Both
handles were made from American walnut:
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View inside chuck:
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Corroded stamp: No.919-10 IN:
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B&D-118
Price: $30.00
plus shipping
The
Stanley
Works bought out the John S. Fray Company in 1920, but the patent
for this brace's chuck (images shown below) was not issued until 1930.
Nevertheless, this brace's ratchet housing has the familiar rounded
shape of a Fray-made brace. How could this be so ? It turns out that
the Stanley Works inherited a lot of Fray brace parts, and after their
purchase, they proceeded to use up this inventory as evidenced by the
present brace. The shape of Part 21/D in the patent drawings
exactly matches the jaws of this brace. The condition is OK, with no
damage to anything but the wrist handle, which has a crack on one side;
the nickel plating is long gone and is now replaced by a thick coating
of black magnetite. It all works, too.
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The patent does
not illustrate the two jaws, Part 21/D, separately from their
normal positions in the chuck, so it takes study to discern that shape
without the example of the photographic images. The chuck shell is
retained by a pair of sleeves, one of them secured by a screw that is
easier to see on the actual chuck, and the other captured by the
attachment of the spindle to the ratchet housing.
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