NEW drill (new to me)

[Hmerkle]

My John S. Fray Spofford's patent brace seemed to be lonely so I bought her a big brother (that is a 14 in swing!)
I wonder what was the smallest swing they made?

 

[rcarmac]

Where do you put the battery

 

[Hmerkle]

Where do you put the battery

I think it takes one of those carbohydrate batteries... at least that is what I told LOML!

 

[Oka]

Just add the Hankergizer to it and it will perform as designed.

 

[Hmerkle]

Just add the Hankergizer to it and it will perform as designed.

unfortunately the "Hankergizer" is more like one of the energizer bunny's victims! LOL

 

[tvrgeek]

Curious, do you have bits and do you use them? I sold my B&Bs several years ago as I had not used them in years. I used the brace with a Philips bit moor than drills, but then went battery.

 

[Hmerkle]

Curious, do you have bits and do you use them? I sold my B&Bs several years ago as I had not used them in years. I used the brace with a Philips bit moor than drills, but then went battery.

yes, the NCWW enablers helped me get a full set of irwin bits and I have two sets of Jennings pattern bits. I still use battery tools (dewalt and as you know a reasonably acquired Makita set) for a lot of work, but it is really enjoyable to put a perfectly round hole in a board with ZERO noise!

The REALLY neat thing about the John S. Fray's Spoffard style is the ease of changing bits. you don't have to open the chuck of a normal brace, you simply twist the thumb screw (it is about a 1/4 to a 1/2 turn and remove the bit and you can put in the next one!

 

[tvrgeek]

I have wondered about a brace now we have those nifty Bosch spade bits with a auger tip. When I had mine (a Dunlop) bits were round shank and that did not go well with the tapered square chuck. Plus bits were very very expensive. I beat too many of mine up working on house things. What I did have, and got a pretty price for, was a set of twist drills, 1/8 to 3/8.

What you can do is drill curved holes that is very hard with a twist drill! Cut back spoon bit.