Vintage Hand Tools - Braces, Drills, Bits, Gimlets, Augers etc

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Shop > Vintage Hand Tools > Braces, Drills, Bits, Gimlets etc.

Good tools last a lifetime, or to be more accurate they should last more than a lifetime and it isn't uncommon to see hand tools that are over a hundred years old still in use today. Drills have been in use for thousands of years for boring holes in timbers and this section will feature a selection of hand tools for sale aswell as reference pictures of vintage examples.

Tools within this category will include wheel braces, carpenter's brace, hand drills, drill bits, geared drills, chest drill, breast drill, multi speed hand drills, gimlets, augers and others.

Sorry, no drills, braces or bits currently listed for sale

Reference Images

Vintage manual pillar drill

Stanley Continental 748A twin speed chest drill

Stanley wheel-brace and carpenter's brace

Various gimlets