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The Brace was used to hold the drill bits (bitstock). One hand was on the button (top circle) while the other held the middle and rotated to force the bit into the wood. This particular brace is missing a part of the button. This was done intentionally by the original owner so that it would lie flat in a tool box.

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Various Bits
mixed - modern and vintage
Paisley, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Bill Fair Collection

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Drill Bits came in all different shapes and sizes. Used with a brace the most common bits were pod bits, twisted bits, gouge bits, counter-sink bits and center bits.

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Auger
early 1900's
Sydenham St, Flesherton, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
South Grey Museum Collection

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Need to make a really big hole? The Spiral Auger on its primitive wooden handle could carve a very deep hole in a thick piece of wood. This particular auger was used for drilling holes for mortises or for holding wooden pegs.

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Mortising Chisels
Circa 1890
Paisley, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Bill Fair Collection

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The short, stout mortise chisel is almost square; a one-purpose tool. These particular chisels are quite large and were used in creating large mortices in the construction of barns.

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Wooden Peg
Circa 1900
1 Toronto Rd. S., Flesherton, Ontario, Canada
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Credits:
South Grey Museum Collection

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Wooden pegs are often used in barn construction to hold two pieces of timber together. They are hammered into a hole made by an auger.

This wooden peg is from the Munshaw Barn, Flesherton, Ontario.

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Carpenter's Drawknife
early 1900's
South Grey Museum, Flesherton, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
South Grey Museum Collection

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The Drawknife was used to taper the sides of shingles, to rough-size the edges of floor boards and rough-trim panelling before planing them.

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Jack Plane
mid-late 1800's
South Grey Museum, Flesherton, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
South Grey Museum Collection

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A Jack Plane is the general-purpose bench plane, used for general smoothing of the edges, sizing of wood and jointing edges. Thus "a jack of all trades". It is the first plane used in the process of smoothing a dn trueing a piece of wood.

Jack planes are about 15 inches long, and the blade can have either a slightly curved edge for smoothing stock, or a straight edge for jointing stock.

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Plane
early 1900's
South Grey Museum, Flesherton, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
South Grey Museum Collection