A Few What is its....

[freudianfloyd]

First, an easy one I'm sure.
I know they are punches of some type but what for?
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Second is obviously a socket, but it's an odd socket. It has a hexagon drive one one side and 12 point on the other. With no markings anywhere. Any information?
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And finally, I found a stack of these nuts wired together so somebody thought highly of them. They are 1/2-13 thread, but the head is bigger than usual. Are they jam nuts, or maybe Whitworth?
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[JimDon]

1. Star drills for masonry or concrete. Hold drill in one hand, hit with hammer in other hand, turn 1/4 turn and repeat.

2. Old sockets like that came with an oversized allen wrench that you used to turn them. Awkward but still better than a Crescent wrench.

3. ??? Lots of old guys just wired nuts of the same size together when done with a project. Seen similar a number of times. Hope this helps. Jim Don

 

[plinker]

The punches are for concrete I believe, not sure of the name for them.

The socket is likely a hex drive (common for older stuff, 20s & 30s or so).

 

[freudianfloyd]

Thanks guys, I was thinking masonry but wasn't sure.

What's funny is I saw an entire set of those hex sockets at the swap meet today, and thought they were odd, and then I bought a set of proto sockets with some other random ones in it, and this was one of them. Never seen one before and saw two in one day.

 

[fasteddie]

2. Old sockets like that came with an oversized allen wrench that you used to turn them. Awkward but still better than a Crescent wrench.
Don

I had a socket set like that way back in the 60s. It had a stamped steel ratchet, must have been 10 or 15 teeth and the big allen wrench that would go through the ratchet like an extension with the socket on the end. It was terrible but it was the first ratchet I ever owned. It was stolen out of my car with a box of other crappy oddball tools. For some dumb reason, I wish I still had it.

 

[mdog892001]

One hand mining drills? Maybe?


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[5ktq]

Yeah, popular thing at one time. I've seen lots of hex drive indestro things, little sets like this:

 

[454ragtop]

#3, called a "heavy nut", common in machine/machine shop use, std thread, but oversize hex.

 

[The Cobbler]

yup. #1 star drills.
the nuts could be Structural Heavy Hex Nuts

 

[cm_osu]

I had a socket set like that way back in the 60s. It had a stamped steel ratchet, must have been 10 or 15 teeth and the big allen wrench that would go through the ratchet like an extension with the socket on the end. It was terrible but it was the first ratchet I ever owned. It was stolen out of my car with a box of other crappy oddball tools. For some dumb reason, I wish I still had it.

I have a westline metric socket set that sounds exactly like what you're describing.

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[bonneyman]

#3, called a "heavy nut", common in machine/machine shop use, std thread, but oversize hex.

I'll have to remember that one!

 

[larry_g]

#3, called a "heavy nut", common in machine/machine shop use, std thread, but oversize hex.

I agree that is a heavy nut but not all have a machined face on them. So that nut being used for fixturing is also true. Heavy hex nuts for building machines and bridges do not always have the machined face. So if someone reading this wants heavy nuts make sure that you get the machined face or not,what ever your installation demands.

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