What is it?

[lafester]

I found this with some old (1930s) craftsman shaper accessories.
Google is bringing up nothing like this for some reason.
Anyone know what it is for?

 

[Provincial]

It looks like a milling cutter for a horizontal mill, metalworking. No keyway, so it wasn't intended to make heavy cuts. What is the profile of the cutting teeth?

B&S may be Brown and Sharpe, a maker of metalworking equipment and tooling.

 

[slowtwitch73]

Yup old Brown & Sharpe slitting saw.. use on mills, lathes etc.

 

[Ricky Joe]

Looks thick to be a slitting saw, and no key way makes it even more suspicious. I yield to wiser heads!

 

[gungatim]

almost looks like part of a worm gear.

 

[RTM]

The info of interest is lost in the shadow at the bottom of the picture

this is a great place to look

Brown & Sharpe Small Tools : Catalog No. 29 : Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

426 p., illus., 16.4 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

 

[DocsMachine]

It's a Brown & Sharpe cutter all right, and has been bounced around so much the cutting edges are basically worn smooth.

I wonder if the 1921 date is accurate.

As for no keyway, that looks a lot like the cutter used in a keymaker- that is, the little machine used to duplicate door keys and the like. Not much cutting force on those, 8usually in brass, and the fine tooth count makes for smoother cutting.

Doc.

 

[lafester]

Yeah it is smooth and small so I wasn't sure what it would be for.
It is a neat piece with all the lettering on it, but not useful for much else.

 

[Ricky Joe]

So, if the part number is 800B, could it be Segal?

 

[larry_g]

HZ milling cutter. Guessing from the angle of the face it could be for beveling or cutting a dovetail, if it is flat on the back. If cutter cuts a V shape then that is what it is. We need to see the tooth profile.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[lafester]

So, if the part number is 800B, could it be Segal?

Looking at the few segal pics available, it sure looks like it would fit in one.

 

[lafester]

HZ milling cutter. Guessing from the angle of the face it could be for beveling or cutting a dovetail, if it is flat on the back. If cutter cuts a V shape then that is what it is. We need to see the tooth profile.

lg
no neat sig line

Here is a profile pic.

 

[lafester]

Sure looks a lot like this one on the right side.

 

[larry_g]

So, if the part number is 800B, could it be Segal?

I do believe you are correct, look at pages 108 and 119 of the following PDF For those who don't want to look it is a key cutting machine cutter wheel.

http://www.segallock.com/images/history/1929_Segal%20Catalog_WEB.pdf