Finally found...now with pictures

[Racers]

A car boot brace with a decent swing 12” in this case, Stanley with red stain/paint badly chipped but the rest is in good condition.
I have scraped the red rubbish off sanded it and built up a few coats of stained danish oil.

Pictures later.

Pete

 

[ED65]

Congrats Pete. Any idea as to age?

Had you somehow not managed to find a 10" up to this point? I thought they were common as muck over there!

 

[Racers]

I would guess 70s from the red paint, I was wrong about the sweep it’s 14”.

Pete

 

[Racers]

Pictures

Stanley 14" brace by Racers, on Flickr

Stanley 14" brace by Racers, on Flickr

Stanley 14" brace by Racers, on Flickr

Cleaned polished and lubed with fully synthetic oil!

Pete

 

[MikeG.]

Nice, Pete. Though don't you think that would look a bit better with a decent coat of red paint? :wink: :lol:

 

[Racers]

No.... :wink:

It was this colour, well parts of it where.

Pete

 

[Sheffield Tony]

Looks like a nice one. A bit of extra oomph would be welcome for augers over 1" say. I'd be interested to hear how it is to use; does the extra sweep feel like quite a reach, needing more concentration to bore straight without a wobble?

 

[Racers]

I did a quick test with a long 1/2” bit and it seemed fine.
I can’t wait to try it on my expansive bit at full size, I should be able to twist the shaft easily.

Pete

 

[ED65]

That looks in very tidy order, nice one.

Never seen a 14" in the flesh as far as I know.

 

[RogerP]

No.... :wink:

It was this colour, well parts of it where.

Pete

You can get that colour mixing red paint with a little black. :wink:

 

[Stanleymonkey]

What about the 16", 18" and 20 " then? :shock:

 

[Racers]

Its taken about 10 years to find a 14" in the wild, I don't think I have enough time to collect the rest! :lol:
It took me 5 years to find a 22mm allen key then on the same car boot I found 2!

Pete