Refinishing tool

A repositionable tool for refinishing a rotating workpiece, comprising:

• an arm formed with a slot and a plurality of bar extensions in one end of the arm, the slot having a planar back surface;
• a swivel member monolithically formed with a tongue is rotatably insertable into the slot,
• wherein the tongue includes an asymmetrical shoulder and a planar fin adapted, when the planar fin is lodged against the planar back surface of the slot, to fix the swivel member and arm in linear alignment coincident with a longitudinal axis through the arm and the swivel member while refinishing the rotating workpiece;
• a partially beveled edge formed in the tongue adapted to allow angular movement of the swivel member in a range of zero to forty-five degrees in one direction only from the longitudinal axis through the arm and swivel member;
• a cutter detachably mountable on the leading end of the swivel member;
• and
• means for removably and rotatably mounting the swivel member in the slot.

A variable angle tool for refinishing a rotating workpiece, comprising:

• a swivel member formed with a slot having a planar back surface between at least two extensions in one end,
• and further wherein the at least two extensions include partially beveled edges for restricting movement of the swivel member;
• an arm formed with a proximal end and a distal end,
• wherein the distal end further comprises a tongue for rotatable insertion into the slot, the tongue having a planar fin lodgeable against the back surface of the slot to fix the swivel member and arm in linear alignment coincident with a longitudinal axis through the arm and the swivel member;
• a cutter detachably mountable on the leading end of the swivel member;
• and
• means for removably and rotatably mounting the swivel member in the slot.

A method for refinishing a rotatable workpiece, comprising the steps of:

• mounting the workpiece on a rotatable shaft;
• providing a refinishing tool that includes an arm, and defining in an end of the arm a slot having a planar back;
• refinishing a swivel member to provide the swivel member with a tongue having a planar fin lodgeable against the slot's planar back for coupling the swivel member to the end of the arm and for restricting movement of the swivel member and cutter during refinishing of the rotatable workpiece;
• mounting a cutter on the swivel member;
• attaching the refinishing tool adjacent the rotatable shaft;
• positioning the cutter against the rotatable workpiece;
• and
• refinishing the rotatable workpiece.