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Title: Unknown whatzit
Post by: gibsontool on December 04, 2012, 11:50:57 AM

Came across this the other day. Any ideas? The machining on the pointed end is threads- not parallel circles.
Ignore the note under the pics,I can,t seem to be able  to delete it.

Title: Re: Unknown whatzit
Post by: FrankLee on December 04, 2012, 12:16:41 PM

Left-hand threaded? Maybe a screw/pipe extractor?

Title: Re: Unknown whatzit
Post by: gibsontool on December 04, 2012, 03:57:03 PM

That could be a possibility, I found this at my place at the lake which I will not be back to for a few more days. I am about 95% sure that the threads are right handed but I will check and let you know.

Title: Re: Unknown whatzit
Post by: lazyassforge on December 04, 2012, 04:57:18 PM

I don't know their proper name, but the pictures look very much like the plugs my father in law carried with him when he worked as a pumper for wells in the Oklahoma oil field. They were use to patch holes in oil storage tanks, sometimes a rusted out hole, sometimes a bullet hole. He would just screw them in until they stopped the leak. As far as I can remember, that was considered a "permanent" repair.

Hope this helps!

Bill D.

Title: Re: Unknown whatzit
Post by: HeelSpur on December 04, 2012, 05:26:22 PM

http://www.usaindustries.com/THREADED_TAPERED_PLUGS.php

Title: Re: Unknown whatzit
Post by: rusty on December 04, 2012, 05:34:32 PM

Bingo...

Title: Re: Unknown whatzit
Post by: gibsontool on December 04, 2012, 07:45:15 PM

That is definitely what it is.Thanks guys.