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I was thinking some kind of saw set tool, but it looks too cumbersome. It's clearly designed to be mounted on the front/side of a bench, clamping something thin. The bright hardened metal piece with the bolt can be set into different positions. The knurled wheel that it's clamped to looks designed to be moved rather than decorative knurling. The fine threaded clamp looks like it should push something, but it looks like the round metal pad on the end doesn't have a bearing, so presumably something is put in and that's screwed in to set a distance, but god knows what it's for? Bending something, or setting an angle on something metal…not sure.

Love this. I have something similar for sharpening chainsaw chains but I can't see how this would work for that. I would guess that it's for setting and sharpening saws but I may be wrong.

I wondered about circular saw blades?

It's actually from the stone age before we had grinders. Each bean had to be individually crushed.

@"DavecUK"#p4022 getting cooler ?

Ha! Love Tom's suggestion of individual bean squashing vice! To me it looks more like it would be used for extracting confessions than coffee, an Acme Precision Truthmaster Pursuivant (tm) thumb screw.

LOL @"Hotmetal"#87 so if it's about extracting confessions as opposed to extracting coffee, them maybe it's more of a nut cracker than a bean crusher?

What's my line. / What is this tool / item used for-- panel had to guess.

Elcarajillo

As some members have already mentioned, It is a hand lathe for metal and it was used on particular items ???

The only things missing are the items to be worked and the handle to turn the item.

DavecUK

Elcarajillo The only things missing are the items to be worked and the handle to turn the item.

Where did the handle actually go?

Elcarajillo

Elcarajillo The handle fits on the item being turned (similar style to manual coffee grinder handle but with a clamp)

Baldrick

Is it for making lathe handles?? 😁

Elcarajillo

Baldrick No ,more precision ???

Grif

forkandles?

Pompeyexile

Is it for making bearing housings to really tight tolerances?

Elcarajillo

No, it is for external surface work ??

Waitforme

For cutting an oil channel ?

Elcarajillo

Waitforme sorry that will be no.

Norvin

Cutting a slot or keyway for woodruff keys?

Gagaryn

Not sure how that could be achieved on a lathe, really needs milled. That said, I have no idea how this item can work as a lathe - not sure how anything can be held in a way that would allow it it spin against the cutter. I’m either missing something, or the tool is.

Elcarajillo

Gagaryn The only thing missing is the handle to attach and rotate the item being worked.

Look at the ‘jaws’ in the second and third photo.

DavecUK

Elcarajillo I assumed the jaws were flat as if to hold sheet metal…do they have a semicircular section on each jaw, so a round object can be held within them but still rotate?

Pompeyexile

Not for re-cutting drill bits in a hand drill which you clamp and then turn the handle to rotate the drill bit?

Elcarajillo

Pompeyexile Getting very warm👍

Elcarajillo

DavecUK one with 90 deg V the other flat.

tompoland

Cmon @DavecUK you can do this!

Pompeyexile

I know I said cutting drill bits but more precisely sharpening them? or re-sizing them?

Elcarajillo

Pompeyexile sorry not drills and not sharpening .

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