The Humble Hand Brace - A Beginner's Guide to Restoring, Buying and Using

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8 entries

1 Part 1 - Restoring a Brace to 'Like New' Condition

In a tool gloat, someone on a different forum showed off some lovely braces he'd purchased and said "Now I just have to learn how to restore this ...

2 Part 2 - Cleaning and Restoring a Brace to 'Like New' Condition

Part 2 - Cleaning and Restoring a Brace to 'Like New' Condition At the end of Part 1 I showed you a photo of the polished chuck. The outside was ...

3 Part 3 - Cleaning and Restoring a Brace to 'Like New' Condition

At the end of Part 2, I left you with this photo showing how the ratchet end of the brace looked after de-rusting it and polishing it up. I still ...

4 Part 4 - Cleaning and Restoring a Brace to 'Like New' Condition

Well here we are at the finale of this brace restoration (DON'T YOU DARE SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM YET!). At the end of Part 3 I wiped the Head and the...

5 Part 5 - Tuning a Brace

During the restoration of RUSTY in Parts 1 to 4, I showed how to fix a couple of common problems. The first was scoring on the outside of the jaws ...

6 Part 6 - What to Look for when Buying a Secondhand Brace and more

I thought I'd mix it up a bit in this part of the blog and record a video where I: • Discuss what to look for when you pick up a secondhand brace a...

7 Part 7 - Sharpening an Auger Bit

I know I said that sharpening an auger bit would be part 8 of this blog series, but I've taken the liberty of bringing it forward since the 'Using ...

8 Part 8 - Tips and Tricks on Using a Hand Brace

In this episode I wanted to look at using a hand brace and explore some of the so called hints and tips out there to see if they really are useful....