Boogerman
Well-known member
Intrigued me at a sale; brought home to puzzle out. I'd guess something to reach into a heat treat furnace to drag out an item, or maybe an adjusting tool for a shutter or gate on a furnace?
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
A more obscure tool what is it: Claud S Gordon
- Thread starter Boogerman
- Start date
smschriefer
Well-known member
Annel testing tool. https://www.ebay.com/itm/384583696070
whitesco
Well-known member
Check your spelling very carefully if you Google that
RTM
Well-known member
I think the correct word is ANNEAL.
Guess what this tool is?
I thought I would see if you all know what this tool is...... it took me about 5 years to figure it out (really I found it mentioned in a old magazine)....... anyway it was so simple once I knew. Now after all that I'm sure someone here will know instantly.... I'll fess up in a day or so if...
www.practicalmachinist.com
Okay. So, for benefit of future searches: This is temperature gauge/tool for annealing furnace use. When steel reaches annealing temperature, it becomes non-magnetic. The tip of this tool is magnetic, you reach into the furnace, if the magnetic end doesn't stick to the piece being annealed, you then use the hook on the tool to drag it out of the furnace. The tool and rod is made out of non-magnetic material, only the end of the tool is magnetic. The hook and magnet design is ingenious. It is well balanced, so when the magnet is attracted to something, it tips down, indicating that it is still too cool. It is just enough balanced that moving it around doesn't tip it.
Last edited:
four.cycle
Well-known member
The "Columbia" forging facility is now a Superfund cleanup site.
It would appear that Gordon is one of those "giants you never heard of" - quietly making widgets for other people who were making widgets.
Columbia / Columbia Tool Steel Co., 14th & State, Chicago Heights, IL / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/a-more-obscure-tool-what-is-it-claud-s-gordon.514893/ /
Gordon / Claud S. Gordon Co., 3000 So. Wallace St., Chicago, IL / "XACTEMP" / TM 71492493 reg. Sep 3 1946 first use Jan 1945 / see also Columbia Tool Steel Co. / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/a-more-obscure-tool-what-is-it-claud-s-gordon.514893/ /
It would appear that Gordon is one of those "giants you never heard of" - quietly making widgets for other people who were making widgets.
Columbia / Columbia Tool Steel Co., 14th & State, Chicago Heights, IL / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/a-more-obscure-tool-what-is-it-claud-s-gordon.514893/ /
Gordon / Claud S. Gordon Co., 3000 So. Wallace St., Chicago, IL / "XACTEMP" / TM 71492493 reg. Sep 3 1946 first use Jan 1945 / see also Columbia Tool Steel Co. / https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/a-more-obscure-tool-what-is-it-claud-s-gordon.514893/ /