Unknown tool

[john lucas]

Before I moved I was doing some task repeatedly and decided it was time to make a tool to make it more efficient. So I made the tool. Now almost a year later I have no earthly idea why I made it. Anyone have any guesses. I do have dovetail jaws and thought it might be for doing rebates but then why would I make the grinds on the right hand side.

 

[Bill Boehme]

I think that Coast needs to add it to the collection of useless tools on their pliers.

 

[Philip Rose]

Ininteresting. Perhaps a depth control?

 

[Tim Connell]

I have no idea, but whatever you do, don't get rid of it - as soon as you do, you will need it again.

 

[Mark Jundanian]

Looking at it as pictured I would use that tool to undercut a mortise or tenon to accept the dovetail profile of the jaws. As shown, the lower edge seems to be honed for cutting. The upper edge appears to be simply cut away so the tool isn't too wide at the business end.
One might also use it successfully as a shallow parting tool or for making a groove, with the square notch serving as a depth marker, but I don't think that's it.

 

[RichColvin]

Looks like a drilling bit for ornamental turning

 

[Emiliano Achaval]

Before I moved I was doing some task repeatedly and decided it was time to make a tool to make it more efficient. So I made the tool. Now almost a year later I have no earthly idea why I made it. Anyone have any guesses. I do have dovetail jaws and thought it might be for doing rebates but then why would I make the grinds on the right hand side.

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I'm glad to hear I'm not the only with tools that I have no clue what they are for!

 

[John Lawson]

Maybe it has two purposes, one for the grind on the left, and a related step for the grind on the right. What those purposes are eludes me.

 

[john lucas]

I'm pretty sure it's got something to do with fitting 2 parts together since I ground the right side to the same angle. I do make a mating dovetail tenon and mortise for my split turned sconce shelves. I'll have to look at one and see if that's it.

 

[Don Wattenhofer]

It might have something to do with "oldfartitis".

 

[John Torchick]

Back scratcher? Just need a long handle.

 

[Dean Center]

Any chance it's designed to cut a groove/recess in a specific project? It seems at the wrong angle for peppermills, but maybe something similar.

 

[john lucas]

I dont do pepper mills. Its driving me crazy. One of these days ill.probably be building one of my older products and figure out why I made it.

 

[Mark Jundanian]

So here's a thought, why not chuck up a scrap cylinder and see what kind of cuts it will make? Maybe using it will jog your memory, but at least you'll see what it can do for you now, even if you can't figure out what it did for you then.

 

[Matthew Ferriter]

Looks to me like a "vertically composited patch hampler" as described here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PatriotTV/comments/8hli1c/leslies_piping_speech_a_little_something_like/

 

[Don Wattenhofer]

I'm pretty sure it's got something to do with fitting 2 parts together since I ground the right side to the same angle. I do make a mating dovetail tenon and mortise for my split turned sconce shelves. I'll have to look at one and see if that's it.

A While back I made some split turned letter holders with a finial type bottom piece that I fitted together with a straight mortise and tenon, then I fiddled with pocket screws from the back to hold them together,. I don't know if that is what you made the tool for but it seams like an excellent way to fit the two pieces together, so if you don't mind I will try that method.

 

[hockenbery]

Maybe to make a dovetail groove to hold an inlay like pewter.
Molten pewter can be cast in a dovetail groove. It doesn’t bond to the wood so the dovetail holds it in.
Inlace probably holds better in a dovetail groove.

 

[robo hippy]

Hmmm, a box tool??? I can see several possibilities...

robo hippy