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Offline respecthelect

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Gasket Cutters
« on: November 09, 2012, 08:17:46 AM »
We used to call them "gasket cutters" or "T-handled gasket cutters."  They were concentric thin-wall metal tubes with a T-handle on one-end and the other end was sharp.  They were used to cut circles of various dimension from gasket, cork or felt materials.  The tools slid over each other, such that a dozen or so stored in a compact space.  Might anyone know the official name or where they might be procured? 

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Re: Gasket Cutters
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2012, 08:26:05 AM »
Those are cork cutters. Usually in a set of 6-10 sizes stored on a rod that could be used to push the completed cork out. They were used primarily in drug stores to make small corks for medicine bottles.
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