Morse Taper tool What is it?

[jamesly]

Came in a homemade toolbox of old machinist tools I've had for a while now. I went though it today since I'm clearing stuff out..
If you lift the lever on the side the Jaws open so you can grab a flared end or a collar on some pipe/tube.
Then a tapered die gets screwed down.
Stamped
"Made in England" -
"Morse 25 5R"

 

[rusty65]

That is a chain tool. Morse still sells them. I’m not sure if it’s still made in England though. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JBY6XNE/?tag=atomicindus08-20


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[Doug Arthurs]

yup chain breaker. I have a couple different sizes.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

A common and often hard-to-find item in vintage motorcycle kits.

 

[jamesly]

AHHHH!!!
Thanks

 

[DFB]

Nice find!

Curious about the "Made in England" origins of your tool

Brit bike owner maybe?


I have similar chain breaker

 

[jamesly]

The box was an old Machinist's box.

Had a number of larger home made milling tools, and a few specialized jigs, boring bars in it. Lots of old taps, drill bits - mostly larger ones, transfer punches, gauge pins/rods, parallels, some homemade clamps, etc... Large wrenches and sockets.
I don't think he was into bikes. Maybe a machinist that did mostly maintenance in a factory here. Also had a few old wood planes that I sold to someone at the sale as I wasn't particularly interested in them. They did seem to be valuable though and I got $50.00 for two. So I made money on the toolbox and tools before I left that sale.

I just need to move some stuff so I'm gonna sell the box with a mix of his old stuff and mine in it. I may keep this though now that I know it's use. That could come in handy someday.

 

[Provincial]

That breaker works on roller chain, which is used on all sorts of things, not just bicycles and motorcycles. A machinist could easily have used it when making a product that had roller chain for power transmission.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

What Prov said. Also factories with chain belt conveyors, etc.

 

[DFB]

Sure plenty of chains on factory machines. OMG I spent decades in US production manufacturing

Still the reason for the sourcing of an English made tool remains interesting

 

[Stuart in MN]

Morse is still around and is still making chains, but today is a division of Regal Beloit Americas, Inc.
https://www.regalpts.com/brands/morse/morse-products/Pages/default.aspx