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I'd tin to know the answer but I gotta go eat a pie cooling in the safe.

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My girlfriend Tracy uses one when she sews. There are also a few other uses for the pounce wheels. Since it is early I will not answer at this time to spur others on to answer.

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The one I have is similar to an Exacto knife with a small ball at one end a a wheel like a gear on the other. I have used it to transfer a pattern to a piece of wood by laying the pattern ob the wood and running the wheel along the outline of the pattern. Then I take a cloth ball that has graphite powder on it and pounce along the perforations left by the wheel. When the pattern is removed there is a dotted line left on the wood showing the outline. I believe it originally was used by draughtsman someway in their drawing process.

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Ken hit the nail on the head. A star for your forehead! Dale and DB were on as well. Stars all around. By the way, it is thought that Michelangelo used a pounce wheel to pre-mark the walls and ceiling the Sistine chapel.

Now not so much a trivia as a query. What other items from drawing, sewing or other craft have great tools for woodworking. Three of my favorites come from sewing: The rotary cutting wheel-used for fitting drawer liners, sewing machine oil--white, light, and no smell, and the self repairing cutting mats. Three others are from drawing: exacto knives smooth, sharp, and pointy, Accurate metal rules with the first mark as the edge of the rule, and metal 45 and 60/30 degree triangles. who else has nifty little tools pilfered from somewhere else?

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Single edge razor blade. I wouldn't shave with one...I just don't shave much...beard you know. I bought a pack of 100 for $7.50 recently. Put one on a piece of wood and give it a sharp rap with a tack hammer and it gives a nice sharp deep marking line. I use them sometimes with hand cutting dovetails, etc. A friend showed the technique for the cutting the soft lead came of leaded stained glass projects. It is sort of amazing how it cuts the thin soft edges of the lead came without any deformation. Its like the molecules of the lead don't have time to move as the sharp blade separates then..Don in Vancouver,WA,USA

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Some of mine are-scalpels for marking tools-3 foot lengths of thin steel rule used for making steel rule dies, great as straight edge or can bent in a curve to make arcs, small pieces can be ground to make scrapers etc. Broken dental tools can make great scribers, etc.

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Drafting triangle for getting desired angles on my table saw blade and a few other tools.