MWTCA September 2023 'What's It' Project (8-2023)

[John Morris]

"What's It" Basic Rules Reminder

For a full run down on this project and rules please go to: "The Patriot Woodworker and MWTCA "What's It" project"

• Only Patriot Woodworker Members are eligible to participate and receive the award.
• The MWTCA only accepts a verified source to support your answer, so one should be submitted with your answer, such as a patent, catalog entry, tool book reference, or a respectable website on the subject. Do not let these requirements prevent you from having fun and submitting educated answers on the subject without verification, we can worry about references later. All answers are welcome, as well as healthy debates regarding "What's It".
• If a verified and referenced answer is not arrived at by the end of each month's "What's It" project, a random draw will be performed for a "One Year MWTCA Club Membership".
• Only Patriot Woodworker's who participate in this "What's It" topic will be included in the random draw.

 

Additional What's It Rules

• Unless you are completely sure what this item is, please avoid "definitive statements" that appear that you are without a doubt claiming that you know what the item is. For example stating, "this item is called a "widget xx" used for "insert purpose here". If you are making a definitive statement you must accompany your statement with evidence or proof from a secondary source.
• An example of acceptable statements within the realm of having fun and educated guesses would be something like this, "I believe it could be", or "It appears it's made for this or that", etc etc etc...

 

Ok ladies and gentlemen, we now have our "What's it" live and ready!

The image(s) below is a MWTCA "What's It" image for you to research, and tell us all here in this topic post, just what the heck is it!

 

Project Details

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[Grandpadave52]

Ninja Warrior belt buckle

[John Morris]

Hmmm, I wonder.

If you look at the last image.The semi pointed tooling, almost resembles a lettering stamp, we use them at our job to punch text onto metal surfaces, such as brass and aluminum. The lettering punches are straight though, and tiny.

But it got me to thinking, that the semi pointed tooling can be interchanged with others, and perhaps have a different strike pattern.

So, bare with me. The item with the two rods, looks like an adjustable fence. And the main brass body looks like it was made for striking with a mallet?

So you could set the fence and let it guide the stamping along a straight edge that you'd be working on, meanwhile interchanging the stamped tooling. And what you'd have is a nice straight stamped line of whatever it is your stamping.

Hey, it's a start!

[John Morris]

Actually, never mind all that BS above, after looking at it that would be an impossible task, with the pointy thing sticking out as far as it does. WELP, back to the drawing board.

[HandyDan]

1 hour ago, John Morris said:

And what you'd have is a nice straight stamped line of whatever it is your stamping.

 

Leather belt comes to mind.

[HandyDan]

All I could come up with is the thought that it designed as a burnisher.  The distance of the fence would help with angle control.

Edited September 2, 2023 by HandyDan

[John Morris]

3 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

All I could come up with is the thought that it designed as a burnisher.  The distance of the fence would with angle control.

That crossed my mind too Dan!

[Ron Dudelston]

I’m guessing some sort of marking gauge.   There are two moving parts.  The slide with the two pins has a boss on it and the tapered piece also slides.  The pinned slide does the clamping and the tapered piece locks it in place?

[Gerald]

I do not see any damage on the brass so I think a piece is missing which the brass mounts into. Note the flat area with a rise in front. Now that wavy fence could go into an opposite wave . Also note that shelf above the spike. I think the spike is designed to go into a hole like a place marker.

[steven newman]

I am looking more at the Coat of Arms.....this tool is English made...

 

Also...the 4 "corners of the "spike" are different from each other...

 

Another curious item?    Set screws on the sides of the Brass ...?  There also seems to be numbers on that flat section...Model Number?

 

Whatever they were pulling through this JIG,,,maybe to add a "lip" to an edge?   Pull through once, rotate to the next size "detail", pull again...rinse and repeat  for all the corners...The fence would be adjusted as you went....to get the right amount of "curl" to the edge...

 

Just a WAG....

Edited September 6, 2023 by steven newman
Brain started working

[steven newman]

Thinking this MIGHT be a jig for either a Tinsmith or a Silversmith....

 

That square block could also have been changed out to a round ( Hollow) profile?   

 

The "spike" could also be used as an Anvil.....

 

The "notches" in the fence MIGHT have been use to guide Punches.....

[steven newman]

So...now that it IS October.....what was that tool?