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Mystery Tool - dov tayles - 07-28-2025
[attachment=55358][attachment=55357]Just trying to figure out what this tool is, and what it does. Anybody know?
RE: Mystery Tool - tomsteve - 07-28-2025
that is interesting. a search for the pick had one that was an old german showmakers rasp but didn't have the metal fulcrum type part on it
RE: Mystery Tool - Cabinet Monkey - 07-28-2025
(07-28-2025, 08:45 AM)dov tayles Wrote: Just trying to figure out what this tool is, and what it does. Anybody know?
Don’t know , but am thinking it’s some kind of tool for removing lids of some type.
Might ask the black smithing crowd too ?
RE: Mystery Tool - Arlin Eastman - 07-28-2025
One thing is that it could be a part of branding but it more looks like for repairing shoes
RE: Mystery Tool - bandit571 - 07-28-2025
Tool for removing clapboard siding?
RE: Mystery Tool - iclark - 07-28-2025
Based on the threads showing on the rod on the handle end, this likely came out of a machine and the handle was added for manual work.
Is it the lighting or is the flat part at the tip a different metal that was brazed on to the rod?
Except for the threads at the handle end, I might buy in to a running iron for branding. That would make the extra piece the handle to help "write" with without burning the user's hand.
obviously, just a WAG
RE: Mystery Tool - Cabinet Monkey - 07-29-2025
(07-28-2025, 07:10 PM)iclark Wrote: Based on the threads showing on the rod on the handle end, this likely came out of a machine and the handle was added for manual work.
Is it the lighting or is the flat part at the tip a different metal that was brazed on to the rod?
Except for the threads at the handle end, I might buy in to a running iron for branding. That would make the extra piece the handle to help "write" with without burning the user's hand.
obviously, just a WAG
Afraid I have to disagree on this.
The metal work is too crude and imprecise to have come from any machine of even moderate sophistication. All the machinists I know would cringe at the work. Perhaps a farm implement but it seems more like an accessory to me than an integral part of a machine.
RE: Mystery Tool - WJB - 07-31-2025
First, thanks to Doug (Tapper) and Ivan (Iclark) for the help in getting access back so I could log in. Have not been here in a little over five years.
Dov,
Your tool is a file holder. I have one just like it and it had a 14" mill file in it when I bought it in a box of other tools. You are missing one small part though. There is a small stand that slides along the length of the rod. When the handle is tightened, the stand works to impart a slight camber onto the file. I suppose you could substitute a block of wood or metal to accomplish the same thing. Without being able to impart a camber onto the file, you simply have an unwieldy file holder, and could just as well use a typical file handle like a Scrooz-on.
As far as usage, the only application that I know of when you want to camber a file is for autobody work. That is my story and am sticking to it unless somebody else can provide other usages for a cambered file.
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RE: Mystery Tool - 6270_Productions - 07-31-2025
The knowledge / experience of the folks on this forum never ceases to amaze me!
RE: Mystery Tool - Arlin Eastman - 08-05-2025
(07-31-2025, 05:42 PM)WJB Wrote: First, thanks to Doug (Tapper) and Ivan (Iclark) for the help in getting access back so I could log in. Have not been here in a little over five years.
Dov,
Your tool is a file holder. I have one just like it and it had a 14" mill file in it when I bought it in a box of other tools. You are missing one small part though. There is a small stand that slides along the length of the rod. When the handle is tightened, the stand works to impart a slight camber onto the file. I suppose you could substitute a block of wood or metal to accomplish the same thing. Without being able to impart a camber onto the file, you simply have an unwieldy file holder, and could just as well use a typical file handle like a Scrooz-on.
As far as usage, the only application that I know of when you want to camber a file is for autobody work. That is my story and am sticking to it unless somebody else can provide other usages for a cambered file.
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