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    Estate sale find - what is it?

    I found this at an estate sale yesterday, and was intrigued because it looked pretty cool. I just have no idea what it is! For $2 I thought it was worth it just to find out. My first thought was some kind of honing device, but the rod is smooth.
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    Don't know what it is but I have one. Mine came without the rod. I put a drill bit in it, 5/32 I think, and use to center drill at the lathe. It would be nice to know real purpose.

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    Chainsaw file holder?

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    It's just a pin vise, used for holding round stuff. You would normally stick a drill in there, but anything round works....anything that can be gripped by the chuck, actually. Not sure why there's a rod in there. No telling what the last owner was doing with it.

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    Glad I'm not the only one who doesn't know! The smooth rod has really got me. If it was textured I would think something like a chainsaw file (though really too short for that I think) or a burnisher or knife sharpener.

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    It's an estate sale. Whoever got it going probably found the pin vise, and then maybe found a rod and figured out that it fits, so THIS must be a rod holding thingy. I wouldn't think about it too much. I doubt it means anything.

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    All I know is, before I die I'm going to combine all my tools in odd ways so the people at the estate sale can ask questions like these.

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    Sounds like the rod is for turning the edge on a card acraper.
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    Thanks John. A quick google image search and you're for sure right. The estate sale people didn't get to it yet, so nobody fiddled with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bert Kemp View Post
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    I have seen something very similar, rod busters used them to hold round slate to mark on rebar and metal.
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    That's a nice piece, you could get 15 or 20 bucks for it. I have a thing for these little tools handles similar to that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Jenkins View Post
    Sounds like the rod is for turning the edge on a card scraper.
    Exactly. It's not a pin vise.
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