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  1. 10th June 2017, 11:35 AM #1
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    Default James Chapman Drill- Brace.

    Hi all,
    A drill-brace is, as I'm sure you all know, two tools in one. It can be used as a breast drill and with the removal of the cranked gear wheel becomes a common brace. Attached photo of a drill-brace by John S. Fray of Bridgeport USA from about c.1910, though models by Millers Falls date back to the 1880's. These are a typically American tool but in the Fine Tool Journal vol 66 No 3 an article on drill braces notes a unit made in England and branded James Howarth, Sheffield Rd No 239718. That Reg No 239718 belongs to James A. Chapman of Sheffield. The photo of the tool in the magazine shows a nonagonal chuck which is also very much a Chapman design. Also featured is a photo of a drill-brace with a latch chuck similar to that used in a scotch brace, which the author thinks may be European but I think may also be by Chapman.
    The author says ' these Drill-Braces show up in catalogs such as Chandler & Farquar, Montgomery & Co., and Franke & Schindler from the years 1893 to 1903".
    Any assistance on this subject is most welcome.
    Thanks.
    Geoff.
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    Here are two more photos, one of the Millers Falls drill-brace no 182 from c. 1887 - 94. This most closely resembles the one attributed to James Howarth, with the drive gear connected to the frame by a thumbscrew. Later models of the MF 182 connected the drive gear by a knurled head mounting bolt through the centre of the gear and as used on the Fray model in my previous post.
    The other photo is of a typical latch used on many scotch braces and similar to the one in the FTJ article.
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