Need help with a Fulton Special brace

[Cody Cantrell]

I just bought an 8" Fulton Special for a good price. Turns out the ratchet selection lever is missing. I looked up the patent info and it looks like something I could fabricate but the model I have is slightly different than the patent drawing. So... I was wondering if anyone had any pictures of one that they could post so I could look at it and come up with a plan. Thanks alot.

Cody Cantrell

[Bill Houghton]

Posting a picture of your incomplete one might help us offer you advice, too, although we'll probably contradict each other, adding confusion to your project.

[Cody Cantrell]

Here are pictures of the area were the part is missing. If you look up patent # 488691 on google you can see what it was supposed to look like.252221
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[Cody Cantrell]

I found pictures on Sandy Moss' website under the Goodell Bros. braces but the picture only shows the side view. Anybody familiar with these braces?

[Cody Cantrell]

Got it fixed used the patent drawing and pictures off Sydnas Sloot's brace page. Works well, not 2101A well, but well enough.
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[Jim Koepke]

It is great to see an individual's ingenuity overcome an obstacle in putting something old back to work.

It would be great if someone could work that ingenuity on me. :D

jtk