Rarest and finest of the Stanley braces,
this one has 95% of its nickel plating remaining and has excellent,
albeit refinished, wood. A larger fraction of the whiter, much
thinner chromium
plating has been lost from the outer surface. This is the
aristocrat of all Stanley braces. It has the strongest spindle
and the smoothest ratchet, with sixteen clicks per revolution, twice
the number in the 2101 series of Yankee braces formerly made by North
Bros. The ratchet has even less drag than that of the 2101 series
braces' ratchet mechanisms. Four US Patents are marked on the
brace (1,880,521
& 1,915,245
for the chuck; and 1,562,862
& 1,825,936
for the ratchet mechanism) but US
Patent No. 1,915,245
is for a method of securing the spindle that was used on other Stanley
braces, not here. The PAT. PEND.
patent is Christian Bodmer's No.
1,825,936 for the exact ratchet mechanism used in this brace.
In my Patented
& Distinctive Bit Braces study I've listed another example of
the Stanley No.810 brace with a detailed explanation of the workings of
the ratchet mechanism. That brace has an earlier chuck than this
one.
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