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Offline chopper1

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Re: Post your best guess on what this strange simple looking old Plomb Tool is?
« Reply #15 on: December 06, 2016, 08:12:38 PM »
Plumbing caulk tool?
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Re: Post your best guess on what this strange simple looking old Plomb Tool is?
« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2016, 09:08:21 PM »
It looks like a brick jointer to me, although it seems odd that Plomb would make one.
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Offline Chillylulu

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Re: Post your best guess on what this strange simple looking old Plomb Tool is?
« Reply #17 on: December 07, 2016, 04:15:14 AM »
I know what it is, but I've ran a lot of copper. It isn't for making guitars, that's for sure.

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Offline UncleBill

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Re: Post your best guess on what this strange simple looking old Plomb Tool is?
« Reply #18 on: December 07, 2016, 01:21:38 PM »
Ok... So what's your guess?  If you know what it is please post it and let us know how it was used... It was a bit unclear when I went back to the person I bought it from.

Thanks.
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Re: Post your best guess on what this strange simple looking old Plomb Tool is?
« Reply #19 on: December 07, 2016, 01:53:51 PM »
Plumbers Bending Iron
Used to finesse the end of dented lead pipe, when jointing. 
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Re: Post your best guess on what this strange simple looking old Plomb Tool is?
« Reply #20 on: December 07, 2016, 02:34:37 PM »
You got it!  Great diagram of the tool and how to use it.
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Re: Post your best guess on what this strange simple looking old Plomb Tool is?
« Reply #21 on: December 07, 2016, 04:54:49 PM »
Good to know.  I also learned about the shave hook.  Had seen them, but not aware of their purpose.
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Re: Post your best guess on what this strange simple looking old Plomb Tool is?
« Reply #22 on: December 07, 2016, 06:26:11 PM »
https://archive.org/details/plumbingworkingm00grayrich is the book from which that page was garnered.
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Post your best guess on what this strange simple looking old Plomb Tool is?
« Reply #23 on: December 07, 2016, 10:12:19 PM »
Quote from: Northwoods on December 07, 2016, 04:54:49 PM
Good to know.  I also learned about the shave hook.  Had seen them, but not aware of their purpose.
Interesting - I thought those shave hooks were woodworking scrapers.  That's what they're sold for now.
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Re: Post your best guess on what this strange simple looking old Plomb Tool is?
« Reply #24 on: December 08, 2016, 06:54:49 PM »
Quote from: UncleBill on December 07, 2016, 01:21:38 PM
Ok... So what's your guess?  If you know what it is please post it and let us know how it was used... It was a bit unclear when I went back to the person I bought it from.

Thanks.

Sorry, I didnt want to ruin the fun.

 They are still usefull, when you pull a tee in copper.  And copper gets really soft when brazed, type m moves like lead sheet.  A smooth iron  pushes it back in place.

Besides pipe it was used a lot at fittings. Many of which could be made from sheet. For pipe re-rounding a swage makes short work. 

I think that a lead soil pipe craftsman would be almost impossible to find. I can only imagine that their life expectancy was less than most.
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Re: Post your best guess on what this strange simple looking old Plomb Tool is?
« Reply #25 on: December 08, 2016, 11:15:25 PM »
The box this tool came in was partially filled with early Plomb Calking and Yarning Irons plus a few Protos.  A few of those items were worked down to the nub and some barely used. It was fun finding out a little bit of the history of the owner and to see his assortment of old tractors and vehicles.

Thanks to everyone who guessed at this..
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