Oh Assembled Galootii,
Ok, I have seen a gazillion old braces and must admit that a few have
even followed me home.  However, for some unknown reason...and I have
already had counseling about this...I have this weird desire to take a
matching set of 6", 8", 10" bracci, buff them clean of all finish, and
have them re-plated and reassembled into a case for presentation, err,
I mean, travel and transportation.  So, in the hypothetical event that
I might proceed with this, hypothetically of course, how would one
remove the wooden handle in the middle of the brace?  I never wondered
about how this is mounted since I never wanted to remove one before.
Any help is appreciated.   Any recommendations for further counseling?

Ron Huebner
lobo@i...
Video Jack of all Trades

--- Ron Huebner <lobo@i...> wrote:

> how would one
> remove the wooden handle in the middle of the brace?

I think that in most instances the metal was bent
after the wooden handle was put on the steel shaft.
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Jim Erdman  (in Menomonie, WI)
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Ron Huebner wrote:
> So, in the hypothetical event that
> I might proceed with this, hypothetically of course, how would one
> remove the wooden handle in the middle of the brace?  I never wondered
> about how this is mounted since I never wanted to remove one before.
> Any help is appreciated.   Any recommendations for further counseling?
>
Ron,

I think that the handle was originally split and then glued to itself.
You have to really take a close look to find the glue joint.  I don't
know any easy way of taking it apart, altho' you could try soaking
it in vinegar or some other solvent to try loosening the glue joint.
My best guess, anyhow.

Cheers,
Jack in Endwell, NY

So it appears the wood is inserted before the handle is bent.
(Seems to me I saw thse photos as well).

However you could get the thin cut off wheels for your Dremel
and carefully  slice the sides to give you two pieces. Then when
replacing use thick epoxy and dont squeeze to hard.

OR you could add a fine stripe of wood back to one side and then
reglue it tight.

Either way your going to have a joint showing but if done with care
would be only noticed by another galoot.

Probably work if the wood is dark, flaws are harder to see
in the dark woods. If its light any line will show regardless.

Tom Thornton
Cincinnati #3, F&AM , Morristown, N.J., USA
Collector of old tools, specializing in hand cranked grindstones

Sandy wrote...
>
>I've seen some older braces (and I'm thinking here of some real old
>Millers Falls) are sometimes found with the wrist handle composed >of two
pieces fitted together around the frame.  I don't know if this >was
original, or retrofitted, but it suggests a means of doing what >you hope to
do.  It won't look original, though.

FWI, I took my first brace, a Stanley #923, bought in the seventies for
Union work I did that had the yummy plastic handles.
Since being "re-born" as a galoot, I sawed off the plastic and replaced it
with carefully cut in half rosewood.  Looks and works fine.
Not original but an improvement to me

Charlie Nunemaker
M-WTCA

Ron, you have a serious, serious disease known (to me) as mad Galoot
disease, the only known cure (to me) is to send ALL remaining, intact
oldtools to a fellow galoot (to me, preferably).

later,
Paul Aud

ps. sorry, I have no real clue.  if you figure it out, please post it
though, as I'd like the answer too.