who knows thier tools? pt 2

[Older The Better]

i was given some of my great grandpas old tools, these were among them i have no idea what purpose they serve

i have to throw this one in. i couldn't believe this was sitting in a box of tools and junk. my great grandpa was old but i don't think he was old enough to have used this one.

 

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[Anduril]

I don't know, but you can bet whatever job this (2nd) tool does, it would be a real pain in the *ss to complete without one!

I see what looks like ball bearings at the center.
So, I assume this piece rotates axially about the center?
And I also see what look like beveled or conformed guides to assist the feeding of maybe wire rope or cable, or ??
(You can tell that so far it's a "no-coffee" morning here as I'm having trouble coming up with the best descriptions...)

Anyway, my best guess is this tool is somehow used to twist wires (or something, ?)

 

[mojjax]

the first tool looks like a saw set

 

[sprailroad]

I have no idea either, but I really like the way they look, really makes you wonder.

 

[Gambrinus]

The second tool looks like it would fit in a brace/drill type chuck. Can you take a pic of the other end? Also look for a patent date.
I found this pic which is helpful but I still don't understand it's use.

 

[DCMatt]

The second tool looks like it would fit in a brace/drill type chuck. Can you take a pic of the other end? Also look for a patent date.
I found this pic which is helpful but I still don't understand it's use.

Huh... A drill. I never would have guessed that...

 

[Gambrinus]

Thanks DCMatt for finding more info, now I see that the tool is missing even more parts. Still a cool tool.

 

[Overseas]

It is definitely a tool an old time carpenter should remember, but I am talking 80 years old. My dad was and had one. I have some of those bits, but not the rest of it like you...impressive.

 

[Older The Better]

i think gambrinus nailed it, as you can see i have some of the other parts, i just thought the chain was part of the junk that came with the tools, old cut power cords, cut up aluminum from a storm door, small sections of copper pipe exct... as far as any markings i looked it over and all i could find was ICH-CON or just CH-CON with a straight line
everything came pretty jumbled up so i don't know what goes with what

 

[Older The Better]

and dc matt you were all over it too it is a chain drill, you would wrap the chain around what you were drilling and as the drill turned it would pull itself into what you were drilling. also credit to mojjax on the saw set call.

 

[Duckshot]

I wonder if that might be the complete set and the other tool might be a chain tensioner? Does not look like any saw set I got, not that I have many.

What are all the saws you got there, if you don't mind me asking? The second saw handle down, the one underneath the one we can see the medallion on, has a comfortable looking handle.

 

[Older The Better]

bottom three are disston saws with very faint script on one side i cant make out much of it and the top one has a warrented superior medallion but if I'm not mistaken that doesn't tell me who the maker was. it also has script on one side it looks like in bold "WORTH" maybe in a diamond and i could make out America in script off to the side

 

[Duckshot]

If you got a disston with all its nuts and no chips in the horns it might be worthwhile to get all the rust off. I use a 800 grit stone followed by a 1000 grit stone lots of 3 In One oil and lots of patience. Don't tip the stone and you mighy not ruin the etching.

Disston etching is cool. It reads "For beauty, finish, and utility, this saw cannot be excelled.- Henry Disston".

 

[DownNDirty]

Wow-that full-grooved axe head is a stunner!

 

[Red James Cash]

The stone artifact on the right is most likely off of a war club.It would of made a nice skull cracker.

 

[Older The Better]

this was the saw with the warranted superior medallion with an eagle i the center
does anybody recognize what is stamped on the saw?

 

[Duckshot]

bottom three are disston saws with very faint script on one side i cant make out much of it and the top one has a warrented superior medallion but if I'm not mistaken that doesn't tell me who the maker was. it also has script on one side it looks like in bold "WORTH" maybe in a diamond and i could make out America in script off to the side

I don't recognize the etch. It might be a hardware store stamp, I got a few like that. Back before WWII, before electric saws became popular, even disston made second line saws and would etch whatever was ordered on them so long as enough were ordered. Most every maker seemed to have "warranted superior" saws. I got a Hibbard-Spencer-Bartlett "Will Saw" etched blade with a warranted superior medallion. I know it was made before 1900, cause the hardware store it is also etched with went out of business in 1901.