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This tool was used to position and hold a rippled spline that was most commonly used in joinery on mitered corners. The rippled spline would be placed inside the hollow tool. The tool would then be placed across the two sections to be joined and you would drive the spline into the wood by hammering down on the sliding bar. The bar would place even pressure on the spline and drive the spline into the wood and flush with the surface.

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Boricua,
I tried to locate the tool for you but came up empty handed. The actual fastner is manufactured by a company in Kalamazoo, MI. Midwest Tools. The fastner's real name has changed over the years. Originally they were called corregated fastners and came in a variety of sizes and each package of fastners came with a free tool. They were made out of aluminum and were pretty well worn out after a bunch of uses. The tool matched the size of the fastners. Today those fastners are called "wood joiners" but they are the same thing. Unfortunately they don't come with a tool any longer. The fastners are difficult to get in straight without the tool. You might be better off using a different style fastner and some good glue. I no longer use those fastners because they tend to split wood. I prefer other kinds of joinery such as biscuits and pocket holes. They are much stronger methods of joining wood and much less likely to damage the peices.
By the way - you can buy the corregated fastners at any Oberchaun or Ace Hardware store. If you get lucky they might even have an old tool in their stock.

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