Author Topic: Is it a cutting tool? Scoring? cutting dowels? Thread cleaner?  (Read 1094 times)

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Offline kgill

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got this in an odd lot in order to buy another tool I wanted. Used in a brace?

Cant figure this one out.

holes in disc marked in these sizes 3/8, 7/16, 5/8, 7/8, 1, 3/4, 9/16, 1/2,

help is appreciated!
« Last Edit: July 15, 2017, 04:35:16 PM by kgill »

Offline leg17

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Re: Is it a cutting tool? Scoring? cutting dowels? Thread cleaner?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2017, 04:42:52 PM »
tenon cutter

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Re: Is it a cutting tool? Scoring? cutting dowels? Thread cleaner?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2017, 04:51:34 PM »
THANK YOU! I was thinking that but didnt recall the term tenon.

Here is a link of similar tool
http://www.busenrestoration.com/22401/322455.html

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Re: Is it a cutting tool? Scoring? cutting dowels? Thread cleaner?
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2017, 06:51:04 PM »
Looks like a Stearns. And like most, appears to be missing the depth stop. While not rare, they aren't real common either. I have one a friend gave me, also missing the stop. I never have seen one in the "wild".

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