Tool identification
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Can UK patents not be searched online, or is that behind a pay-wall like nearly everything else?
spent a long time on that but the 00 means its an application applied for only
I really don't know. Looks like it's not had a hard life, or been used much. I'm guessing at some sort of specialist kit.
What I did come here to say though, is I'd ask at the Science Museum. Someone there might know.
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/search/categories/hand-and-machine-tools
What I did come here to say though, is I'd ask at the Science Museum. Someone there might know.
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/search/categories/hand-and-machine-tools
BC'er
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The tip is obviously replaceable and resembles a thread cutting tool for a lathe in profile. The shank and tapered tip reminds me of the taper-shanked wrenches used in steel-frame construction and other applications where the shank was used to align the holes preparatory to bolting through.
Could be this tool was intended to be used for for scraping out threads on bolts as part of that process to remove burrs on the threads which might interfere with hand threading-on of nuts; and of course dirt, grit etc. which might also.
My best guess.
Could be this tool was intended to be used for for scraping out threads on bolts as part of that process to remove burrs on the threads which might interfere with hand threading-on of nuts; and of course dirt, grit etc. which might also.
My best guess.
