Thinking is some kinda drill bit...

None like I've ever seen before...

 

 

 

Edited September 28, 20205 yr by Kevin Beitz

Metal spinning spoon.

So....? What does one do with a Metal spinning spoon?

Not for lathe turning? 

It's got a brace end for in a brace drill.

For cleaning out bored holes??

I think that's just a "spoon bit". I saw Roy Underhill use one on his show. Chuck it in a brace and drill away. There is a distinct advantage to using them, but I can't remember what it is.

2 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

I think that's just a "spoon bit". I saw Roy Underhill use one on his show. Chuck it in a brace and drill away. There is a distinct advantage to using them, but I can't remember what it is.

Probably faster and, cleaner than the same sized auger bit.

3 hours ago, Kevin Beitz said:

So....? What does one do with a Metal spinning spoon?

Not for lathe turning? 

It's got a brace end for in a brace drill.

There are several different types of metal spinning tools besides the spoon.

Check through these listings. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2315708.m570.l1312&_nkw=metal+spinning+tools&_sacat=0

Sorry about the additional items, but you know how ebay searches go.

This book from the listings gives a basic description of what metal spinning is used for.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Metal-Spinning-Principles-of-Metal-Spinning-And-Tools-and-Methods-Used-in/402430207978?hash=item5db2b5a7ea:g:8KcAAOSwdJlfXK3I

Metal spinning can be done on both wood, and metal lathes.

Think turning plates, bowls, vases etc. from light gauge metal.

The tools are used to form the metal by forcing/forming the metal to shape.

 

Edited September 28, 20205 yr by Larry Buskirk

Think this is to sharp to be a metal spinning tool...

Think I found them... Shell bits...

 

https://picclick.co.uk/Vintage-NOSE-AUGER-SHELL-DRILL-BITS-x-4-202091630759.html#&gid=1&pid=1

Here is some more....

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Old-Vintage-Shell-Bits-Various-Makes-and-Sizes/120881693156?hash=item1c251c41e4:g:hpAAAMXQXZZRe4q5

1 hour ago, Kevin Beitz said:

Think this is to sharp to be a metal spinning tool...

Might be the photo, it doesn't look like it has a sharp edge.

I believe the item is too thin for a spoon drill, but what else could it be?  I saw someone on Youtube use a spoon drill to drill the rear spindle holes on a windsor chair.

Danl

Edited September 28, 20205 yr by Danl

I'll try drilling a hole and report back... Tomorrow ....

 

Maybe one of Keith Richards' old coke spoons?

 

So... Whats the advantage or Disadvantage?

2 hours ago, Kevin Beitz said:

So... Whats the advantage or Disadvantage?

From Lee-Valley:

This style of bit is greatly favored by chairmakers for two reasons. One, it will bore a hole with a round bottom. This allows maximum possible blind hole depth in a chair leg to receive a stretcher with no chance of a brad point or spur breaking through. But the most impressive feature of this kind of bit is that, in a single operation, you can bore an accurately sized and positioned hole at an acute angle, lower than possible with any other kind of bit.

Thankyou....

Looks like it could use a starter center.  If you watch real close the bit moves of center in the video.

Well I tried it out... Works OK... For what it is....