Refurbished Brace

Very nice brace restoration.

Nice restoration. It’s always a pleasure to bring old disgarded tools back to life. Enjoy.

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nice restore.

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Sounds like a lot of work but now it’s like new .good work.

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That brace has got it going on Carter. Very nice work. Just curious, but if you drilled a 3/8” hole and then sawed the handle in half, the hole would no longer be circular when you glued it back together. Did you elongate the hole in the two halves to compensate for the wood that was removed by the saw kerf?

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that is really really nice. looks brand new. u won’t find anything that well built too often. nice restore

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Beautifull job! Would have loved to see a before picture.

@Brit; I read it as he ‘split’ the turned handle and understood that he (using a wedge or something) split it like one would firewood. Then glued it back together. Thus no missing wood. But I may be wrong.

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You are right Tokolosi. I split the handle with a jack knife, so there was no lost wood, therefore the 3/8” was still perfectly cylindrical. You must use a perfectly straight grained wood to do this. I chose walnut too because it usually splits very nice and clean.

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Thanks for explanation guys. Good to know.

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Looks awesome….great job on it!

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you did a really nice job there. I have an idenical brace which I restored, but you went a couple steps further than I did. Hmm…someday I’m removing that texture as you did and making new wooden parts.

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I would love to have on my bench for sure, it a beauty nice rehab….thanks for posting…BC

Really super job on the restore.

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Nice save, hope it’s for use and not JUST a wall hanger.

-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)

I only buy tools for use. Although I do have it hanging on the wall when I am not using it.

-- And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord... Colossians 3:23