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its obvious they are a pair of thingimies for doing who knows what 
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they look more like thing-a-ma-jigs to me, for doing that thing with the thing, for the job at the place 
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put em in a press and used for morticing .drill hole then punch through
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are they hollow ? would they take a drill bit ? if so they could be some sort of mortising tool (woodwork)
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they look more grooved than hollow, could be for a wood turning lathe?
i dont think they are for a metal turning lathe though
i dont think they are for a metal turning lathe though
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Bit Identification
Almost certainly from a "Thumper mortice machine" bit held in place, timber secured in a compound " X -Y " Vice, you brought the handle down with a bit of force, a few drilled pilot holes started you off, then came the motorised version with the hollow chisel and an internal bit, the bit rotating-drilling the bulk out and the stationary square chisel cutting the hole parallel and square.
Stan
Almost certainly from a "Thumper mortice machine" bit held in place, timber secured in a compound " X -Y " Vice, you brought the handle down with a bit of force, a few drilled pilot holes started you off, then came the motorised version with the hollow chisel and an internal bit, the bit rotating-drilling the bulk out and the stationary square chisel cutting the hole parallel and square.
Stan
i knew someone here would solve it.
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now all you need is the machine
picked them up on an autojumble today, for a pound Bits update
In the seventies the company I worked for had a "thumper morticer" standing in the corner, and I nearly acquired it, but it was quite big and a cast iron brute, I had a few goes, but as you would expect we had an electric Wadkin.it was still in the corner looking quite sorry with surface rust in the early 80s when I left. Business is finished now, bet it hit the scrap yard. did every thing a modern day electric hollow chisel machine does. Guessing this machine by Howkins pre dated our cast iron version The chisels bear an uncanny resemblance to the heavy hand mortice chisels I have stood at a bench and knocked holes into window frames doors and door frames- happy days
Stan
In the seventies the company I worked for had a "thumper morticer" standing in the corner, and I nearly acquired it, but it was quite big and a cast iron brute, I had a few goes, but as you would expect we had an electric Wadkin.it was still in the corner looking quite sorry with surface rust in the early 80s when I left. Business is finished now, bet it hit the scrap yard. did every thing a modern day electric hollow chisel machine does. Guessing this machine by Howkins pre dated our cast iron version The chisels bear an uncanny resemblance to the heavy hand mortice chisels I have stood at a bench and knocked holes into window frames doors and door frames- happy days
Stan
Cool Stan they do look like a very efficent piece of kit.Ive just been browsing the Internet if anyone needs them or collects them, anyway i came across this too.http://old-woodworking-tools.com/index/pages/158.htm
