Mystery tool
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Flare tool?
Is the cone piece threaded onto the bar? I'm thinking some form of a pin chuck.
Rivet setter?
It is a "Greenfield Tool and Die" logo stamped on the tool. Search their catalog and see what you find
I was going to say it is a flaring tool for enlarging a metal hole. My father made one so he could put leaded gas in our unleaded vehicles... back when they still had it. Then I realized the one he made, he was a machinist, was made of brass so it would not make a spark as you hammered on it.
xtratoy
Buckeye
I tried twisting but it didn't budge. Looks to be machined.
xtratoy
Buckeye
Thanks, when I searched the letters on tool that didn't come up. I looked up the company and didn't find any information on it. I sent them an email with pictures to see if they can identify and explain its use.
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Bob Wright
Hawkeye
Doesn't look like any rivet punch I've ever seen. Most of those have a hole to cut the rivet to correct length for head forming.
Or is the term a "rivet set"?
Bob Wright
I think it is an xtra toy.
Huskerguy72
Single-Sixer
It is a fool catcher, I have lots of them.
MHtractorguy
Single-Sixer
Does it have hammer marks on the dull end of it?
It looks like an expander for copper tube after cutting it with a tube cutter.
Correct or not, that's what it would be doing for me.
It looks like an expander for copper tube after cutting it with a tube cutter.
Correct or not, that's what it would be doing for me.
BearBiologist
Hunter
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It's checkered for a grip. Maybe a "reamer" or "polishers" to remove saw marks on copper tubing as well as expanding/flaring???
xtratoy
Buckeye
Looks like it was never struck, or if it was they used a brass or plastic tip hammer.
Perhaps a centering device for tubing in a lathe?
Are there any flats, steps or index marks on the taper? It may be a taper Gage used to check a tapered hole for correct depth. These (taper gages) were also used with prussian blue to check for contact area and verify the hole is the correct taper.
Rat76
Single-Sixer
Is the hole in the tip threaded?
xtratoy
Buckeye
None of those, just a smooth taper.
xtratoy
Buckeye
No , and not even 1/16" deep. Same hole in base also.
xtratoy
Buckeye
I don't think so considering the handle is knurled.
