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Brace PEXTO-08 -
P.S.&W.Co. No.1202
Price:
$25.00 plus shipping.
Almost none
of the
nickel plating remains, but the steel surface has a pleasant, smooth
patina with a few shallow pits. The pad is lignum vitae; the wrist
handle
is rosewood.
This brace is all original and fully functional, but it is somewhat
worn, particularly the jaws, which were used on some about 3/8 to 1/2
inch straight-shanked bits for serious drilling. Maybe the seven
notches in the pad marked the successes of making those holes ...
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The July 9,
1895 patent date clearly stamped on the shell of the chuck is shown at
left . The
ball
bearings and the affixing screw are originals.
The fairly legible P.S.&W.Co. trademark
stamped on bow:
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The wrist handle is shown
below. It has no the adjustment mechanism for
perfecting the clearance between the handle and the cylindrical
ferrules.
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The jaw spring follows the drawings
of the patent granted to Pardon
Whitney
and
Robert Ellrich on May 29, 1906. |
