Can anyone tell me what these pizza cutters are used for/called? I got them in a box of assorted tools. The one with the natural color handle is marked, Murray Black Company 8. They must be some type of marking or cutting tool. The wheels are beveled on one side only and they are relatively sharp. One is very nicely made, must be the pro model. The cutting wheel is mounted on a large post that is a close tolerance fit in the greased housing. They are 7″ long overall. Thanks for your ideas.
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Murray-Black Company
513-323-3609
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Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
~ Denis Diderot
Thanks Don, I did see the phone number for Murray Black on a search.Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
The number is no longer in service.Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
That bites, they don't seem to have had a web presence and I did'nt have any luck finding a reference to a catalog.
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Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.~ Denis Diderot
A Wallpaper Trimmer
See:
http://www.josephmarc.com/page-5021.html
or
http://www.tias.com/11121/PictPage/1922724566.html
or
17O6. TOOLS. [Painting and Paperhanging]. The Murray-Black Company. TOOLS FOR THE PAINTER AND PAPERHANGER. (Springfield OH, 1932). 64pp.
from
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TRADE CATALOGS IN DEGOLYER LIBRARY
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Edward
Thanks, Edward, good find. Those are very similar. Mine lacks a fence and depth control. I inherited these from my father, he worked for Scott Paper. I wondered if they came from the paper making industry. Perhaps used on those huge rolls of paper that come off the machines. Of course, he was also a woodworker, built RC airplanes and was a galloot. If these ever were sharp enough to cut paper, they aren't now. If they were, it's strange that such a sharp blade would go unguarded. The wallpaper cutters in your links have guards. I think you are on the right track. These may be meant to score rather than cut?Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
My mother is a quilter, and has a material cutter that looks exactly like the two you've shown. She uses it for cutting the material into small sections for quilting them together. I'm not sure if it was designed for her specific use, but she loves it, and all her quilter ladyfriends have one, too.
Jeff
Jeff,
My wife is an avid quilter and she has one much like the two shown. That was going to be my suggestion.
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
My mother is a serious sewer, too. Her rotary cutters have a pinch wheel. I'm not sure that these were ever sharp enough to cut paper or fabric, at least alone. Edwards links were real close and made by the same company. There is enough difference that I think their application may be slightly different. Thanks for the response, Jeff.Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
pizza?
Ha Ha! They do work for pizza but you have to keep them out of the dishwasher.Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
They might be for pushing the vinyl spline into that hold window screen in aluminum frames, into the groove in the frame.
They look similar to a screen spline tool but are too sharp. Might work for trimming the excess screen but you can't get in the corners. I can scribe a line with them on wood and cut a pizza. When I find out what they are made for I might wonder how I ever lived without them.Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
I would cast my vote as wallpaper cutters. I have a couple of old ones in with my wallpapering stuff. Used to use them a lot for papering but have replaced them with the razor knives with the snap off blades. The knives work better and are easier to sharpen. The old rotary knives I have do not have any guard on them like the newer ones do.
RichThe Professional Termite
I do my fair share of hanging wallpaper too, Rich. I'm guessing they must work for on the table cuts? Obviously, they don't get into corners or have the ability to maneuver around window sills and returned headcasings or aprons. The snap off blades as well as Exacto blades don't last through too many cuts. On one of these the blade is replaceable, not so on the other. I'm curious why such an elaborate arbor/post. Almost seems like they are made for high speed rotation. They don't look like throw aways. I don't mean to dismiss peoples ideas but there seems to be more to the story, considering the construction.Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
You and Edward get the milkbones, Rich. I found this one.http://www.josephmarc.com/page-46362.htmlBeat it to fit / Paint it to match
Here are some of mine. The lower one is the same company as yours but has a serated wheel. The center one is a smooth wheel and is a pain to sharpen. Both upper ones are the same make but I can't read the printing on the handles.
RichThe Professional Termite
hammer, I was thinkin (a shaky proposition at best) that I have seen the plain handle with the letter "C" shaped casting under the wheel before or one similar. I worked in the printing/paper racket as a young pup and saw one stuck over a bar that closely followed a press discharge as it rolled up the paper on cores. The operator would pull up on the handle to slit the material perhaps to trim the edge or separate the copy on pre-cut cores. Paddy
Thanks for the idea, Paddy. I found this link. Looks like I do have wallpaper tools. I'm just not sure how or where to use them.http://www.josephmarc.com/page-46362.htmlBeat it to fit / Paint it to match
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