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.
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.
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.
Chainsaw file holder?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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