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Offline skipskip

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Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« on: December 27, 2020, 05:31:28 PM »
This one is nicer than most bit braces, good wood , bright plating and fancy chuck.

Sold buy Montgomery Wards labeled "Power Kraft"

also labeled "Made in England"

Stanley made some tools in England, but this doesn't seem similar to any Stanley that I have seen.

Any info?

Thanks


dec367 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

dec368 by Skip Albright, on Flickr


dec369 by Skip Albright, on Flickr
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Re: Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2020, 08:07:17 PM »
I am going to guess it is an Eclipse brace.  I have nothing to back that up on beyond some obscure mental databank recollection from the thousands of braces I have owned. 

I used to get them in huge Donnelly flat lots, weed through them for the good ones, and sell the rest at the flea market for 1.00 to 3.00 each.  I quit buying them when flea market customers quit buying the lower end tools.
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Re: Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2020, 03:30:28 PM »
Many more braces out there than people that want them.
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Re: Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2020, 04:00:48 PM »
Quote from: coolford on December 28, 2020, 03:30:28 PM
Many more braces out there than people that want them.

yes indeed, I was hoping I had ONE I could sell for more than $1

sadly, no

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Re: Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2020, 11:24:33 PM »
Ive not laid eyes on an Eclipse brace before but that one looks quite similar to a Skinner who was also in Sheffield.
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Re: Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2020, 10:40:55 AM »
Golly that DOES look like the one I have

Now I can tag it and hang it up with the others


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Re: Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2021, 05:14:00 PM »
"Power Craft" ... isn't that Montgomery Yard tool logo?  Maybe made in England , because no source in the US for M-W?

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Re: Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2021, 05:17:37 PM »
Quote from: JoeCB on January 01, 2021, 05:14:00 PM
"Power Craft" ... isn't that Montgomery Yard tool logo?  Maybe made in England , because no source in the US for M-W?

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No source or a lower contract bid.
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Re: Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2021, 06:46:43 PM »
The great majority of my Powr-Kraft collection is made up tools from US manufacturers including Indestro, Wright, Barcalo, Thorsen and others. I don’t have a Brace but my Auger bits are made in USA.
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Re: Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2021, 08:51:48 PM »
Quote from: d42jeep on January 01, 2021, 06:46:43 PM
...I don’t have a Brace...
Then why do you have auger bits?
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Re: Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2021, 10:45:41 PM »
Maybe I should rephrase that. I don’t have a Powr-Kraft brace.  :wink:
-Don
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Re: Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2021, 06:42:58 AM »
Hello, Don. Nice groups of woodworking tolls. The cloth? canvas?rolls, are they Bell System, or military? Thanks, Lou
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Re: Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« Reply #12 on: January 02, 2021, 10:21:34 AM »
Lou, those rolls are unmarked. I have a Bell System number drill roll. I also recently put together a WW2 military Irwin roll to go with my Korean era roll which was a garage sale find.
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Re: Snazzy brace but odd name and origin
« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2021, 11:21:13 AM »
Nice !! Thanks for the reply, and the photos!!
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