Mystery to Me

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tylandr
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Mystery to Me

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Hi All - my father-in-law recently passed away and I've found this in his garage. Can anyone explain to me what it is and how it would be used. The shaft clearly has "Shopsmith" written there along with "1/2"...

Thanks in advance!
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algale
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Re: Mystery to Me

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It is a hollow mortise chisel. Fairly useless by itself, it is part of a mortising attachment that looks like this in use:

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A special drill bit fits up inside the chisel. The whole set looks like this:

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Gale's Law: The bigger the woodworking project, the less the mistakes show in any photo taken far enough away to show the entire project!

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