What is it, I mean "them"...

[skotl]

These were donated to our local Men's Shed and I took pictures saying I would ask the collective here what they are.
Minor spoiler, another fella came in who knew what they are, so that means that I already know what they are but thought it would be a good quiz for patrons of this forum...

They are pretty much all variations of the same device, just in different sizes.

Well, all the same apart from this one (which we didn't completely identify) so bonus points for this, with an extra joker win if you can identify whether it's factory made or home made

 

[Johnnybravo]

Used to make wooden dowels ?

 

[Smallfry]

They are for sharpening very big pencils.

Or cutting threads on wooden dowels or screws

 

[zzr1200]

Tools for making the locating tapers on wooden chair back spokes....best way I can put it.

 

[brightspark]

rounding plane

 

[GRW]

From the title I thought this might be a non-PC Gender Pronoun Thread

 

[hollow]

Tools for making the locating tapers on wooden chair back spokes....best way I can put it.

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Yup..

 

[Turbo]

Tenon cutters, really useful for green woodworking.

This is the modern version.


https://www.axminstertools.com/veri...PM5gXutumF67oga9biH_mKd9L35LuBOzewdaZM-dJWl1g

 

[skotl]

Well done (I had no doubt!). They're (mostly) for making tenons out of round stock to make windsor style chairs, like the round components that make this up:

As mentioned above, they're basically "pencil sharpeners" that get an accurate tenon into the receiving piece.
Pretty specialised, I think.

By the way, we're still waiting on opinions for what this is:

 

[dobbslc]

Something that makes a blunt point or step on the end of dowels for the glue?

 

[Other Daniel]

Well done (I had no doubt!). They're (mostly) for making tenons out of round stock to make windsor style chairs, like the round components that make this up:

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As mentioned above, they're basically "pencil sharpeners" that get an accurate tenon into the receiving piece.
Pretty specialised, I think.

By the way, we're still waiting on opinions for what this is:

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I would guess it's still very much related to the above, in that this tool/plane
would be used for cleaning & squaring the ends of the round stock.

 

[Migmac]

It’s a round ender

 

[Agroshield]

By the way, we're still waiting on opinions for what this is:

Record A151 is an adjustable spokeshave so the blade and cap have come from one of those. The aluminium casting looks home-cast.

As above, a possible way of using it is to rest something round in the vee block, rotate it and shave the end square to the axis of the piece.

 

[zzr1200]

Tools for making the locating tapers on wooden chair back spokes....best way I can put it.

View attachment 453486

My brain went AWOL yesterday, just couldn't think of the words "Chair Spindles", long days and I'm getting old.......

 

[—Tom—]

Well done (I had no doubt!). They're (mostly) for making tenons out of round stock to make windsor style chairs, like the round components that make this up:

View attachment 453523

As mentioned above, they're basically "pencil sharpeners" that get an accurate tenon into the receiving piece.
Pretty specialised, I think.

By the way, we're still waiting on opinions for what this is:

View attachment 453524

They’re ashem rounders for chair making
The unidentified is an end rounder for finishing the feet neatly

End Rounder

Lovely bits of kit and still very much in demand, I’d love a set but budget can never stretch to the eBay prices

 

[gaz1]

theres always other ways to do things

 

[Agroshield]

there's always other ways to do things

The tools above are to make tapered tenons. The videos you showcase relate to parallel dowels.

 

[eccles291]

From the title I thought this might be a non-PC Gender Pronoun Thread

That's exactly what I thought!