Nathan Hawkes
02-11-2008, 9:12 PM
EDIT: I'm a spelling whiz, can't cha tell??
This tool was in a bunch of parts in a bag that came with my lathe when I bought it. The guy I bought it from was the grandson of the original owner, and didn't know much about the lathe. I quite honestly didn't come across the tool until recently. It was in a box of stuff, and I thought it was a part to the craftsman router crafter that came with the lathe for fluting spindles.
I'm assuming this is some sort of hollowing tool, and judging by the recesses milled out of the hexagonal aluminum stock, it was meant to be attatched to something--like an elbow/articulated hollowing arm of some sort. There were also parts of what I think is some sort of hollowing system, but I don't know how it all fits together. Something is apparently missing to fit it together. I'll post pictures of that sometime later. Batteries died in the camera as I was in the shed taking pictures. I included a few different views of the tool; it appears to be extruded aluminum for the handle, with set screws for the roughly 3/16" by 1/2" HSS (I think its HSS) blade, that seems to have been sharpened with a honing stone or ultra fine grit sandpaper; no grinding marks. Anyway, I'm just wondering if anyone has any info on it. I don't think its safe for me to use without attatching it to something on the back end; With the blade retracted into itself, it is only 8 3/4" long. I'm a newbie, more or less, and need a little more than that as a handle to feel comfortable.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81479&stc=1&d=1202782152
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81478&stc=1&d=1202782142
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81480&stc=1&d=1202782162
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81481&stc=1&d=1202782175
This tool was in a bunch of parts in a bag that came with my lathe when I bought it. The guy I bought it from was the grandson of the original owner, and didn't know much about the lathe. I quite honestly didn't come across the tool until recently. It was in a box of stuff, and I thought it was a part to the craftsman router crafter that came with the lathe for fluting spindles.
I'm assuming this is some sort of hollowing tool, and judging by the recesses milled out of the hexagonal aluminum stock, it was meant to be attatched to something--like an elbow/articulated hollowing arm of some sort. There were also parts of what I think is some sort of hollowing system, but I don't know how it all fits together. Something is apparently missing to fit it together. I'll post pictures of that sometime later. Batteries died in the camera as I was in the shed taking pictures. I included a few different views of the tool; it appears to be extruded aluminum for the handle, with set screws for the roughly 3/16" by 1/2" HSS (I think its HSS) blade, that seems to have been sharpened with a honing stone or ultra fine grit sandpaper; no grinding marks. Anyway, I'm just wondering if anyone has any info on it. I don't think its safe for me to use without attatching it to something on the back end; With the blade retracted into itself, it is only 8 3/4" long. I'm a newbie, more or less, and need a little more than that as a handle to feel comfortable.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81479&stc=1&d=1202782152
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81478&stc=1&d=1202782142
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81480&stc=1&d=1202782162
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=81481&stc=1&d=1202782175