manual router used in woodwork,also known as a hags tooth.
2006-12-01 08:53:07 · 9 answers · asked by VINCE M 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
I will try to resist the obvious hag jokes. I am not sure why you want a manual router when electrical motor driven ones are fairly low priced and get the job done so quickly. The last guy that I know looking for something like that was faking antique chairs by finishing them manually.
2006-12-01 08:56:19 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
You can start with these:
Patrick Leach is an old-tool dealer who will have several in stock and ship to you. You can find him at: http://www.supertool.com/oldtools.htm
You can do research on the OldTools List, a group of old woodworking tool collectors and users at:
http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/archive/index.phtml
I will also add this... an "old woman's tooth," as I have heard hand routers referred to, is usually craftsman-built (homemade) affair or a wooden version (earlier) of the all metal routers (286, 71, and 71 1/2, etc.) that were made by Stanley, Record, Preston, etc. and are collectable and readily available.
Steve in Dallas
2006-12-04 07:58:44 · answer #2 · answered by SteveDallas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or even a 'Grannies Tooth' Are you trying to create a special shape? If that is your problem, get a piece of steel ideally tool steel, create your shape 'which fits' with the steel laying back at say 30 degrees.Get a colpe of bits of hardwood to hold the steel...clamp it between, and help to keep you at the right angle, away you go......custom made plane...
or, for flat surface...
http://www.oldtoolsshop.com/zMisc/wooTools/05_routerPlane.asp
2006-12-01 11:00:05 · answer #3 · answered by johncob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grannies tooth? try your local college, thats the last place i saw one. they may have some spare as it's not a tool thats used much now.
2006-12-04 03:48:19 · answer #4 · answered by gmcb_1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you are looking for would be considered an antique tool. I suggest you get in contact with one of the organizations at this site.
http://www.pbs.org/wws/resources/index.html
2006-12-01 09:02:26 · answer #5 · answered by oil field trash 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahh, a fellow neanderthal. Here's the place to start looking:
http://www.galootcentral.com/modules.php?name=Web_Links
Hope that helps.
2006-12-01 09:59:48 · answer #6 · answered by Joseph 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
salem massechusetts, thats where the old witches and hags were located
2006-12-02 04:43:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
looking out my window, theirs a few candidates
2006-12-01 09:02:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No idea
2006-12-03 04:20:21 · answer #9 · answered by brm4villa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋