Wood working tool ? What is it
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Roberts210
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I've done a lot of woodwork, that's not a woodworking tool. I'm thinking it was purpose built for some sort of small factory application. I can see some diagonal wear marks on it, but I don't know what they mean.
Oldtuleguy
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Maybe shoe related
RTM
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The metal piece by itself could have been a scraper, but with any idea of size, not really sure. The hook above makes more confusion. Can you tell us more? View of the throat between the two uprights.
Mintgrun
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It looks like some sort of bender to me, for some sort of strips. Sort of.
If there was a cove around the tear dropped piece, it'd function like a tubing bender.
Know what I mean?
If there was a cove around the tear dropped piece, it'd function like a tubing bender.
Know what I mean?
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TailGunner3000
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Definitely looks like some sort of eyelet maker to me. The end of the rope/cable would be slid under the the loop at the neck, wrapped around the pattern, and pulled back through. The loop would hold the two pieces in place so they could be be attached at the neck. Just my two cents.
It does look to be homemade based on the haphazard placement of the screws on the plate.
It does look to be homemade based on the haphazard placement of the screws on the plate.
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That would be my guess too...
Private Lugnutz
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For you guys who think it's for splicing an eye in a rope... I can see where you're coming from, given the shape of the wooden block, which is very compelling. But I'm curious what you think the piece a few inches above that would be used for?
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No that is a saw set
toolin' around
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Closer look at the top section appears to protrude above the “handle” with a blade that protrudes through and appears to be adjustable. Seems like it’s designed to score something at a specific depth as it passes through... leather? Wood laminate? Inlay?
Difficult without dimensions. Shape of teardrop suggests it is designed to work in either direction?
Difficult without dimensions. Shape of teardrop suggests it is designed to work in either direction?
Private Lugnutz
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With the emphatic caveat that I am not saying the others are wrong, or that it's definitively not a tool for splicing an eye in a rope - it looks homemade, and people make all kinds of things as aids in all kinds of jobs, I do a fair share of splicing, and I have modern and historical books on the subject, and I have never seen a block or any other tool like this or any other used for splicing an eye in a rope. Fids and marlinspikes, sure. Serving mallets, sleeves, and heavers for other kinds of splices. But nothing like that thing. There are clamps and riggers' screws or vises that are used for splicing wire, because wire is just too difficult to handle and keep taut manually. But they don't look like that, either.
Typically, though, the end of a rope being spliced back onto itself to form an eye is laid out on a bench or in one's lap because it's necessary to turn it when splicing.
Also, the reason I asked about that piece above the tear-dropped shaped block is because it would get in the way. That is where the splice would be. You'd have to be working with your hands above that piece. If anything, when I look at that piece in conjunction with the tear-dropped shape block, it makes a figure 8. See how the piece above it has a rounded bottom? If something (tubing, wire, perhaps rope) was wrapped in this thing, that rounded shield would separate it on either side of it.
Lastly, different applications take different sized eye splices. You'd need several of these.
Again, not disagreeing definitively. Just my $.02.
Typically, though, the end of a rope being spliced back onto itself to form an eye is laid out on a bench or in one's lap because it's necessary to turn it when splicing.
Also, the reason I asked about that piece above the tear-dropped shaped block is because it would get in the way. That is where the splice would be. You'd have to be working with your hands above that piece. If anything, when I look at that piece in conjunction with the tear-dropped shape block, it makes a figure 8. See how the piece above it has a rounded bottom? If something (tubing, wire, perhaps rope) was wrapped in this thing, that rounded shield would separate it on either side of it.
Lastly, different applications take different sized eye splices. You'd need several of these.
Again, not disagreeing definitively. Just my $.02.
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Yeah, upon looking once again at the pics, I'm think it was designed/used for some other purpose. It's a strange tool in its own right!
4xdog
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I'm with Lugz (as another son of a Merchant Mariner) -- it doesn't look practical as a splicing tool.
The pattern of those nine screws on the teardrop top face -- unevenly spaced for no apparent reason -- makes it look very much like a one-off tool.
What are the sides of the teardrop made of? Looks like wood in the second image, yes? I lean toward something around leatherworking or cobbling.
The pattern of those nine screws on the teardrop top face -- unevenly spaced for no apparent reason -- makes it look very much like a one-off tool.
What are the sides of the teardrop made of? Looks like wood in the second image, yes? I lean toward something around leatherworking or cobbling.
redragoon
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It seems very much like a homemade jig for some process. Not sure why it is so thick if it is for guiding rope. Maybe it was used for leather strips? Shape reminds me of something for shoes.