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A friend purchased a boxful of Robert Sorby tools, and this one was included. I'll be darned if I know what it is. It's long and thin, has no sharp edges, isn't HSS, and there's no hole to mount anything. I can't find anything similar in the Robert Sorby online collection. My only thought is it might be for burnishing wood. Any ideas?
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Russell Neyman.
Writer - Woodworker - Historian
Instructor: The Woodturning Experience
Puget Sound, Washington State
"Outside of a dog, there's nothing better than a good book; inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
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It's a threading tool support arm, e.g. https://taytools.com/products/robert-sorby-tool-support.
-- Jim
Use the right tool for the job.
[OP]
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Great, Jim. Thanks.
Russell Neyman.
Writer - Woodworker - Historian
Instructor: The Woodturning Experience
Puget Sound, Washington State
"Outside of a dog, there's nothing better than a good book; inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
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Apparently, it's a relic from the bad old days when tool rests were fixed to be parallel to the ways. Nowadays, we can swivel our toolrests 90°.
-- Jim
Use the right tool for the job.
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