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A brace is a hand tool used with a bit (drill bit or auger) to drill holes, usually in wood. Pressure is applied to the top while the handle is rotated. If the bit's lead and cutting spurs are both in good working order, the user should not have to apply any pressure other than for balance: the lead will pull the bit through the wood.
It is uncertain when the brace and bit was invented; however, the earliest picture found so far dates from the 15th century. [9] It is a type of hand crank drill that consists of two parts as seen in the picture. The brace, on the upper half, is where the user holds and turns it and on the lower part is the bit.
Eventually the success of the Yankee line of tools led the Stanley Works tool company to acquire the North Bros. in 1946, chiefly to improve their own product lines. Stanley was primarily interested in their bit and brace designs, which continued to be produced unchanged at Stanley for decades, and the spiral ratchet "Yankee" screwdrivers. The ...
Spoon bits are the traditional boring tools used with a brace. They should never be used with a power drill of any kind. Their key advantage over regular brace bits and power drill bits is that the angle of the hole can be adjusted. This is very important in chairmaking, because all the angles are usually eyeballed.
Brace (tool), a hand tool for drilling holes, also known as a bit brace; Brace (theatre), a stabilizer for a piece of scenery; A reinforcement used in architecture, such as in timber framing; Wheel brace, aka lug wrench, used to remove nuts or bolts holding wheels to a vehicle; Bracing (mechanics), a structural element designed to resist forces
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