Another "what the heck is this" find

[Ed in Virginia]

I received this in a box 'o tools from an estate sale. Looks like it may have been used in a jack hammer or something similar??? I have never seen anything like it and would love to find out more about it. Thank you in advance!

 

[FrankLee]

Looks like a tenon cutter that is missing parts.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Kind of reminds me of a rocker style tool holder for a lathe, but the top doesn’t make sense?

 

[Old Man Roger]

Might be a saw set.

 

[Jmonnty]

Incomplete tenon cutter for a hand brace.

 

[Retired dozer fixer]

Agree with Jmonnty

 

[lardy1]

An arbor of some sort for a hand brace.

 

[rust in the eye]

Pointy end screams hand brace. That's all I've got.
Looks to have led a hard life whatever it is.

 

[Bubba Fett]

 

[Old Man Roger]

Man can you imagine cutting tenors with a hand brace drill? Men were men back then..lol

 

[IndyGarage]

Could it be some sort of adapter from taper square drive to round taper drive? Typically a taper has slots in it like that so you can use a wedge to pound out the bit.

I cant see inside the hole on the round end to see if it is tapered.

 

[larry_g]

antique tenon cutter - Google Search

my input

 

[RTM]

Might actually be a brace driven Die Holder. The threads on the low end secure the die.

Kinda like this



Or this

Vintage Wiley & Russell Mfg. Co. Die Holder for Brace w/ 7/16-24 Die (INV M507) | eBay

Die Holder for Brace for Brace inGOOD condition. A clean and usable example of W & R's Lightning brace bits. This one contains a 7/16-24 die as shown.

www.ebay.com

 

[dscheidt]

Man can you imagine cutting tenors with a hand brace drill? Men were men back then..lol

Tenons? For a chair or something? I've done it, and probaby will again, with a tapered cutter. (and drill the matching holes with a tapered bit, also in a brace). It's not that hard, assuming your cutter is good and sharp, and you've preshaped the tenon with a plane so the amount of material that has to be removed is small. Is it more work than some power tool? Sure. Is it less skilled to use the power tool? Yes, that too. But this is not really the sort of thing that you would be thinking "geez, there should be a machine to do this" the way a long saw cut or flattening a board with planes gets you thinking.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Might actually be a brace driven Die Holder. The threads on the low end secure the die.

Kinda like this



Or this

Vintage Wiley & Russell Mfg. Co. Die Holder for Brace w/ 7/16-24 Die (INV M507) | eBay

Die Holder for Brace for Brace inGOOD condition. A clean and usable example of W & R's Lightning brace bits. This one contains a 7/16-24 die as shown.

www.ebay.com

I think you’re on to something. I didn’t see a place for a blade if it were a tenon cutter, but the picture was dark.

Tenons? For a chair or something? I've done it, and probaby will again, with a tapered cutter. (and drill the matching holes with a tapered bit, also in a brace). It's not that hard, assuming your cutter is good and sharp, and you've preshaped the tenon with a plane so the amount of material that has to be removed is small. Is it more work than some power tool? Sure. Is it less skilled to use the power tool? Yes, that too. But this is not really the sort of thing that you would be thinking "geez, there should be a machine to do this" the way a long saw cut or flattening a board with planes gets you thinking.

Ya, I’m lazy. Lol