I picked this up in an antique mall recently. I've cleaned it up and got the parts moving smoothly and gave it a go on some scrap. To my somewhat surprise it worked easily and cut a fairly clean tenon on a scrap of pine.
Looking at pics of similar on the web it is missing the length setting stop, but that's not much of an issue. The dowel size is fully adjustable between 1/4" and 1 1/4". These are dated 1878 and by comparison to the run of the mill brace bits I have the drive end is oversize compared to the drills. I'm guessing there must be a variety of brace chuck sizes, just like with modern drill chucks, but luckily I was able to just fit it in to a more modern Stanley brace.
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Looking at pics of similar on the web it is missing the length setting stop, but that's not much of an issue. The dowel size is fully adjustable between 1/4" and 1 1/4". These are dated 1878 and by comparison to the run of the mill brace bits I have the drive end is oversize compared to the drills. I'm guessing there must be a variety of brace chuck sizes, just like with modern drill chucks, but luckily I was able to just fit it in to a more modern Stanley brace.
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