Just a walk-about...

[steven c newman]

Needed to stretch things out a bit. Trying to loosen the lower back up by taking a long walk....three blocks each way....

Stopped at a place ( shhh, secret location stuff) and looked around....a selection of wood bodied jointers.....some even had an iron in the them...nah.

Main floor was a wash. Most wanted way too much...those Jointers? $15 -20 a piece...

So, wandered down a flight of stairs to a basement of sorts....could really smell the rust.....ah, way back in a corner, a "new" vendor had a few things sitting out...

A Capewell #5? Painted bright red? steel toad, er, frog? missing the wheel and it's bolt...@ $15? nah
Couple of wooden crates on the floor...three braces (no bits?) and a hammer or two..hmmmm

Grabbed ONE brace. Looked up towards the wall...five handsaws @ $10 a piece? maybe some other day...that thumbhole one will need a little bit of work..

So, went upstairs and paid the $7 + tax..and walked the three blocks home.

This is what came in the door of the house with me...
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10" holdall??? eh, not quite. After a trip to the rehab center..
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And found a name, at least. A clipped-corners box showed up on the chuck. Made in USA beside it, STANLEY inside it.....kept cleaning the red stuff off......No. 945 10 IN. showed up on an arm, with a STANELY stamped on the other side of that arm. Could see ball bearings in the end handle...jaws still had their springs..
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So...might have been worth the walk? back felt a little better, anyway. :D

[Bill White]

Now wait just a darned minute! That 945 is just like MINE!
It was my Dad's. The plating is shot, but it works like new.
Good find on your walk.
Bill

[steven c newman]

On the walk back home, ran into a roofing crew. They were trying to see where the thunderstorm was coming from....Lead carpenter did know what I was carrying, at least. He just couldn't figure out WHY I would want to use such a thing. Declared it as just for grunt work, too much hard work for him. Looked over at the truck they had....DeWalt stuff all over the place. Times have sure changed....

[Jim Koepke]

Looked over at the truck they had....DeWalt stuff all over the place.

I bet my brace and I could drill more 1" holes through 4" lumber than the battery on a DeWalt.

jtk

[Chris Hachet]

Neat finds...!

[Al Launier]

That's steal! Did you get visiting rights too?

[Pat Barry]

I bet my brace and I could drill more 1" holes through 4" lumber than the battery on a DeWalt.

jtk

You may be fast Jim, but you'd never keep up with the DeWalt, and if you were paying your carpenters by the hour, you'd probably fire them for using a brace and bit for more than a couple specialty holes.

[Stew Denton]

Hey Steven,

It looks like ya did good to me. Very nice brace and nice rehab job.

Stew