Tools - Braces, Drills, Augers & Gimlets

7/26/2019 Tools - Braces, Drills, Augers & Gimlets

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Detail: Mechanick Exercises: Or The Doctrine Of Handy-Worksby Joseph Moxon 1703


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L'Art du Menuisierby Andr Roubo 1774


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Dutch Style Burl Bit Brace18th Century

(Jim Bode Antique Tools)


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Bitstocks or Bit Braces

18th Century(Colonial Williamsburg)


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Birmingham, England, Bitstocks or Bit Brace of Birchc. 1770 - 1781

(Colonial Williamsburg)


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Bit Brace18th Century

(Private Collection)


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European Cormier Wood Bit Brace

18th Century(Jim Bode Antique Tools)


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European Cormier Wood Bit Brace18th Century



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Cage Head Bit Brace18th Century



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Bit Brace18th - Possibly Early 19th Century



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Chairmakers Chest Brace with Spoon Bit18th - Possibly Early 19th Century



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Chairmakers Chest Brace with Spoon Bit18th - Possibly Early 19th Century



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3/8 Spoon Bit18th Century



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Bow Drill18th Century



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Auger

18th Century(Big Daddy Collection)


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Auger



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Chairmakers T Auger



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Auger Nose Tip18th Century



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Augers. Recovered from the Wreck of the General Carleton of Whitby 1785

From: Ossowski, Waldemar, ed.; "The General Carleton Shipwreck, 1785."Archaeological Research of the Polish Maritime Museum. Vol. 1. Maritime Museum in Gdansk. Gdansk, Poland. 2008


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Center Bit Augerc. 1780 - 1840



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Cock Auger



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Cock Auger



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Twist Auger Tip18th Century



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(Fort Dobbs)


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Gimlet for Creating Pilot Holes18th Century



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Gimlets for Creating Pilot Holes



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Gimlets for Creating Pilot Holes



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9 Gimlet or Draw Bore Pin18th Century



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Gimlet. Recovered from the Wreck of the Boscawen, which sank in Lake Champlain in the late 1760'sFrom: Grant, David Mitchell; "Tools from the French and Indian War Sloop Boscawen" Texas A and M University. 1996.


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Gimlet. Recovered from the Wreck of the General Carleton of Whitby 1785

From: Ossowski, Waldemar, ed.; "The General Carleton Shipwreck, 1785."

Archaeological Research of the Polish Maritime Museum. Vol. 1. Maritime Museum in Gdansk. Gdansk, Poland. 2008


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From: Ossowski, Waldemar, ed.; "The General Carleton Shipwreck, 1785."

Archaeological Research of the Polish Maritime Museum. Vol. 1. Maritime Museum in Gdansk. Gdansk, Poland. 2008


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From: Ossowski, Waldemar, ed.; "The General Carleton Shipwreck, 1785."Archaeological Research of the Polish Maritime Museum. Vol. 1. Maritime Museum in Gdansk. Gdansk, Poland. 2008


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