual brace made of four separate parts - the grip, two risers, pod and handle. The two risers insert into the grip and are held by wooden pins, and the pod (missing its bit) is held by a wedge behind the chuck. The rotating head assembly is inserted into the rear riser and doesn't have a wedge or pin. 17" long, 8" sweep, unsigned but with good age and a couple of inactive worm holes. From the collection of Steve Dice. Good 100-200B66-3701970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14615/b66-370B66-370 SURGICAL BRACE. Unsigned, nonmagnetic metal and presumably aluminum, uncommon 13" long bit with rounded head that appears to be a form of trepanning bit. 11" sweep, in very clean condition. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good+ 100-200B66-3671970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14612/b66-367B66-367 TREPANNING BRACE KIT. Sklar Surgical Instruments. Chrome plated steel brace, 9-1/2" long and 6" sweep, with set of four different trepanning pits in different diameters depending on how big a hole you want in the patient's skull. Brace is marked "Sklar Chrome USA". The kit is in an original fitted mahogany box with a crack in the lid but otherwise clean, original working catch. Sklar was founded in 1892 by John Sklar and is still in business today. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Fine 200-400B66-3661970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14611/b66-366B66-366 ADJUSTABLE BRACE. Sutton Patent. Unmarked but appears to be an example of Delay Sutton's 1875 patent as manufactured by the Diamond Wrench & Tool Co. of Portland, ME. The patent describes a single-jaw chuck design, and also describes a wrench frame in which the chuck assembly and knob can be slid to different positions, or reverse or removed entirely for carrying or storage. This brace has a standard Barber-type chuck, but has the second feature. 15" long, 11" sweep at its lowest position. There's a small split in the beech grip and some light surface pitting but overall clean. From the collection of Jim and Christa Schoenky. Good 100-200B66-3651970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14610/b66-365B66-365 SMALL WOODEN POD BRACE. Unsigned, Scandinavian pattern and looks like birch. 8" long, 3-1/2" sweep, one friction-fit pod, brass rings around both ends of chuck and by head. A hanging loop has been fastened to it with small brads. Good+ 60-120