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Offline RedVise

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Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« on: February 11, 2012, 09:45:58 PM »

Central FL CL listing - interesting tool, I sure dont know what is was used for.
But figured someone here might be interested.

Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit

http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/tls/2846743992.html

I have no affiliation with the seller. Will help out with shipping if requested.

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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2012, 12:19:57 AM »
It looks to be a tool that would extrude something (a shaped mold not a thread) to me.
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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2012, 12:42:57 AM »
It's a pipe threader; a ratcheting handle with dies of different sizes.

It has nothing to do with telephone poles!

I happen to have the exact same model that was my grandfather's...

The set was actually red when issued & had a quite nice decal on the holder that I have admired. No idea how this set came to be black...

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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2012, 09:00:09 AM »
Are those really ordinary pipe threading dies?  I have rigid ratcheting pipe threader that is old and looks to be very much the same as the one pictured, but the dies are much much different.
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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2012, 09:09:56 AM »
I think so. They look like normal block dies to me...

I'd check, but mine are halfway across the continent in Newfoundland in my cousin's garage!

Anyone else care to weigh in?

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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2012, 09:11:48 AM »
Are those really ordinary pipe threading dies?

Yup, early dies were square because it's a lot easier for someone to cut a square chunk of plate and drill the holes in it than to make it some more complicated shape like circular or hexagonal. However, the square shape makes them a bit fragile..

The really unusual thing about the craigslist one is that it has it's set of inside reverse dies (aka taps). Most people have no clue what those are and loose them

The seller may be correct , the taps have no visible taper, they may be conduit dies....(which the telephone company would use occasionally...)

Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2012, 09:25:16 AM »
Thanks for the education, Rusty.  I had no idea early dies were square, nor that taps were ever packaged with them.  I may now need to go take a second look at my late g'pas shop.
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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2012, 10:37:12 AM »
Rusty,
I think the pieces you are calling inside reverse dies are the pipe guides, one for each size pipe the dies fit (with one size missing). I have had a Craftsman set for years that looks identical with the same holder and must of been made by Reed.

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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2012, 05:16:20 PM »

Hmm, score one for Bus ; P

They did look slightly odd....

I have seen them with taps, but they look a little different....
Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2012, 06:34:41 PM »
Here's a set from an ended eBay auction I had been watching...

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/160702445105

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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2012, 09:47:55 PM »
Page 46 of the 1960 Craftsman catalog has a set

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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2012, 11:01:48 AM »
A (I believe complete) Craftsman pipe threading set I picked up today.









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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2012, 11:23:29 AM »
Nice set!  I'm just getting into threading tool collecting myself.  Got a pair of Ridgid threaders (one was my Great Grandfathers), a Ridgid reamer, a Toledo Pipe Company threader that appears close to your Craftsman set in style, and a NYE Tool and Machine Works threader that looks more like a radial engine than a threader (it holds 3 square dies at one time).  Do you plan on restoring it, or flipping it for profit? 
My toolbox isn't complete, and I'm not either.  We're both missing parts!

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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2012, 02:20:46 PM »
Heres a set that I have, I believe its from the 60's and not sure if its complete.


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Re: Vintage Reed Pipe & Die Kit - (ReedNo. 71 pipe)
« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2012, 02:27:42 PM »
Heres a set that I have, I believe its from the 60's and not sure if its complete.

Are there any clues on the labels on the box that might confirm Reed as the manufacturer?

Kijiji King