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Brace with odd-numbered swing - Bill_Houghton - 10-08-2015
Far too many braces have passed through my hands, and still far too many are living in my shop. The swings on braces tend, I've found, to be in even numbers - 6", 8", 10", and so on.
Today, at a rummage sale, I picked up the second one I've found with an odd-numbered swing, at 13". I didn't get it for that reason - it's got a really nice ball-bearing chuck - but I'll probably keep it for that reason. Good 14"-swing braces are hard to find, and this is close enough.
The hard-to-read logo seems to read "P.O.&W." (NOT P.S.&W., which was my first thought) around the top of a circle and "Guaranteed" around the bottom, with an undecipherable logo in the middle. There's also a number on it: 8012. Any ideas as to maker?
Re: Brace with odd-numbered swing - Pat Zabrocki - 10-08-2015
somebody has to say it, perhaps it is a Peck, Oh, and Wilcox
Re: Brace with odd-numbered swing - TobyC - 10-08-2015
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a hand with cold chisel in a circle, with "P.S. & W., Guaranteed" around the circle
Quote:
This 12" brace is numbered 8012B and was near the top of P.S.&W’s brace line in its day.
http://www.sydnassloot.com/brace/psw.htm
Re: Brace with odd-numbered swing - TobyC - 10-08-2015
ANTIQUE PECK, STOW & WILCOX NO. 8012 "SAMSON" BRACE DRILL WITH 12" SWEEP
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-peck-stow-wilcox-8012-samson-290687149
Re: Brace with odd-numbered swing - TobyC - 10-08-2015
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Re: Brace with odd-numbered swing - TobyC - 10-08-2015
In other words, I think it does say P.S. & W.
Show pix to the contrary.
Re: Brace with odd-numbered swing - Joe Bailey - 10-08-2015
TobyC said:
In other words, I think it does say P.S. & W.
I agree -- I also bet it isn't stamped "13", but rather "12" (the last two digits in the part number)
Re: Brace with odd-numbered swing - TobyC - 10-08-2015
Joe Bailey said:
[blockquote]TobyC said:
In other words, I think it does say P.S. & W.
I agree -- I also bet it isn't stamped "13", but rather "12" (the last two digits in the part number)
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+1
Re: Brace with odd-numbered swing - Bill_Houghton - 10-08-2015
Oh, it's stamped 8012 - but the radius of the swing is definitely 6-1/2", from center of crank to center of knob spindle.
Re: Brace with odd-numbered swing - GNP - 10-09-2015
I measured my Pexto 8012, and it's 5 7/8. I got short changed.
