Welcome to Vintage Tools Melbourne. Vintage tools – brace #121. Up for sale is a scarce & collectable John S Fray No:70 Cocobolo JOIST BRACE, used for tight access areas like drilling between floor & ceiling joists etc. This is a brace from the golden years of hand brace design, when the best braces in the world were manufactured to high specifications with the highest quality materials. A fully boxed ratchet, extendable jaw chuck, Cocobolo crank handles, oil ports to all mechanisms, it’s gorgeous. An extremely handy tool, great for boring large diameter holes & excellent for driving screws in with a slotted tip bit, the leverage you can get with a brace is amazing, never has a flat battery or need to run a lead out, very handy indeed. The ruler in the photos is for measurements only, not for sale. This brace is in authentic vintage condition, wear and tear consistent with age and use, some plating loss, extra nice wood on this one, stamped on the frame Fray No. 70 a good example of an uncommon ratchet Fray joist brace. Please check the photos as they are part of the description. All of our items are genuine vintage – that means they have been used, and have the normal wear and tear associated with a genuine vintage item. More vintage tools available at. & vintage /mid-century /retro household items at. I’m using RECYCLED packing materials as much as possible to help the environment. ADDITIONAL INFO FOR INTERNATIONAL POST. The item “Antique JOHN FRAY No70 Cocobolo Joist BRACE Vintage Old Hand Drilling Tool #121″ is in sale since Friday, September 29, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectables\Tools, Hardware, Locks\Drills”. The seller is “vintage-tools-melbourne” and is located in Vintage Tool Shop, High st, Northcote. This item can be shipped to Australia, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, United States, Canada, New Zealand.
- Brand: John S Fray USA
- Era: 1800s
- Material: Steel, Cocobolo
- MPN: Does not apply