Who can guess what this is?

Three paint sticks held together on a pivot with a wing nut to tighten them, and pen lines drawn on them:

This is a makeshift tool, but what is it for? I know the answer but what’s your guess? 

Replacement peacock butt.

BMack37 wrote:

3 hours ago, BMack37 said:

Replacement peacock butt.

He he he

Poor mans nunchucks?

Pantograph, angle finder, angle repeater, circle drawer…replacement peacock butt…poor man’s nunchucks…???

Kato wrote:

47 minutes ago, Kato said:

Pantograph, angle finder, angle repeater, circle drawer…replacement peacock butt…poor man’s nunchucks…???

None of those exactly, but some come close.

The wing nut adjustment is to allow the sticks to be lined up with the pen lines:

And then its function is obvious:

It’s a center finder for circles.

I found this the other day tucked into a nook under my workbench.  Clearly I made it at some point, but I don’t remember doing it, or why I needed it.  It took me a couple of minutes even to figure out what it was.

@dwasifar so you have two to find diameter so they can cross and find center point?

Jronman wrote:

1 hour ago, Jronman said:

@dwasifar so you have two to find diameter so they can cross and find center point?

I sincerely hope you’re joking. 🙂

So you’re saying it definitely isn’t a replacement peacock butt?

dwasifar wrote:

3 hours ago, dwasifar said:

 

I sincerely hope you’re joking. 🙂

I don’t think I was joking far as I know haha but you mentioned finding the center. I was thinking center as in center point.

The real question here…is does that tin contain the cookies or sewing supplies?? hahha 

Jronman wrote:

6 hours ago, Jronman said:

I don’t think I was joking far as I know haha but you mentioned finding the center. I was thinking center as in center point.

Yes, that’s what it’s for.  You draw a line, rotate the tool (or the piece), and draw another.  Where they cross is the center.  No need for two tools.

KnarlyCarl wrote:

2 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

The real question here…is does that tin contain the cookies or sewing supplies?? hahha 

Actually it contains random nuts, bolts, and screws.  Easier to root through than a coffee can.

dwasifar wrote:

11 hours ago, dwasifar said:

 

Yes, that’s what it’s for.  You draw a line, rotate the tool (or the piece), and draw another.  Where they cross is the center.  No need for two tools.

Unless you count the user bbahahhhaha ? 

I guess that’s one way to do it. haven’t needed to find the center of a circle before…