Woodworking tool.. what is it called?

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#1 Post by **Kwackerz** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:34 pm

The one on the far left..

Any ideas of

a. what it is called?
b. what it's used for?

Got one I need to put on ebay.

Thankeekindly.

pat64 · #2 Post by **pat64** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:08 pm

they look like chisels,for a woodworking lathe,

Willopotomas · #3 Post by **Willopotomas** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:11 pm

thread cutter? No idea.. I'm not one of the woodworking types. Will ask around though.

#4 Post by **Kwackerz** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:48 pm

Cheers Will

It.. the one I have here, has what looks like a screwdriver flatpoint end and then coming back along the 'blade' are cuts in either side as in the picture.
Ive had a good dig on google and havent come up with a name yet for it.
No maker's name on the blade or handle, all I know is it is a woodworking tool!

Hmm I shall have a search along the lines of chiselling tools.. Cheers pat :)

Samray · #5 Post by **Samray** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:54 pm

Kwackerz wrote: Hmm I shall have a search along the lines of chiselling tools.

Chiselling? .... or woodturning.

MartDude · #6 Post by **MartDude** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:24 am

Most are probably turning or carving tools; the one on extreme right, I'd say, is for working inside a hollow form. But the handles don't look big enough for turning tools, other than for small scale work. They mostly have a home-made/adapted look.

The one you're asking about - it has a home-made look to it. The 'blade' doesn't look thick enough for anything heavy duty. The notches appear to be regularly spaced, but vary slightly in depth. I'd suggest : depth gauge; tool for lightly scoring /marking a workpiece (e.g. candlestick) on a lathe, prior to further & deeper profiling.

Is there any indication of sharpening/bevelling along the side of the 'blade'?

Willopotomas · #7 Post by **Willopotomas** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:04 am

Two of me wood workin buds reakon it's some sort of bespoke depth gauge.

#8 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:49 am

Mart, The slits arent equally spaced, but increase slowly from tip to handle, it has a fairlysquare edge but i wouldnt say it's held a sharp edge on it. I keep thinking some sort of weird wiring tool, although it was from a box of woodworking stuff..

I reckon it could be some sort of depth gauge, i shall peruse t'web and see what it comes up with!

#9 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:55 am

Looking at this site: http://www.oldtools.co.uk/tools/edge_to ... .tools.php

Whatever it is, I think i should be selling it via there!! Seen the prices?!!

joecrx · #10 Post by **joecrx** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:01 pm

i think it is to help support the other chisels on a lathe

#11 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:31 pm

HA! A breakthru!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-saw-setti ... 9&x=39&y=9

Handsaw setting tool!!

D-Rider · #12 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:45 pm

.... and at 99p with no bids and 23hrs to go, I think you're in the money

#13 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:57 pm

LOL! Naah I needed to know so it can go with a set of other tools, but as I didnt know what it was, needed to research it first! Now i know i can shove it with the saws rather than the chisels!

Plus the one ive got here is in better nick than that S&J one..

Bidding would start at £1.20 ..

MartDude · #14 Post by **MartDude** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:23 pm

That was an interesting demonstration of prejudice at work - my interpretation was influenced/prejudiced by the gauge's appearance as part of an assemblage of turning/carving tools.

#15 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 1:41 pm

Yeah, I was twisted the wrong way by that photo showing it with chisels and the like, also when it came out of the workshop it had been in with a selection of tools such as chisels and gouges.

Annoying thing was i've seen one similar before and couldnt place it. Now knowing what it is, I can place it exactly, Mate's Dad's shed when I was at school, remember him having one on a shadowboard right next to a couple of hand saws..