<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=317204717-05032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>That tool looks like a device to put a small "goove" in the side of the shank to allow air and extra glue an escape route when gluing a hammer onto the shank.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=317204717-05032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Simply insert the shank and let the screw make the groove in the shank - with either a straight line of a twisted line which can be produced by turning the shank as it is in contact with the screw tip.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=317204717-05032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=317204717-05032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>John Fortiner</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=317204717-05032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Billings, MT.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> A440 Piano Service [mailto:a440@bresnan.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:09 AM<BR><B>To:</B> PTG List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Mystery tool!<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Puzzler?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I found this tool in a box of tools given to me.  I'd like to know what it is.  A hammer shank fits all the way through each of the holes longitudinally, and the screws are perpendicular to those holes, as if the screws are meant to hold the hammer shanks in place.  (to what purpose?)  And why is there a diagonal slot sawn into the side, intersecting each of the "shaft tunnels"?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is this a useful tool?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Dorr</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>