Both
handles were made from rosewood:
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Model No.772-10IN:
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B&D-146
Price: $30.00
plus shipping
This
old brace has taken quite a beating over its lifetime, but it's all
still fully functional. Its handles bear many scars but are intact
nevertheless. The ball bearing chuck has had its nose welded, but the
ball bearings are OK. The nickel plating is just about completely
gone, mostly replaced by black magnetite, now that all the red rust is
gone.
The chuck's pedigree of patents is difficult to follow, as the
ball-bearing shell follows one patent, whereas the jaws follow another
patent. See braces B&D-110
and B&D-130
for other Millers Falls braces in the same model series. B&D-110
has similar (but serrated) jaws and a similarly shaped ball-bearing
shell; B&D-130
has the same jaws as the present brace but a different ball-bearing
shell,
as shown below.
B&D-110
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B&D-130
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