Craftsman tool ID needed

[lzenglish]

This was in a plastic bucket of tools I purchased at an estate sale Saturday. It looks familliar, and should be an easy ID, since it has the part number on it, but not so for me. I called sears/craftsman, and they have no record of the part number. I checked old craftsman catalogs on the Rose site, and searched the web with keywords like anchor set , nail set, etc. and found no match. It has a red rubber handle with a removable flat nose punch, or drift inside, that only goes in until it is flush with the end of the tool. The part number is a #9 with a underline, then #3571, and an SF under that. Anyone know what I have here, and its intended purpose?

Thanks,

Wayne

 

[lbgradwell]

Pretty sure it's just a "handle" intended to protect the user's hand while striking the punch...

 

[Rawhead]

I think it's for driving masonry nails. Has been largely supplanted by the Hilti and ramset guns.

 

[MAD]

Pretty sure it's just a "handle" intended to protect the user's hand while striking the punch...

I agree. Dasco and Baltimore sell chisels with similar hand guards.

 

[MAD]

I think it's for driving masonry nails. Has been largely supplanted by the Hilti and ramset guns.

That's it! - for hand hammer drive pins.
http://www.metallicsonline.com/catalog-2010/metallics%202010%20dist%20catalog-page103.pdf

http://www.bestmaterials.com/detail.aspx?ID=8910

 

[Rolling_Thunder]

Its a Mansonary Nail Driver used them quite often when I was installing phones for a living! Probably still have some of the nails for it in my garage somewhere!

 

[Rolling_Thunder]

That's it! - for hand hammer drive pins.
http://www.metallicsonline.com/catalog-2010/metallics%202010%20dist%20catalog-page103.pdf

http://www.bestmaterials.com/detail.aspx?ID=8910

Yep those are the nails it takes. they work great!!

 

[lbgradwell]

I think it's for driving masonry nails. Has been largely supplanted by the Hilti and ramset guns.

Its a Mansonary Nail Driver used them quite often when I was installing phones for a living! Probably still have some of the nails for it in my garage somewhere!

Cool. So I guess you use a drilling hammer to do the driving?

How many blows would it take to sink a nail?

 

[Rolling_Thunder]

Cool. So I guess you use a drilling hammer to do the driving?

How many blows would it take to sink a nail?

Just put the nail in the sleeve, put the driver in it and smack it with a hammer. The bigger the hammer the quicker you drive it in! It works real nice on concrete block!

 

[lzenglish]

BINGO !!!! Thanks very much guys!

Wayne