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Letters PatentNo. 81,338, dated August 25, 1868.

i IMPROVEMENT 1N TOOLS TOE TURNING MOULDINes.

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILSON W. CAREY, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements vin Hand-Moulding Tools for Turning Wood; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had lto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. i

The nature off'my invention consists in providing for hand-moulding tools an adjustable cutter-block, its objeictfbeing to assist arid aid in accurately adjustingthe cutter, whereby the different cutters may be so adjusted, in each tool, as to match the moulding made by the one -that preceded it, thus, instead of leaving vsome portions ofthe piece of wood to b e turned unfinished and rough, completely finishing and leaving the saine in the desired true and smooth shape. t'

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. l I

Figure represents a plan of a Hand-tool with my improved device attached.

Figure 2 represents a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 represents alongitudinal section o't'ytlie same.

Similar 4letters in the different figures indicate corresponding parts. s y

I construct my improved hand-moulding tool witha handle, a, which is secured tothe stock b by a proper shank. The stock b is provided with a seat, c, and guide d, the object of this guide being to assist in operating `the tool. e is the adjustable cutter-block, its form being the saine as the cutterf, and is provided with a. slot, y, which comics directly over aud on the screw-seat e,'a.ndis adjusted ands'ccurcd to the same by the screw z'. `Near the top otthis cutter-block, an opening is made to allow the turnings of wood topas's through, thus keeping the cutterf clear. This cutter-block e and cutterf are secured and held in position by aid ot' theclamp 7' and set-screw 7c. i i

These several devices comprising the hand-moulding tool being thus arranged, and its several parts adjusted in position, is then ready for use. I I

In turning wood for different purposes, a great variety of mouldings is ldesired on each and almost every separate piece. For each diierent'form ot"'moulding,`itA requires a separate tool, the cutter of whichA is formed of the desired shape, to correspond with the moulding required. l i i Often-times the same tool is used many times, at diiferen't distances from each other, Aand the spaces left between areturned 4in diierent forms, requiring tools with alarge variety of mouldings. Where these diiferent forms come together, or where the same tool is used throughout the entire piece of wood to -be turned, much trouble is experienced, in their not matchipg asl nicely and accurately as'they ought to, leaving, at diilerent ends of thecutters, portions ot' woodthat the cutters do not finish, which have to be removed and 'trued with a commen turning-chiseL-thus causing a loss of time, labor,` and extra expense. l y

To produce the almost endless variety of forms or shapes of mouldings required, the same moulding-tool which' practically cannot exceed six inches lin length, may be used `alternately throughout the length of the piece, or it may be used at unequal distances from each other, the intervening spaces supplied with a mouldingtool which would produce an entirely different shape and form of moulding. E I

In either and all'of the above eases, heretofore, invariably the cutter-to0l in use cannot, by the present deviee,.vnow in common use, be adjusted, either tothe right or left, asthecasc may be, so as to form a moulding thatits ends would match or agree with the moulding or mouldings previously made by the last cutter or cutters` applied, thusleaving, between'ithe mouldings made hy the different tools, portions of wood resembling rough rings around the woodturned, of various` sizes and shapes, which, if left on,l would destroy the beauty and symmetry of the mouldings, making the work imperfect and valueless. Consequently the operator,`to 'finish 'the same, is compelled to use a common chisel to remove these roughpor'tions of wood, requiring extra time and labor in theoperation, andnever able to make a complete finish to thev same.

llhatlV claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The adjustable eutter-block e, when arranged as described, and for the purposesffull'y set forth.

i "WILSON W.' CAREY. i Witnesses:

J. H..Pnscofrr, GEO. E. Parar.

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