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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: Fiftyfour on December 19, 2017, 01:35:27 AM
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Do the have a use in stock making? What are they called.
They were forged from files.
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpreview.ibb.co%2FnuA49m%2FIMG_20171218_172700_686.jpg&hash=f7a601ccda73035ac7c17d5ef8bd85b37218eea1) (http://ibb.co/fqn6N6)
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Those appear to be bearing scrapers.
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They look like metal scrapers to me. I have a couple I got from my grandfather. They were intended to use with cast bearings (babbet, etc...). I have used them with cast pewter mounts like a nose piece. You really can't file soft metals like pewter or lead. They have to be scraped. I have also tried them with not a lot of success on brass butt pieces and trigger guards. Actually, my scraper made from a utility knife blade works better on brass.
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Yes, scrapers for babbit bearings.
Bob
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The middle one is a burnisher.
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The scraper shown at the bottom is nearly the same as the one I made during my tool and diemaker apprenticeship. We scraped the stamping presses' flywheels brass bushings after they were pressed into the hub. The scraper was made from a large triangular file. .....Fred
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The bottom one looks like a spoon bit used to fit spindles in chair making.
Tim C.
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The one at the bottom sure looks like one of these:
Millers Falls bearing scraper.
Dale H
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpreview.ibb.co%2FkubJn6%2FDSC_0001.jpg&hash=7512fd5cbca84fb2f93268c9a28f165138a91d30) (http://ibb.co/cZnPS6)
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Colonial dental tools? You could get a stubborn molar out in jiffy with those. :o
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Yes, Bearing scrapers. we have a few that belonged to grandfather.
We also used the larger ones for scraping carbon from cylinder heads.