bit-stock

The _brace_ or _bit-stock_, Fig. 185, holds all sorts of boring tools as well as screwdrivers, dowel-pointers, etc. The simple brace or bit-stock consists of a chuck, a handle, and a knob, and is sufficient for ordinary use; but the ratchet-brace enables the user to bore near to surfaces or corners where a complete sweep cannot be made.

Handwork in Wood William Noyes

For heavy work, screwdriver-bits, Fig. 189, in a bit-stock are useful, and for quick work, the spiral screwdriver, Fig. 190, and for small work, the ratchet-screwdriver.

Handwork in Wood William Noyes

Armed each with a bit-stock and one-half or three-quarter-inch bit, the farmer and his older boys go from tree to tree, and, selecting a favorable spot a few feet from the ground, break off any rough pieces of outer bark, and bore a hole into the tree to the depth of one or two inches.

The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 Various

World of the Pacific: "--" A double canoe is composed of two single ones of the same size placed parallel to each other, three or four feet apart, and secured in their places by four or five pieces of wood, curved just in the shape of a bit-stock.

Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships R. [Illustrator] Richardson 1859

But the point I refer to is this: the old instrument, the trepan, had a handle like a wimble, what we call a brace or bit-stock.

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

But the point I refer to is this: the old instrument, the trepan, had a handle like a wimble, what we call a brace or bit-stock.

Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851