Tool for replicating shape, like a key tool but for wood?

[JeremyH.]

Anyone ever seen one? Heard of such a thing? Basically a profile replicator?

 

[tjbnwi]

Pattern lathe.

A lathe duplicator can be added to a regular lathe.

Tom

 

[Michael Kellough]

Sounds like a 3D pantograph with a router on the business end.

 

[bertv]

I think the contraption is called a follower (I am pretty sure that’s what turners use).

 

[JeremyH.]

Thanks for the help in getting some terminology ideas! I'm certainly starting to be pointed in the right direction.

 

[Dongar]

here are a couple of options
https://wood-carver.com/        https://www.lumberjocks.com/projects/66363    https://cloneduplicators.uk/wood-carving-machine/
http://www.terrco.com/woodcarvers/woodcarvers.php

there is also the copemaster which works like a key machine for cope joints https://copemaster2.com/

 

[Packard]

A "pantograph" is the general term for the replicating equipment. It was originally designed for artists several hundred years ago.

There are pantographs for various tools.  The one I am most familiar with is for a router:
https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/sho...VAa_ICh1ZKw2cEAAYASAAEgLm3_D_BwE&item=46J8365

Here is a google search: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=woodworking+pantograph+machine