Is that the tool that has a cutting edge with a large top rake and no front rake and is set for height so the middle of the front edge is set to centre height? Can you show a picture of the business end of that tool please
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Great posts you found Ed, thanks.
Dallen, the article I found it in was about shapers, I've used shearing tools on the shaper before but not on the lathe.
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Greg
I used something that looks like your pins to fix a broken handle last weekend, a darn near invisible repair. The messy braze job is probably 100 years old. You can see the end of my repair on top of the handle - the brown dot (a rag & bleach was used to add a little cosmetic rust). The same technique was used to fix a compound rest, before and after pics here. Basically using an adhesive (epoxy or loctite) and then "bolting" the halves together, followed by filing or machining the excess pin away.