Whats the proper name for this?

[HeelSpur]

Picked this Stanley bell system brace up today and it came with this attachment. I wanted just the attachment but the seller wouldn't separate the two. I asked an old tool collector and he seemed to think it was used for turning down ends of wood like on chair legs and such. He also said the bigger prize was the brace itself, looks brand new but the ratchet is stuck, probably needs lubing.
Whats the proper name for the attachment, thanks.

[Papaw]

A spoke pointer used to make a tapered end on a wagon spoke, and to make round tenon joints in furniture making.

[HeelSpur]

Spoke Pointer, that's the name I was looking for, thanks.

He told me I needed the other part (Hollow Auger) too.
Found this on ebay;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVxo4qxq8jc

[rusty]

Glass insulators used to go on wood pins, that need to be pointy on one end...

[Nolatoolguy]

Spoke pointer as others have said.

I would be happier to find the atachment then the brace, but that's just me.

[EVILDR235]

Looks like a tool i would see on the WOODWRIGHTS shop on PBS. Nice find.

EvilDr235

[Charles Garrett]

It  is not a traditional Pointer but a tennoner that looks like it might be special modified for some application.  The wood spools that insulators SCREW onto is threaded.   Chuck Garrett

[mvwcnews]

Spoke Pointer, that's the name I was looking for, thanks.

He told me I needed the other part (Hollow Auger) too.
Found this on ebay;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVxo4qxq8jc

Spoke Tenoner -- makes the "round dowel" on wheel spokes, where the spokes connect to the fellies, and any application where you want a "dowel end" on a piece of wood -- like square stretchers in side chairs.
 
Bell System application would be to make a proper fit for the wooden "pegs" that insulators screwed on to -- the other end was cut into a dowel shape and fit tight into a hole bored in the cross arm.

[Bill Houghton]

The proper name is "great deal."  That's a beautifully maintained brace, and the Yankee 2101 brace has been flavor of the month for quite a while now; I see them going for $40 and more.  There's an article online on how to refurbish the ratchet: http://www.georgesbasement.com/fs2101a.htm.  George's Basement has, in fact, oodles (technical term) of great information: http://www.georgesbasement.com/.

I can't add anything useful to the already good information on the attachment in the brace.

[EVILDR235]

That brace looks like it has been glass beaded at one time. I have glass beaded hundreds of tools over the years and that tool has the look.

EvilDr235

[Bus]

Proper name is hollow auger or tenoner. A spoke pointer is a different tool used to make a taper before you use the hollow auger.

[Bus]

Found this catalog listing on  the net:

[Papaw]

I stand corrected!

[Branson]

Yep, it's an adjustable hollow auger.  Not modified in the least that I can see.  Got one or two of these myself.

[mikeswrenches]

One of the good things about yours is that it has the adjustable depth stop, which is often times missing.

Nice find!

Mike