Old tapering jig?

[CPDDET]

Saw this on Ebay and was wondering what the history of it was. Looks to me massed produced because of the part numbers on it but would be easy to build your own.

 

[Gregory]

It looks like a beveling tool rather than tapering, and would work with very small bites.

 

I see the angle of the blade ( flat ) as a design shortcoming.

[bruce d]

I intend to raid the scrapbox and make one, looks like a useful gizmo.

Thanks!

[Oldsalt1950]

It is designed for beveling, but a small plane used at an angle would be much more effective and easier to use.

[bruce d]

I will experiment but it looks like a good way to hold a profile scraper instead of a bevelling blade. 

[wefalck]

I cannot comment on its real usefulness, but I think it is still made. I saw it being offered on a Web-site not that long ago.

[the learner]

It's a champfering tool and it's still sold on ebay

[Jaager]

I forget the old joke, but the punch line:  "It seemed like a good idea at the time."  sort of fits this tool.

I suspect that the primary utility of this thing is to allow the seller to get a return on the money that he spent on his laser cutter.

[Roger Pellett]

The MicroMark Catalogue always seems to have several “tools” like this; cutting  jigs, etc.  I always wonder why people just make something similar themselves as the need arises.

 

Roger. 

[mtaylor]

2 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

The MicroMark Catalogue always seems to have several “tools” like this; cutting  jigs, etc.  I always wonder why people just make something similar themselves as the need arises.

 

Roger. 

I would suspect that those starting out, don't really know the difference between what's a good idea for them and a good idea for the seller.  Once one gets into the hobby and learns a bit, they then start making their own jigs, etc. The infamous Loomaline for making shrouds comes to mind.  It's all part of the learning curve.