Thread: Mystery Tool Teaser #2

Hi mike.. thanks for bringing us the next installment.. great fun these threads, I take great pleasure in screaming at the telly when the mystery object comes on collectors.. I take less pleasure defending myself to the family when I get it wrong... which is most weeks.

That eclipse looks to me like a bit gauge to me.. I haven't seen one quite like it before bit it looks like it would handle the job nicely

I think it's a clamp to regulate the flow of an I.V. beer drip.

Cheers
Michael

Yep, that's an Eclipse accessory.

If that lipped edge is mirrored on the other side of the vee-block, it would make a handy jig for putting a continental grind on turning & carving gouges.

But if 'twere in my shed, I suspect it'd be used for experiments involving I.V. beer drips...

Originally Posted by mike48

Mystery Tool Teaser #2

Very easy one this time.

This is an old device purchased new by me in Scurr’s Hardware Mt Gravatt Brisbane, in about 1976.

Made by Eclipse of England, it is in perfect working order, although there isn’t much to go wrong or break.

Construction quality is absolutely excellent, made to last 100 yrs or more. Sigh!

I have used it. Works like a charm.

It has an Eclipse number stamped on the other side, but this would make it too easy.

Other manufacturers have made them also, although mentioning them gives too many clues.


I won’t add any posts until someone guesses what it is correctly.
Shoulnt take too long.

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Has anyone got an old Eclipse Catalog please??

Mike

YES I HAVE ONE IN MY TOOL KIT IT,S A

DEPTH GAUGE FOR SHIPS AUGER BITS
RUPERTBRI.

Originally Posted by rupertbri

YES I HAVE ONE IN MY TOOL KIT IT,S A

DEPTH GAUGE FOR SHIPS AUGER BITS
RUPERTBRI.

what he said... I've got one too

It Is an Eclipse No. 88 Bit Stop (also sometimes called a Bit Guage).
I told you it was an easy guess.

Congratulations to all correct guessers, but I think I saw eight viewers before the first correct answer. This may not prove anything though.
I had to go and cook dinner.

I have never seen this accessory in an Eclipse catalogue, so if someone has it, please post an image.
I dont think it was in my old 1980 Eclipse Catalog, now lost.

Here is how it attaches to a 5/8 inch bit.




Luban, I too watch Collectors avidly, and I only get about one in ten correct.
There was even one episode with a segment on woodworking planes!
Great show, and not just for the techie bits.



I will try to post another Saturday morning, although obviously most people only have a limited number of this type of thing, and most of you guys are very experienced and can correctly guess with only a parting glance

Ahhh! I know what I'll do ....


Mike