This month, instead of rooting around in the bottom of the tool bin and grabing something, we found this cool tool while working on an upcoming article. Although the tool looks like a cricket bat that had a run-in with a table saw, these can easily be make on the jobsite.

If you know the name of the tool in the photo, send an email to: [email protected] and write “Mystery Tool #14 – June” in the subject line. Along with your guess, please include your mailing address and your telephone number.

Last Month’s Winner

The previous mystery tools were a set of left- and right-hand coachmaker’s rabbet planes made of Macassar ebony and brass, with steel cutters. Craftsmen used the tools to plow grooves in the curved frames of coaches and carriages when fitting panels and upholstery.

Retiree and amateur woodworker James Macallum from Selden, NY., was randomly picked from hundreds of entries and wins a year’s subscription to Fine Homebuilding magazine.

Contest Rules

Tools may be known by different names in various parts of the country, but there is a common, accepted name we’re looking for. So even if you and your buddies call it this, but we’re looking for that, the final decision is left to the editor. Sorry, those are the breaks.

To make the competition fair to those who receive this email at home and don’t see it until the evening, all correct answers received in the first 24 hours will be put into a hat, and one winner will be drawn. Good luck!

The winner will receive a free year of Fine Homebuilding magazine. If the winner is a current subscriber, a year will be added to his/her subscription term. The prize is non-transferable, and no cash substitutions will be made. The total value of this prize is $37.95. All taxes are the responsibility of the prize winner.

The winner will also be chosen at random from all correct entries received in the first 24 hours. The correct answer and winner will be announced on the following eLetter’s contest page. In the event there is no correct response, no prize will be awarded. The Taunton Press is not responsible for system breakdowns or lost emails.

This contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older. Employees, officers, and directors of The Taunton Press, its subsidiaries, affiliated companies, dealers, advertising and promotion agencies, their respective employees, officers, directors and agents, and those associated with the development, distribution or implementation of this contest, their immediate families (including parents, in-laws, siblings, children or spouse, regardless of where they live) and members of the same household, whether related or not, are not eligible to participate. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Winners agree to allow The Taunton Press to use their name in conjunction with this contest and subsequent promotion.

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