If you are seriously pursuing collecting a wide variety of boring and drilling tools, you will find my post today of interest. The subject is manufactured gimlet bit handles. You probably have a bunch of gimlets that are permanently fitted in wooden or metal handles because they are common. Handles that accept a variety of bits are not so common. In this post I show you some of the latter in my collection. Now that you know what they look like, go out there and find some.
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W.A. Clark Expansive Bits by Eric Brown
W.A. Clark expansive bits by Eric Brown Clark, William A. (Bethany, Woodbridge & New Haven, CT.) Clarks Patent # 20,192 May 11, 1858 Bethany, CT. […]
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An Early Brace circa 1820’s
James E. Price I attended The Great Planes Trading Company antique tool auction last Saturday in St. Peter’s, Missouri and came away with less money […]
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G.L. Holt’s Bit for Boring Wood
By James Price Inventors in the 19th Century sought patents for improvements to tools to make them perform better and sometimes, with more precision. Such […]
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Harry S. Bartholomew Bit brace
The only marks I can make out are Pat’d Dec 6 1884 Pat’’d May 24 1870 Some More information. http://www.sydnassloot.com/Brace/Bartholo.htm
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Bit Braces to Look For
Author: Wayne Cox What bit braces to look for Here are some bit braces to look for. North Brothers Yankee braces, including the 2100, 2100A, […]
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