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    Default Gloat - two Yankee braces resurrected

    Recently I luckily managed to get two dismantled Stanley Yankee braces (one 10" sweep and the other 12" sweep) on eBay for a very good price (less than $75 inc postage fro the pair).
    As you can see from the before photo (which was in the eBay ad), the 10"was later model with most of its plating still in place, while the 12" had been painted with red to cover the rust and then further rust had accumulated.
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    A previous owner had dismantled them to some extent (except for the selector on the 12"which was in place) and the 12"s spring was missing the stake that engages the selector rod. I spent 30 minutes or so looking at the bits and pieces and decided that it looked like almost everything was there and even if it wasn't I could canabalise one of them to complete the other if one couldn't be repaired by me.

    As it turned out, the 10"had been cleaned up very well - it had been supplied with grease in the ratchet housing but that had been cleaned out and everything looked ready to go. I went ahead and put it together (taking care to ensure that the ratchet pawls are put in with the square sided groove engaging the leaf spring.

    The 12" was a different kettle of fish. First I checked that I could get the ratchet selector pin and the spring mechanism for it out. It came out easily, so that wasn't why the tool was still in pieces. Then I looked at the leaf spring and decided that I could use a suitable nail to be the stake for the centre of the spring, file a collar around the top to fit the hole in the middle of the spring and peen that over to hold it in place. When that worked, I decided to use the Dremel to clean off the red paint rust and crud. When that was done, a quick overnight soak in kero cleaned and degreased the parts and then this morning they all went together sweet as a nut!

    Here are some after photos
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    One interesting point is that the 12" has oiling points in the ratchet box and chuck, and there was no sign of hardened grease in it. I may add similar oiling points to the 10", since the grease is unnecessary and can just cause the whole thing to get impacted.
    Cheers

    Jeremy
    If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly

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    They are very nice braces aren't they. The ratchet is so fine they don't click, but purr in use. I managed to pick up two a few years back (a 2100 and a 2101) the 2100 has had a clean and works well. The 2101 has a fault that I haven't got around to looking to see if I can fix, yet.

    Cheers, Vann.
    Gatherer of rusty planes tools...
    Proud member of the Wadkin Blockhead Club .

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    Yes, they are lovely braces
    I already had a 8” sweep one, so now I have a full set!
    I think I might look to downsizing my brace collection (but not including the Yankees)!
    Cheers

    Jeremy
    If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly

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