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re: Standing in my dads toolshed is upsetting to think what most look like today
Posted on 11/28/20 at 2:51 pm to Misnomer
Posted on 11/28/20 at 2:51 pm to Misnomer
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I love old tools, got this brace and bit from the shop guy at our local hardware store. I think it is at least 60 years old but it still works beautifully.
Quality new bit braces are hard to find they are mainly used by Windsor (or similar) chair makers. Seloron (French) makes a decent one but most use old Yankee 2101a braces, they were also made under Stanley and Bell Systems names.
Stanley made a lot of good handplanes especially pre-war but aren't as good as some of the best modern ones like Lie-Nielsen and Veritas not to mention Bridge City or Holtey. Holtey is in another world even for infill planes a Holtey 928 smoother will run you over $10k.
Plenty of good old chisels as well but I still prefer the new steels better from Veritas, Lie Nielson, Phiel, and Blue Spruce. Part of the reason I prefer new or modern is I just don't have the time to rust-hunt or fettle them when I do have them. I have a friend in VA that worked as the luthier at Colonial Williamsburg for decades and has the most incredible collection of vintage woodworking tools I have ever seen. His name is George Wilson and this is some of his work done completely with handtools.
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Posted on 11/28/20 at 5:12 pm to Obtuse1
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Quality new bit braces are hard to find they are mainly used by Windsor (or similar) chair makers. Seloron (French) makes a decent one but most use old Yankee 2101a braces, they were also made under Stanley and Bell Systems names.
Millers Falls made some of the best braces. I actually use one of their basic braces from time to time. I have one of their corner braces, which is made at a 90° angle to drill into corners. I just like the looks of it, so I've kept it hanging on my shop wall. Millers Falls breast drills are really good too. I've got one of those. I've held onto quite a few different tools by them.
I had MF 14C (Stanley No. 5 equivalent) with a corrugated bottom. It was the first plane I ever tuned up and used. Someone else liked it more than I did and I sold it. Really wish I had kept it. It was one of the best vintage planes I've used.
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