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"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 07/20/2020 at 08:31 • Filed to: None

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These belonged to my grandfather. He was no craftsman nor woodworker. I haven’t studied them for a clue as to date of manufacture, but I’m guessing the 70s.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/20/2020 at 08:37

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Oooooh...hand brace auger bits.

As for your 1970s dating...when was the last time you ever saw a tradesperson using a brace and bit? I'd be guessing a decade or two earlier myself...

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/20/2020 at 08:37

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Very cool! I have a similar set of boring bits, that were my great grandfather's. He owned a lumber yard in the San Diego area. 70's seems right to me, maybe 60's.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 07/20/2020 at 08:43

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They can actually be really handy. Woodworker Paul Sellers uses them on YouTube on occasion. They are handy for things like drilling holes through a stool seat. If you drill most of the way through until the threads ("snail") breaks through the surface, you can then drill through the other side with minimal tearout.

Sovande > BaconSandwich is tasty. 07/20/2020 at 09:13

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You can do the same thing with a regular drill and a forstner bit too.  

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > BaconSandwich is tasty. 07/20/2020 at 09:36

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Very true. I find their machine driven brethren very handy for many things...

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Sovande 07/20/2020 at 10:19

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My budget F orstner bits have a pyramid shaped end, so maybe not quite as well. :P

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 07/20/2020 at 11:25

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In the 21st Century, we use exciting bits instead of boring bits.

I am afraid to use these for fear of breaking them.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/20/2020 at 11:34

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*rimshot*

These kind of bits can only be used with a hand operated bit brace. As such, you are VERY unlikely to break them. Those were built to last many years in the tool case of a carpenter back in the day.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 07/20/2020 at 13:08

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I have a brace. Now that I’ve located them again, I’ll be on the lookout for a chance to use one.

I came across someone using pocket screws in a construction setting several weeks ago. Specifically, they’d used them for a temporary framing of a wall.

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/20/2020 at 13:16

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They work surprisingly well. I have a set that I have students use sometimes at school.

That’s a new one to me.  I haven’t seen them used in framing before.

Stef Schrader > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/20/2020 at 15:34

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Those are nice. I love vintage tools so much.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Stef Schrader 07/20/2020 at 16:45

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Hey, Stef. I like them as well. I’ve written to Irwin to see if I can get a determination from them of when these would have been manufactured. The set is pretty much unused.