What is this tool??

[MossRoad]

Wrong! According to my Dad, it's a "Layover to catch meddlers";

Wow! I hadn't heard that one since before my mom died over 30 years ago. She was fond of that saying. Thanks for the memories! :thumbsup:

 

[CubicleFarmer]

On a serious note, that is a tile cutter for cutting round holes in ceramic tile. The point doubles as a punch and a center point for the attached scoring tip. I have one a lot like it, but I paid a whole lot more!

 

[California]

On a serious note, that is a tile cutter for cutting round holes in ceramic tile. The point doubles as a punch and a center point for the attached scoring tip. I have one a lot like it, but I paid a whole lot more!

We have a winner. Congratulations!

Others have speculated similar in this thread but nobody with certainty. That was my guess but I had reservations because it looks like it couldn't reach the center of a 4X4 tile, or has any practical way to drive it with a drill.

The count stands at 554 downloads of that photo!


I went back today to see if it was still there a week later ... no.

 

[MossRoad]

Thanks for looking again!

 

[MossRoad]

AH Ha! Apparently it is part of a cutter.... nice!

 

[MossRoad]

Its missing the little bracket to hold it to the straight tile cutter.

 

[California]

Thanks MossRoad for finding that complete tile tool.

That's way beyond anything I imagined.

 

[MossRoad]

Me too. I was still rooting for jerky gun.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

AH Ha! Apparently it is part of a cutter.... nice!

So not for cutting holes...

 

[CubicleFarmer]

Yes for cutting holes. The long handle is for scoring tile in a straight line, and the tool in question is for round cuts in the tile.