Stumbled across this on ebay, never seen one before and thought it was cool - maybe they are common and it is just me - but in case they aren't I thought I would share. It seemed in line with the interests of this group. A handy, dandy tool for drilling the mortices for the sash weight pulleys.
It is item #141577737958 on ebay if you want to go look. Disclaimer: I am not the seller, nor do I know them. I just saw this when when browsing old mortising tools.
Cool tool for sash mortices
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Re: Cool tool for sash mortices
I do believe that is the gang drill for a particular kind of patent window (counterweight) pulley. I have seen the adverts for the pulleys, but never the tool to drill for them Very cool.
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Re: Cool tool for sash mortices
if it was a five bit tool, the pulley might look like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-SCALLOP ... 72696793ol
I think others who used this type of tool may have also used a chisel to square up the sides...the first folks who saw this ingenious invention must have thought "why didn't I think of that?"...
thanks for sharing...
...jade
I think others who used this type of tool may have also used a chisel to square up the sides...the first folks who saw this ingenious invention must have thought "why didn't I think of that?"...
thanks for sharing...
...jade
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Re: Cool tool for sash mortices
You will probably need more than a hand drill to drive that thing, at least a floor standing drill press.
Fortunately (unfortunately? depending on where you're from ), routers and plywood jigs have made those sorts of things obsolete.
Fortunately (unfortunately? depending on where you're from ), routers and plywood jigs have made those sorts of things obsolete.
--Neal