Hi all

This object was in the garage of the house when I bought it 10 years
ago. I've kept it around even though I really don't know what it is. Was
doing a cleanup of the shop when I came across it again, and thought
that the good people of RCM might be able to identify it.
The half with the slots rotates relative to the half with the circular
cutter, and is indexed so the center of the slot remains in the
centerline of the cutter. I have no idea of it's age, but it's certainly
at least 10 to 15 years old.

Any ideas?

http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/Whatsit2.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit3.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit5.jpg

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Royal Military College
Kingston Ontario


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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:54:04 -0400, Pete Snell wrote:
Hi all

This object was in the garage of the house when I bought it 10 years
ago. I've kept it around even though I really don't know what it is. Was
doing a cleanup of the shop when I came across it again, and thought
that the good people of RCM might be able to identify it.
Any ideas?

Looks like you feed something round into the one end, spin the cutter
against it, and get a spiral out the other end?

What's the name on the end, that's not clear in the photos. Looks
vaguely medical-ish to me?

Dave Hinz wrote:


Looks like you feed something round into the one end, spin the cutter
against it, and get a spiral out the other end?

What's the name on the end, that's not clear in the photos. Looks
vaguely medical-ish to me?

C-G-E Carboloy Made in Canada.
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Pete Snell
Royal Military College
Kingston Ontario


The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw

Pete Snell wrote:
Hi all

This object was in the garage of the house when I bought it 10 years
ago. I've kept it around even though I really don't know what it is. Was
doing a cleanup of the shop when I came across it again, and thought
that the good people of RCM might be able to identify it.
The half with the slots rotates relative to the half with the
circular cutter, and is indexed so the center of the slot remains in the
centerline of the cutter. I have no idea of it's age, but it's certainly
at least 10 to 15 years old.

Any ideas?

http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/Whatsit2.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit3.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit5.jpg


Wonder if that could be used to ream the seats on cutting torch tips?

GWE

It is probably an ice skate "sharpener" used to touch up the edges of hollow
ground blades. Primary sharpening is done with a specialized grinding
set-up.
Ray
"Pete Snell" wrote in message
...
Hi all

This object was in the garage of the house when I bought it 10 years ago.
I've kept it around even though I really don't know what it is. Was doing
a cleanup of the shop when I came across it again, and thought that the
good people of RCM might be able to identify it.
The half with the slots rotates relative to the half with the circular
cutter, and is indexed so the center of the slot remains in the centerline
of the cutter. I have no idea of it's age, but it's certainly at least 10
to 15 years old.

Any ideas?

http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/Whatsit2.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit3.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit5.jpg

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Pete Snell
Royal Military College
Kingston Ontario


The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:54:04 -0400, Pete Snell wrote:

Hi all

This object was in the garage of the house when I bought it 10 years
ago. I've kept it around even though I really don't know what it is. Was
doing a cleanup of the shop when I came across it again, and thought
that the good people of RCM might be able to identify it.
The half with the slots rotates relative to the half with the circular
cutter, and is indexed so the center of the slot remains in the
centerline of the cutter. I have no idea of it's age, but it's certainly
at least 10 to 15 years old.

Any ideas?

http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/Whatsit2.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit3.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit5.jpg


My bets are on "scissor sharpener".

Wayne Cook
Shamrock, TX
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/waynecook/index.htm

Yes... particularly if the "slots" are different sizes, allowing you to
sharpen various thickness blades?
David


http://pstuning.com/ "Wayne Cook" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:54:04 -0400, Pete Snell wrote:

My bets are on "scissor sharpener".

Wayne Cook
Shamrock, TX

Pete Snell wrote:
Hi all

This object was in the garage of the house when I bought it 10 years
ago. I've kept it around even though I really don't know what it is. Was
doing a cleanup of the shop when I came across it again, and thought
that the good people of RCM might be able to identify it.
The half with the slots rotates relative to the half with the
circular cutter, and is indexed so the center of the slot remains in the
centerline of the cutter. I have no idea of it's age, but it's certainly
at least 10 to 15 years old.

Any ideas?

http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/Whatsit2.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit3.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit5.jpg




Medical instrument used by 20th century mohels*, sometimes producing
unintended results. Viz.


The cock of a fellow named Red,
Was adorned with a spiralized head.
When at last he laid eyes,
On a cooze the right size,
He was foiled by a left-handed thread!


Jeff

* Lookit up if you don't know it.

--
Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."

Ray Field wrote:

It is probably an ice skate "sharpener" used to touch up the edges of hollow
ground blades. Primary sharpening is done with a specialized grinding
set-up.
Ray

I think so too.



"Pete Snell" wrote in message
...
Hi all

This object was in the garage of the house when I bought it 10 years ago.
I've kept it around even though I really don't know what it is. Was doing
a cleanup of the shop when I came across it again, and thought that the
good people of RCM might be able to identify it.
The half with the slots rotates relative to the half with the circular
cutter, and is indexed so the center of the slot remains in the centerline
of the cutter. I have no idea of it's age, but it's certainly at least 10
to 15 years old.

Any ideas?

http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/Whatsit2.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit3.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit5.jpg

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Pete Snell
Royal Military College
Kingston Ontario


The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw
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The skate sharpener quess seems to be correct.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/VINTAGE-SKATE-SHA...cmdZV iewItem

Pete Snell wrote:
Hi all

This object was in the garage of the house when I bought it 10 years
ago. I've kept it around even though I really don't know what it is. Was
doing a cleanup of the shop when I came across it again, and thought
that the good people of RCM might be able to identify it.
The half with the slots rotates relative to the half with the
circular cutter, and is indexed so the center of the slot remains in the
centerline of the cutter. I have no idea of it's age, but it's certainly
at least 10 to 15 years old.

Any ideas?

http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/Whatsit2.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit3.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit5.jpg

machineman wrote:

The skate sharpener quess seems to be correct.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/VINTAGE-SKATE-SHA...cmdZV iewItem

Looks like we have a winner! Thanks for the help!

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Pete Snell
Royal Military College
Kingston Ontario


The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw

Now you have to buy some skates...

Peter

"Pete Snell" wrote in message
...
machineman wrote:

The skate sharpener quess seems to be correct.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/VINTAGE-SKATE-SHA...cmdZV iewItem
Looks like we have a winner! Thanks for the help!

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Pete Snell
Royal Military College
Kingston Ontario


The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:02:48 GMT, Ray Field wrote:
It is probably an ice skate "sharpener" used to touch up the edges of hollow
ground blades. Primary sharpening is done with a specialized grinding
set-up.

Fits the shape of the blade, and the country of origin; the spinning is
so you can use different parts of the cutter. What's the width of the
straight slot?

Pete,

Carballoy makes tool holders, inserts, and other metal cutting products


Mark


"Pete Snell" wrote in message
...
Hi all

This object was in the garage of the house when I bought it 10 years
ago. I've kept it around even though I really don't know what it is. Was
doing a cleanup of the shop when I came across it again, and thought
that the good people of RCM might be able to identify it.
The half with the slots rotates relative to the half with the circular
cutter, and is indexed so the center of the slot remains in the
centerline of the cutter. I have no idea of it's age, but it's certainly
at least 10 to 15 years old.

Any ideas?

http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/Whatsit2.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit3.jpg
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/whatsit5.jpg

--
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Pete Snell
Royal Military College
Kingston Ontario


The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:00:08 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm,
Grant Erwin quickly quoth:

Pete Snell wrote:
http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/Whatsit2.jpg

Wonder if that could be used to ream the seats on cutting torch tips?

What do they cut with 1.5" diameter tips, Grant? thud

P.S: I hope it's the acetylene opening vs. the oxy holes.


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