Yet another what is it thread

[RedneckWelder]

Craftsman, only missing a piece. Not sure what it is for, part of my dad’s tool collection but he never showed me this before

 

[The Cobbler]

Craftsman molding head set for a table saw

 

[The Cobbler]

.. I would be interested perhaps, if you are looking for a new home for it

 

[gnpenning]

One minute and the right answer. Now that is service.

 

[RedneckWelder]

.. I would be interested perhaps, if you are looking for a new home for it

We may very well be I will keep you in mind

I am not a woodworker unfortunately (don’t have the space and time)

Thanks for the answer to what it was

 

[The Cobbler]

ty & yw

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

The Cobbler knows! Good job

Tell me something with only one cutter wouldn’t you get a lot of chatter and vibration using this cutter?

 

[larry4406]

Craftsman, only missing a piece. Not sure what it is for, part of my dad’s tool collection but he never showed me this before

I don't think you are missing a cutter. That cutter is currently mounted on the disk.

 

[Hankoh]

Craftsman sold a couple versions of these molding heads; I have one (that was my father's) that has three cutters of each style instead of one. The single cutter of course only takes one cut per rotation vs. three, so you need to be more careful and slow with the feed rate as Miss the Pontiacs suggested - feed the stock very slowly. These molding heads were essentially made obsolete with routers, but they still work and will do the job for edge profiling. Hope you have a nice old Craftsman Table Saw to use it on!

 

[Stuart in MN]

I believe some of those were made for table saws but others were made for use in radial arm saws, although I'm not sure what the difference would be.

 

[RedneckWelder]

Craftsman sold a couple versions of these molding heads; I have one (that was my father's) that has three cutters of each style instead of one. The single cutter of course only takes one cut per rotation vs. three, so you need to be more careful and slow with the feed rate as Miss the Pontiacs suggested - feed the stock very slowly. These molding heads were essentially made obsolete with routers, but they still work and will do the job for edge profiling. Hope you have a nice old Craftsman Table Saw to use it on!

My great grandfathers craftsman table saw is in her garage. It’s not leaving the family. We are selling the other big equipment like Dad’s planer (he cut custom crown molding for their house with it, he had custom blades made for it), his router table, radial arm saw, etc. I don’t have the time or space for the woodworking equipment unfortunately