Vintage Ratcheting Carpenter's Brace Complete Restoration with New Handles

[@VeroniqueAiyacs]

What a superb restoration! My husband offers a few suggestions, if he may. The middle handle can be cut in half first and glued back with a piece of paper in between. It can then be drilled and turned on a mandrel and afterwards simply split with a sharp chisel (dilute the glue a little) and then re-glued. (Cocktail sticks can be used as locators before final gluing)This will avoid nasty glue lines. (Incidentally, what grit did you use on your polishing mop, please?) Also, please line the jaws on your vice with a piece of lead or copper to avoid marking the work. Finally, my partner says, please, please, please, please treat yourself to a lathe. (The plywood top handle is super!) With best wishes from the UK. Veronique.

[@Damon_Barber]

That looks REALLY good! Taking your time to clean it all thoroughly paid off. And that plywood handle turned out amazing!

[@peterjohnston8507]

Great makeover for an old tool. Plus useful working tool solutions. Thank you

[@mikesebphoto]

I gotta say, a belt sander sanding a piece of wood being turned in a drill press Chuck was one of the more enjoyable “hey y’all, watch ‘is“ moments I’ve had in a while!

[@brucecomerford]

That was great, thanks!

[@joeelsner6607]

Great job! I don’t have a lathe either and use my drill press as well. I do mount a large bolt into the drill press vice to use as a tool rest. Works well but has limitations. Very well done!!!

[@charlesmckinley29]

Very nice work

[@outersketcher]

Yah man.. this was cool. I think that thready stuff you pulled out of the inside of the palm handle was hemp rope packed in there with shellac.

[@singer6659]

Exceedingly helpful video! Thank you for taking your time and showing all the steps for each piece. I love your creativity using the materials and tools you had at hand. A lot of these videos are machine porn in dream-size workshops. Gorgeous restoration!

[@robohippy]

Necessity is the mother of invention. Nice job! I would have done the handle a bit differently, and not because I have lathes.... The technique is to take 2 pieces of wood, plane the surfaces flat, glue a piece of brown paper grocery bag in between the two, then drill and turn. When done turning or shaping, then use a chisel to separate the pieces, scrape off the paper and then glue the 2 halves together again. The blue painter's tape is great for pressure when gluing together again, or if you have some, the stretch film works great too.

[@stephenkent8903]

Wow what an impressive restoration! Well done! Oh and I like how you went outside the tool box to get certain parts made when you don't have the expensive correct tools. Bravo!!!!

[@THEWORKSSHOP]

Thank you!

[@fayiznalu8411]

Excellent job 👍

[@grumpylucero5554]

Exactly what I needed!Thanks for posting. Great video.

[@DANYMITERESTORATION]

Item worth restoring - great job! I enjoyed your work.

[@THEWORKSSHOP]

Thank you!

[@DraganIlich-r1s]

Congratulation Sir.🎉

[@nickstoic2944]

Awesome work, thank you for sharing.

[@KiwiBushcraftAndSurvival]

Legendary, thanks man... I needed a good laugh! Fantastic video, awesome humor!

[@THEWORKSSHOP]

Thank you!

[@billclark81]

That is fantastic

[@garyostrander2507]

VERY - - - NICE

[@Snakes-w1c]

I don't have a lathe...Missed opportunity for Guile's Theme. Still, great job.

[@dorseywsg]

thank you

[@5phutsangtao-iQ]

Learn good things from friends

[@RestorationAustralia]

Nice job well done.

[@THEWORKSSHOP]

Thanks!

[@channelsixtysix066]

Yes, there is greasy crap inside the chuck, but at least it prevented rust. I read from a 1940s wood working book, the way to loosen screws in wood, is to put a soldering iron on the screw head and let the heat expand the screw, inside the hole. I haven't tried that myself, but I guess you keep the iron in place until you smell the wood heating up. Excellent restoration. I particularly like the very generous, comfortable handles you made. Better than the small commercially-made ones you find on old bit braces. Earlier braces from the 19th. C. had no wooden free-moving crank handle at all, imagine the blisters after a dozen holes or so.

[@THEWORKSSHOP]

Thank you, I will try that soldering iron trick next time I have old screws that are in tight.

[@RESTORATIONOFSCRAPMETAL]

nice restoration👍

[@НиколайШевченко-у9в]

Отличная работа , имею такой в арсенале , только советского производства ,и ещё много ручного инструмента по дереву и знаете , часто нахожу ему применение

[@JustinRamey3]

Awesome job. I have a question though. Why didn't you remove the bearings in the handle, clean and lubricate those? Did you have difficulty removing them?

[@THEWORKSSHOP]

Thanks! The bearing for the top handle was working quite smoothly and to get it apart would require grinding, and later, tacking a weld or two to hold it together. I decided a shot of spray grease is less risky. Now if they had been in rough shape I would have had to take it apart to replace any ball or needle bearings inside. I got lucky with this one.

[@philipchandler330]

Great job. I have 2 to do not as bad of shape thankfully

[@Mason-hs9oz]

Oh, those brace heads have fiber in them. Weight saving and vibration dampening?

[@jorgevarela4011]

Muy buen trabajo amigo yo también restauré el mío, pero le puse otra madera eucalipto y me quedo muy lindo

[@borisjohnson1944]

It is called a Brace. Auger is the bit you put in the chuck.

[@THEWORKSSHOP]

You are right, I've corrected my error. Thanks for pointing that out.

[@SeekAndDestroyTM]

Where can I get a replacement jaws? Mine are cracking.

[@pedro.federici]

Womderfull

[@lobsteroverrun]

i'm sorry, but using a power drill in the restoration of a bit brace feels like it should be illegal somehow. great video!

[@THEWORKSSHOP]

Thank you!

[@montebegaye8912]

It's okay. Merlin had a bigger mess than that on his table. Thus endeth the lesson. Carry on.

[@yvesquiniou]

pourquoi pas du vrai bois ?

[@UPTHETOWN]

It's a brace. Google auger

[@rogerpatrongonzalez5800]

👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍🥃🥃🥃

[@diyresttube]

👏👏👏

[@diyresttube]

thumbs up man..well done.

[@mimwarlick1604]

OK…get a wood turning lathe. Why would you use sh!tty plywood to make the top? Original makers used nice wood.

[@singer6659]

Because he used what he had on hand. I think it looks awesome and comfortable to use.

[@DraganIlich-r1s]

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