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"AAvK"

01/02/2005 2:39 AM

Using an old brace as a wrench?


Hello all, I need to know if any company stills makes or just does make adapters
with tapered squared shanks that fit in old braces, I wouldn't mind using my braces
with sockets for lag bolts in woodworking, so I would need such an adapter... are
there any such thing out there on the market? Is it a common part?

TIA,

--
Alex
cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com
http://www.e-sword.net/


This topic has 23 replies

JG

Joe Gorman

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

02/02/2005 8:56 AM

Jim K wrote:
> sigh... someone's got their dad's, someone's got thier granddads --
> I've got mine....
>
> On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 10:30:16 -0600, Patriarch
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>mac davis <[email protected]> wrote in
>>news:[email protected]:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>yeahbut... a brace is more "woodworker like" and ratchets.. *g*
>>>
>>>(and I just bought one on Ebay, cuz my dad had one?)
>>>
>>
>>I have my grandfather's...
>>
>>Patriarch,
>>wanting some Jennings' pattern augers now...
>
>
I thought I had my Dad's, but Mom corrected me one time when I was
visiting at home, it's her mothers, as is the set of Irwin augers
in the wooden box with the $18.50 price on it. she got 10% off
according to Mom though.
I also have a few of my own, from Flea Markets here and there.
Joe

DH

Dave Hinz

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

02/02/2005 10:29 PM

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:18:30 GMT, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> sigh is right. I've got someone's Dad's Bell System brace.
> meep-meep, vvvvvvvrrrrrrrroooooooommmmmmm...
> UA100, who will on occasion chuck a flat blade in it to pry
> open the crack of dawn...

Um. I think I speak for at least one of us when I say:
"What?!?!?!?"

BG

Bob G.

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

01/02/2005 10:05 AM

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 02:39:33 -0800, "AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Hello all, I need to know if any company stills makes or just does make adapters
>with tapered squared shanks that fit in old braces, I wouldn't mind using my braces
>with sockets for lag bolts in woodworking, so I would need such an adapter... are
>there any such thing out there on the market? Is it a common part?
>
>TIA,
==========================
Seems like a heck of a long time.... but It has been almost 10 years
since I pulled my brace off the wall and USED it...

BUT I also restore cars as a hobby....

Why not just buy a speed wrench
at your local auto parts store.... a Speed wrench looks just like a
Brace.. so spotting one is not difficult...

Bob Griffiths

Di

Dave in Fairfax

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

02/02/2005 10:34 PM

Jim K wrote:
>sigh... someone's got their dad's, someone's got thier granddads --
>I've got mine....

You're looking at it from the wrong direction. Rather than
looking back the timeline, remember that His Dad had his own, and
the Grad Dad had his own also. You've got your own. Look toward
the future.

Dave in Fairfax
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use:
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Aa

"AAvK"

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

01/02/2005 4:07 AM


> Watch the wrap...
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=32300&cat=1,180,42337&ap=1 Michael Latcha - at home in Redford, MI
>
>
Yeah that's cool, thanks. But if anyone else knows, I do want to know of any
other resources, would be great too.

--
Alex
cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com
http://www.e-sword.net/

md

mac davis

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

03/02/2005 8:16 AM

On 2 Feb 2005 22:29:17 GMT, Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:18:30 GMT, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> sigh is right. I've got someone's Dad's Bell System brace.
>> meep-meep, vvvvvvvrrrrrrrroooooooommmmmmm...
>> UA100, who will on occasion chuck a flat blade in it to pry
>> open the crack of dawn...
>
>Um. I think I speak for at least one of us when I say:
>"What?!?!?!?"
>
or "who"...
I was wondering who Dawn was... *g*


mac

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md

mac davis

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

01/02/2005 7:59 AM

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 10:05:35 -0500, Bob G.
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 02:39:33 -0800, "AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>Hello all, I need to know if any company stills makes or just does make adapters
>>with tapered squared shanks that fit in old braces, I wouldn't mind using my braces
>>with sockets for lag bolts in woodworking, so I would need such an adapter... are
>>there any such thing out there on the market? Is it a common part?
>>
>>TIA,
>==========================
>Seems like a heck of a long time.... but It has been almost 10 years
>since I pulled my brace off the wall and USED it...
>
>BUT I also restore cars as a hobby....
>
>Why not just buy a speed wrench
>at your local auto parts store.... a Speed wrench looks just like a
>Brace.. so spotting one is not difficult...
>
>Bob Griffiths

yeahbut... a brace is more "woodworker like" and ratchets.. *g*

(and I just bought one on Ebay, cuz my dad had one?)


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

ML

"Michael Latcha"

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

01/02/2005 11:08 AM

Watch the wrap...

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=32300&cat=1,180,42337&ap=1

Michael Latcha - at home in Redford, MI


"AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:l%ILd.2247$mt.18@fed1read03...
>
> Hello all, I need to know if any company stills makes or just does make
> adapters
> with tapered squared shanks that fit in old braces, I wouldn't mind using
> my braces
> with sockets for lag bolts in woodworking, so I would need such an
> adapter... are
> there any such thing out there on the market? Is it a common part?
>
> TIA,
>
> --
> Alex
> cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com
> http://www.e-sword.net/
>

Pg

Patriarch

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

01/02/2005 10:30 AM

mac davis <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

<snip>
> yeahbut... a brace is more "woodworker like" and ratchets.. *g*
>
> (and I just bought one on Ebay, cuz my dad had one?)
>

I have my grandfather's...

Patriarch,
wanting some Jennings' pattern augers now...

LD

Lobby Dosser

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

02/02/2005 2:27 AM

Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 10:05:35 -0500, the inscrutable Bob G.
> <[email protected]> spake:
>
>>On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 02:39:33 -0800, "AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Hello all, I need to know if any company stills makes or just does
>>>make adapters with tapered squared shanks that fit in old braces, I
>>>wouldn't mind using my braces with sockets for lag bolts in
>>>woodworking, so I would need such an adapter... are there any such
>>>thing out there on the market? Is it a common part?
>>>
>>>TIA,

Lee Valley. Bought a set about 6 months ago. Check the web site.

jJ

[email protected] (Jeffrey Thunder)

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

03/02/2005 6:35 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> writes:

> UA100, who will on occasion chuck a flat blade in it to pry
> open the crack of dawn...

Wow. That's a pretty strange notion of foreplay, even for
a sWisconsonite. Does St. Suzan know of this Dawn woman?

OBWW: My brace is from my paternal grandfather's tool collection.
I also have a toolbox he built along with sundry other tools
(he was a mechanic by trade, not a woodworker).

--
Jeff Thunder
Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
Northern Illinois Univ.
jthunder at math dot niu dot edu

sD

[email protected] (Doug Miller)

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

01/02/2005 3:53 PM

In article <[email protected]>, "TaskMule" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> In article <4iKLd.3161$mt.1266@fed1read03>, "AAvK" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>> >
>> >> Watch the wrap...
>> >>
>http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=32300&cat=1,180,42337&ap=1
>> > Michael Latcha - at home in Redford, MI
>> >>
>> >>
>> >Yeah that's cool, thanks. But if anyone else knows, I do want to know of
>any
>> >other resources, would be great too.
>> >
>> There are _loads_ of six-sided adapters available, that would also work
>for
>> this purpose. They're included with many nutdriver or socket sets, and you
>> should have _no_ trouble finding one at any home center.
>>
>
>Yes but this is regarding _4 sided_ adaptors.

I can read, thank you. My point was that six-sided adaptors can be used as
well, and they're easier to find.

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mac davis

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

01/02/2005 7:57 AM

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:08:36 GMT, "Michael Latcha"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Watch the wrap...
>
>http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=32300&cat=1,180,42337&ap=1
>
>Michael Latcha - at home in Redford, MI
>
>
>"AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:l%ILd.2247$mt.18@fed1read03...
>>
>> Hello all, I need to know if any company stills makes or just does make
>> adapters
>> with tapered squared shanks that fit in old braces, I wouldn't mind using
>> my braces
>> with sockets for lag bolts in woodworking, so I would need such an
>> adapter... are
>> there any such thing out there on the market? Is it a common part?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> --
>> Alex
>> cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com
>> http://www.e-sword.net/
>>
>
COOL! I'm going to order D and E, even though they total more than I
paid for my brace.. lol


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Aa

"AAvK"

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

01/02/2005 9:48 AM


> I have my grandfather's...
> Patriarch,
> wanting some Jennings' pattern augers now...


I just caught a Millers Falls 731 12", a bunch of auger bits and flat screwdriver
bits for $11 on eBay... this brace is a REAL tool, man I swear...! It is really
impressive, and I didn't have a realistic idea about them until I handled it.

--
Alex
cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com
http://www.e-sword.net/

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

01/02/2005 2:03 PM

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 10:05:35 -0500, the inscrutable Bob G.
<[email protected]> spake:

>On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 02:39:33 -0800, "AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>Hello all, I need to know if any company stills makes or just does make adapters
>>with tapered squared shanks that fit in old braces, I wouldn't mind using my braces
>>with sockets for lag bolts in woodworking, so I would need such an adapter... are
>>there any such thing out there on the market? Is it a common part?
>>
>>TIA,
>==========================
>Seems like a heck of a long time.... but It has been almost 10 years
>since I pulled my brace off the wall and USED it...

He could swing by HF and pick up the set of 3 (1/4, 3/8, 1/2")
hex-driven square drive adapters for $1.99. They'll fit the
standard high-quality ancient brace. (Go for it, Varky!)


>BUT I also restore cars as a hobby....
>
>Why not just buy a speed wrench
>at your local auto parts store.... a Speed wrench looks just like a
>Brace.. so spotting one is not difficult...

Sacre bleu, Bob. Speed wrenches are so outré!


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Jim K

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

02/02/2005 1:59 AM

sigh... someone's got their dad's, someone's got thier granddads --
I've got mine....

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 10:30:16 -0600, Patriarch
<[email protected]> wrote:

>mac davis <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
><snip>
>> yeahbut... a brace is more "woodworker like" and ratchets.. *g*
>>
>> (and I just bought one on Ebay, cuz my dad had one?)
>>
>
>I have my grandfather's...
>
>Patriarch,
>wanting some Jennings' pattern augers now...

TW

Tom Watson

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

02/02/2005 5:57 PM

On 2 Feb 2005 22:29:17 GMT, Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:18:30 GMT, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> sigh is right. I've got someone's Dad's Bell System brace.
>> meep-meep, vvvvvvvrrrrrrrroooooooommmmmmm...
>> UA100, who will on occasion chuck a flat blade in it to pry
>> open the crack of dawn...
>
>Um. I think I speak for at least one of us when I say:
>"What?!?!?!?"
>


No, you don't.




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http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

md

mac davis

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

01/02/2005 8:50 PM

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 01:59:29 GMT, Jim K <jkajpust@###ameritech.net>
wrote:

damn, Jim... and I thought that I was old... lmao

>sigh... someone's got their dad's, someone's got thier granddads --
>I've got mine....
>
>On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 10:30:16 -0600, Patriarch
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>mac davis <[email protected]> wrote in
>>news:[email protected]:
>>
>><snip>
>>> yeahbut... a brace is more "woodworker like" and ratchets.. *g*
>>>
>>> (and I just bought one on Ebay, cuz my dad had one?)
>>>
>>
>>I have my grandfather's...
>>
>>Patriarch,
>>wanting some Jennings' pattern augers now...



mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

UA

Unisaw A100

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

02/02/2005 10:18 PM

Jim K wrote:
>sigh... someone's got their dad's, someone's got thier granddads --
>I've got mine....



sigh is right. I've got someone's Dad's Bell System brace.

meep-meep, vvvvvvvrrrrrrrroooooooommmmmmm...

UA100, who will on occasion chuck a flat blade in it to pry
open the crack of dawn...

md

mac davis

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

02/02/2005 8:08 AM

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:56:45 -0500, Joe Gorman <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I thought I had my Dad's, but Mom corrected me one time when I was
>visiting at home, it's her mothers, as is the set of Irwin augers
>in the wooden box with the $18.50 price on it. she got 10% off
>according to Mom though.
>I also have a few of my own, from Flea Markets here and there.
>Joe

Cool! Pretty liberated lady for her time....

My dad had a sign shop and had several braces, which I had a chance to
get when he died... out of 4 kids, nobody wanted them!

I wish like hell i would have taken them now, and the bits, etc.,
instead of getting nostalgic and buying a used one on Ebay this year..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

UA

Unisaw A100

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

03/02/2005 10:32 AM

>Um. I think I speak for at least one of us when I say:
>"What?!?!?!?"


Google the words Bell System Brace or Bell System (insert
name of almost any hand tool here).

'Twas a time when you needed to work for the company to have
one of these and then came many retirements (and good old
'Merican pilfering of course).

sigh...

UA100

sD

[email protected] (Doug Miller)

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

01/02/2005 2:08 PM

In article <4iKLd.3161$mt.1266@fed1read03>, "AAvK" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Watch the wrap...
>> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=32300&cat=1,180,42337&ap=1
> Michael Latcha - at home in Redford, MI
>>
>>
>Yeah that's cool, thanks. But if anyone else knows, I do want to know of any
>other resources, would be great too.
>
There are _loads_ of six-sided adapters available, that would also work for
this purpose. They're included with many nutdriver or socket sets, and you
should have _no_ trouble finding one at any home center.

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"TaskMule"

in reply to "AAvK" on 01/02/2005 2:39 AM

01/02/2005 9:46 AM


"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <4iKLd.3161$mt.1266@fed1read03>, "AAvK" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> >
> >> Watch the wrap...
> >>
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=32300&cat=1,180,42337&ap=1
> > Michael Latcha - at home in Redford, MI
> >>
> >>
> >Yeah that's cool, thanks. But if anyone else knows, I do want to know of
any
> >other resources, would be great too.
> >
> There are _loads_ of six-sided adapters available, that would also work
for
> this purpose. They're included with many nutdriver or socket sets, and you
> should have _no_ trouble finding one at any home center.
>

Yes but this is regarding _4 sided_ adaptors.


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