I ran across this tool in an art book. I think it’s a souped up miter box for frames. Has anyone seen anything like this before?
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Looks like a miter trimmer. Lion makes the most popular one.
Jon Blakemore
no way, I have one of those...thats a framers miter saw..just what he thought.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
How does that differ from the Lion?
I've always wanted to use a trimmer but have never seen one. What is the effort needed to trim a thin slice off of 2" Oak frame stock?
Jon Blakemore
Near as I can tell they're about the same...
It's more like shave rather than trim...
Use it to true up the ends...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
They can shave a slice off so thin that you think it was done with a plane.
Like sphere, I have the Lion trimmer. It is great for applied decorative molding. I also custom picture framing,and use it for thin, narrow frame moldings, that don't sit well on my miter slide for the table saw.
I first used on many years ago when working in a custom cabinet shop. Remember those french provencial corners that use to be applied to cabinet doors and drawer fronts? We bought the curved corners that were already miter at 45 degrees, and cut the straight molding to match the corners with an old Lion miter trimmer. A little more combersom than a low angle block plane for trim work, but you can really tune in a miter cut with one.
Tool Crib has them.
Dave
the method of slicing is the only similarity..the lion is real portable, and a little less refined.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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We own one. It is a mitre cutter for wooden frames. It is powered by stepping on the pedal.It uses big blades and not a saw. You cut in small "bites". Then move it forward and cut move cut move cut until though.
It a boat anchor. I have one. I've had it for ten years and never used it. Would be a great tool for a framing shop. Any offers considered.
http://www.irfanview.com
Jon Blakemore
good lord man, those were monsters to download.
If you thought mine were big try these:
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=47866.5
Jon Blakemore
Pardon me for the misconception.
Those were the biggies I was speaking of. :)
See one, hell I used one for more than a year working as custom picture framer. It’s quite more advanced than the Lion Trimmer.
We always referred to it as the “Chomperâ€.
The blades are set at 90 degrees to each other which puts them 45 degrees to the fence. The blades are brought in to the moulding by the foot petal, after each bite, you slide the knob that you see below and to the right of the bed towards you – that moves the blade assembly further into the moulding for the next bite.
The bed is engraved with ¼ inch increments, so you don’t have to run a tape on the moulding itself. And to cut other than a 45, the short porthion of the fence swings to other angles – also engraved. Damn nice, yet single purpose tool.
And the blades are wicked sharp!
P.S. It's nothing like the boat anchor... it's what the Lion Trimer want's to be when it grows up
Never underestimate your ability to overestimate your ability
Edited 9/24/2004 12:35 am ET by Spudwise
It is, as other posters have deduced, a professional model miter chopper. These are marketed to professional framing shops. Some of my customers who own them tell me that they do a real nice job on the smaller moldings. They are of decreasing effectiveness as molding sizes increase. So for larger heavier moldings saws become more effective. The choppers will create a very high quality cut though on moldings in their effective range. They are set up to work quickly and efficiently. One drawback is that they require a very high degree of sharpness in the blade system and are very expensive to resharpen. They also are not an easy item to resharpen to top quality standards and so there are not lots of shops that can do the work acceptably.
That machine is very similar to the one we use in the cabinet shop I work in.
http://www.hoffmann-usa.com/htm/beaded_face_frames/morso_nf.htm
We use it to create miters in beaded face frame cabinetry and to cut what my boss calls "French Miters".
Being French, I think my boss just loves the guillotine effect.....but seriously, that machine can shave hair thicknesses off any wood we have used and will take your finger too if your not careful.
5 G's!!
I had a shop (friend) build some Cherry abs fo me with beaded rails.........no wonder he applied them! He has the capability to bead the rails, I guess without the Hoffman, you ain't mitreing them though.
Is their another way? Just curious.
EricEvery once in a while, something goes right!
sure, use the Lion..I ruff cut with a pull saw, slice away w/ the slider, and presto!
Mine is actually a copy from AMT..taiwanese..but so what? it works like a dream, a bear to sharpen tho. I just hone the back side of the knives, just kiss the bevel real lightly to remove the little fuzz burr. Diamond is a MANS best friend...trust me.
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What is this thing?
A lawn aereator for Bonzai pots.
I wanna milkbone.
SamT
Wallpaper removal tool.
Jon Blakemore
Could be an old one I suppose, but all the spikes are flat with rounded edges. No point to them at all. Could run it on my scalp.
They use to be sharp...
Bakers use them for something...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
makes the little holes in saltines.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
deep penetrating back rub...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
non electric vibrator? OUCH
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Hole punch for donut seeds... (Cheerios)
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Ohhhh, that could be.
Pie crusts maybe?
I remember seeing something that looked like that in a baker's shop...
Thehere were several sizes....
No idea what they did with them...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Meat tenderizer
Looks kinda like the docker used on pizza dough. Spread the dough out and put it on a pan and then dock it with that tool. Keeps the crust from bubbling up in the oven. I think they are used in other dough applications as well. See attached pic.jt8
Thanks....
I'll take those milk bones rez....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
You'll have to split 'em with JohnT8. 60/40 since he posted a pic.
Now are we talking about REAL name brand Milk Bones, or just those generic ones that come in a 5lbs bag? ;)
jt8
not even that good.....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
That's what I get for being late to a thread. I knew what that was immediately!!
I docked a LOT of pizza doughs in the early eighties!!!
Rich Beckman
Another day, another tool.
You snooze, you lose.PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
Mid to Late '80s. Made well over 100k of the little bastards.
jt8
A Stanley No.82 tool.
What function was this scraper used for?
Scraping hardwood floors. That's how they smoothed them before God invented power sanders.
Edited 11/15/2004 7:45 pm ET by Uncle Dunc
Is that right?
Those poor souls.
They would push it as in a standard plane?
I believe it was pulled. I don't think you could push it at that angle without tearing up the floor.
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Stanley No. 82: Cabinet Scraper. Length: 13.50 Inches.
Gordsco,
The picture you copied to your post doesn't show in my browser.
Here's my attempt to show it
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I changed the source to read
<IMG height="367" src="http://www.yesterdaystools.com/Stanley82.jpg" width="450">
instead of
<IMG height="367" src="http://www.yesterdaystools.com/Stanley82.jpg" width="450" />
SamT
I should have posted a copy
Thanks Sam
Did I won?
Gordsco,
Did you win? Nope, I lost.
In the threaded post above, mine doesn't show either?!?!?
It displayed just fine in in the "Compose Message" window.
Must be Prospero again.
Test follows; Copy a thumbnail from a google page into a post.
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Ok, as I am typing this I see an image above, now I'll post it and see what happens.
Edit: Hmmn, that seems OK, and it has the XML codeing (" />")at the end, too. maybe the source of your image has something to do with it?
SamT
Edited 11/26/2004 7:46 pm ET by SamT
No show here either.
But the
'Stanley No. 82: Cabinet Scraper. Length: 13.50 Inches.'
copied out ok.
The picture is no longer available from the source.
SamT
Some I can post, others not.
Some can view, others not.
I'm okay with that.
I was just saying to rez, that along with the paste and post I should have attached the link.
A cabinet scraper takes off a thin shaving, gets rid of tool marks. pre sand paper even. Looks like that one would be like a common day shavehook.
Oh and by the way, those poor souls that use them are over in the Knots discussion groups. lol
Hey, some of us "poor souls" that are over here use them to.
Doug
Sorry, I didnt mean any disrespect, you have to read 40-43.
Im a finish carpenter and painter and I use them.
I didnt take it as a dis. just screwing with ya! :)
what ever you say
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
What???
You learning to post from the school of rez?
heh heh
be a what
It's a rolling pin for the top layer of dough for pies, so that you don't have to poke holes in it with a fork for the steam to excape. Saves lots of time.
It is a very old paint roller and sleeve floating in a sea of alga, what those pointy things are I do not know. Any guesses?
its for popping air bubble when dealing with epoxy paints.
Have you had experience with air bubbles in epoxy paints? I am serious I had a disaster with a two part "Tuff Flex" product. What do you know?
I tried everything included the air popper in the picture. I ended up using a small nap roller, as small as you can get. Then burn the hairs with a propane torch. only roll one way and put alot of pressure on the roller. the roller I used did not have the cardbord tube and the nap was so small it look like it was painted on.
We had bubbles with West Systems epoxy installing a Teak Deck in a boat hatch we set out in the sun. The problem was the rising temp while setting.