Identify this tool please

[longrifle007]

I am new to this forum, like a few days new.. Can anyone identify this tool for me.?? I got it at a garage sale and the guy said he thought it was from a machinist friend of his....Thanks...Pete

[longrifle007]

It's 7 " long and the second hole is not threaded.......Can anyone tell me what this tool is used for.???? Thanks, Pete

[old mart]

One of those custom made things, the use of which probably died with the original maker. Keep it just in case it can be useful for metal stock and repurpose it.
It looks like you have got the pictures going ok, so have another go with your other thread photos.

[eKretz]

Yeah that's shop-made, for who knows what. Probably worked great for whatever specialized task he was using it for.

[Doc Nickel]

That, I'd wager, is an error. A machinist's apprentice test part that got screwed up and kept as an example.

It looks a lot like half of an old tap wrench, where there should be two of each of those parts. The blocks go together, and the handles screw in, one from each side. Tightening them clamps a tap in between.

The notch, however, should have been made between the holes, not on the side face.

Either the apprentice never finished the other two parts (he may have been let go before continuing, or they may have just abandoned that job and moved on to other tests) or the parts were lost over the years.

At this point, they're scrap, or you can test your own machining skills and make duplicates to make it functional.

Doc.

[danlb]

It looks like a V block with a handle which can be placed within a cavity or some other remote place in order to support a small rod or wire as it's being worked on.

My first thought was that it might be some sort of work stop for a vice.

[J Tiers]

That, I'd wager, is an error. A machinist's apprentice test part that got screwed up and kept as an example.

It looks a lot like half of an old tap wrench, .......................
Doc.

It does indeed.

[portlandRon]

The notch, that would clamp the tap, is on the wrong plane for it to clamp a tap so don't think it is part of a tap wrench.

[J Tiers]

The notch, that would clamp the tap, is on the wrong plane for it to clamp a tap so don't think it is part of a tap wrench.

Cuz it was made wrong....... the V notch you complain about was messed up by the apprentice. The rest of the thing surely looks like a half a tap wrench, and they are typical old-timey apprentice projects.

[Doozer]

Looks like a henweigh to me.

-D

[reggie_obe]

The notch, that would clamp the tap, is on the wrong plane for it to clamp a tap so don't think it is part of a tap wrench.

The notch is in the correct place, the clearance and tapped holes were made in the wrong plane.
A project the student didn't even bother to finish.

[George Bulliss]

A project the student didn't even bother to finish.

Or perhaps he learned from the mistake and went on to make one correctly. Looks to me like the botched pieces were repurposed into a chip rake.

[JRouche]

They dont look like they go together. The block is crude and the handle is very good. JR

[BCRider]

Looks like a henweigh to me.

-D

Nope....nope.... not biting..... nope.....

Longrifle, never mind identifying what someone else made. I've got a box of widgets and special cutters I've done up over the years. No idea what they are for..... I tend to label stuff better now.

But the resemblance to a botched tap wrench is certainly compelling....

[Doozer]

Could be a dickfour.

-D