Anyone know what these are?

[lakeview2628]

I recently purchased a gerstner tool box from somebody on Craigslist and these tools were among those inside. Anyone know what these are? They have no markings on them whatsoever. Thanks for your help.

 

[Legion Prime]

They look like they could be for embossing, leather maybe? I'd say they look like the wheels to fit the rubber strips in around screens but they're probably way too small for that. What else was in the box with them? Context could help a lot.

 

[lakeview2628]

They look like they could be for embossing, leather maybe? I'd say they look like the wheels to fit the rubber strips in around screens but they're probably way too small for that. What else was in the box with them? Context could help a lot.

Thanks for the reply in the question. They were in a gerstner number 44 pattern makers tool box. Other tools included a variety of outside and inside calipers. Lots of screw pitch gauges both metric and standard. A 24-inch starrett straight edge, a 12-inch starrett height gauge, handful of outside micrometers, a starrett rpm gauge, 3 inch starrett level, a 24 inch vernier caliper.

 

[alcorelli]

Hole gauges?

Profile scrapers?

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[lakeview2628]

Hole gauges?

Profile scrapers?

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Maybe. The metal discs rotate. Kind of resemble glass cutters but these would be unweildy glass cutters

 

[L.Cheapo]

Full set of the world's smallest pizza cutters.

 

[lakeview2628]

Full set of the world's smallest pizza cutters.

Haha. I'll check the tool chest again to see if the matching pizza oven is in there.

 

[4xdog]

Radius gauges? (guessing)

 

[MikeF2316]

Full set of the world's smallest pizza cutters.

My first thought was a glass cutters, but they're pretty light for that, and they don't come in sets.

 

[lakeview2628]

Here's another clue. They came in this blue case. You can see the faint remnants of a diamond shaped logo that is long gone

 

[driftpin]

I'd guess they're for some-sort of pattern-making, if you use them on mild steel or aluminum, do they leave any mark? Perhaps for some softer material?

My mom used to use something like that but larger wheels, on bolts of material to sew clothes from patterns.

 

[lakeview2628]

I'd guess they're for some-sort of pattern-making, if you use them on mild steel or aluminum, do they leave any mark? Perhaps for some softer material?

My mom used to use something like that but larger wheels, on bolts of material to sew clothes from patterns.

They don't seem to mark very well. having said that I would lean toward them being some kind of marking tool rather than a gauge because there's no sort of size or measurement printed on them so if they were a gauge you wouldn't be able to tell what size the radius or opening is that you just measured. however if it's a marking tool there seems to be no point in having more than one of them.

 

[lakeview2628]

Radius gauges? (guessing)

yeah that was my first thought but there's no size indicated on each tool

 

[matt stott]

They look a whole lot like a de-burring set. Put them in a freshly drilled (small) hole and spin. Voila! De-burred hole.


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[matt stott]

Like so ( no affiliation)

http://www.penntoolco.com/fine-debu...qmed1UAIQXviLUCwIwRLwviXdkszb7ZRoClu0QAvD_BwE


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[DenisG]

Pounce wheel set:
https://mountainwoodcarvers.com/products/3-piece-pounce-wheel-set

 

[lakeview2628]

Like so ( no affiliation)

http://www.penntoolco.com/fine-debu...qmed1UAIQXviLUCwIwRLwviXdkszb7ZRoClu0QAvD_BwE


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We have ourselves a winner! Well done Matt!!! Thank you for helping me solve the mystery. Maybe now I can sleep tonight.

 

[Sam'sAutoParts]

I thought those looked familiar, my father had a bunch with teeth. He would use them for making paper patterns for sign lettering.

First he would draw it out on the paper then he would use the wheel to make holes in the paper. The pattern was taped to the sign and he used a chalk box to transfer the pattern to the sign.

I spent many hours in the shop watching this and trying to make my own patterns, lots of good memories.....


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[lakeview2628]

I learned about precision deburring tools and pounce wheels. Thanks for enlightening me, folks. Can't believe these deburring tools cost $100 new. I only paid $100 for the gerstner box with 40 or so tools in it so I'll chalk that up as a win.

 

[MShaw]

I bought my set 15 years ago and they were $50.00 then. I repair clocks and those deburring tools are indispensable. Also used for cutting "oil sinks" or small depressions in the outside of the bearing hole to retain oil.

 

[lakeview2628]

I bought my set 15 years ago and they were $50.00 then. I repair clocks and those deburring tools are indispensable. Also used for cutting "oil sinks" or small depressions in the outside of the bearing hole to retain oil.

I was wondering what kind of machinist or craftsman would use them. Clock making and repair makes a lot of sense. I can imagine the tiny holes and the impact burrs have on precision. Thanks for sharing.