Can someone ID these handled tools for me?

[poppinjohnnies]

These were in a box of estate sale items I bought. They have a leaf shaped blade of sorts. Are they a boring tool for wood?

 

[Mintgrun]

They're bearing scrapers.

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[poppinjohnnies]

Aaah, for babbit bearings?

 

[leg17]

These were in a box of estate sale items I bought. They have a leaf shaped blade of sorts. Are they a boring tool for wood?

Are they marked?

 

[poppinjohnnies]

I couldn't find any markings, but I'll give them a closer inspection tonight.

 

[RoninB4]

Aaah, for babbit bearings?

-There are other bearing/bushing materials besides babbit that are scraped in, bronze for example. Scraping isn't done as much now as it used to be, it's a skill set that most machinists/toolmakers don't have. They're not worth very much now but you're not likely to see another vintage set any time soon.

 

[poppinjohnnies]

Thanks. I figured I would just add these to the antique tool drawer

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Several of us collect them. Like most of the older threads, it started with one brand in the title and grew from there.

Further reading...

Heller Bearing Scraper.

How a Bearing Scraper is used video in case you ever run across any vintage Scrapers. So a few General warnings: The video is super long (don't say I did not warn you); if you suffer like me anything past 60 seconds I tend to walk; but this is a very informative video. I love old machines but...

www.garagejournal.com

 

[poppinjohnnies]

Well, I would love to do some trading with these. I collect old Plomb brand tools, so maybe someone wants to do some swappin'!

 

[The Cobbler]

Keith Rucker @ Vintage Machinery.org has several videos on You Tube showing scraping babbit bearings

 

[d42jeep]

Here is my very early Plomb bearing scraper.
-Don

 

[poppinjohnnies]

Keith Rucker @ Vintage Machinery.org has several videos on You Tube showing scraping babbit bearings

I love his videos! I'll check it out.