What is this tool?

[wafer]

Found this in an old toolbox. It's about 8 to 10 inches end-to-end. The light brown portions appear to be leather.
Any ideas what it might be?

 

[AEAdam]

I’ll bite. Guessing that’s some sort of machine spindle taper cleaner like an early version of a Spin-L-mate.

Now some of you are going to need to look that up because a spin l mate is nothing like a Russian mail order bride.

 

[larry_g]

I’ll bite. Guessing that’s some sort of machine spindle taper cleaner like an early version of a Spin-L-mate.

Now some of you are going to need to look that up because a spin l mate is nothing like a Russian mail order bride.

X2 on this. See if you can match the sizes to the following chart

Machine Tool Shanks (Tapers)

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no neat sig line

 

[darkzero]

I’ll bite. Guessing that’s some sort of machine spindle taper cleaner like an early version of a Spin-L-mate.

Now some of you are going to need to look that up because a spin l mate is nothing like a Russian mail order bride.

Haha. Not me but yeah I imagine many won't be familiar with these. These things were expensive for what they are IMO. I was lucky to find all of mine new on ebay for much less.

I've got 2 other sizes other than these.

 

[wafer]

Thank you all for the responses.

 

[Eric Brown]

Found this in an old toolbox. It's about 8 to 10 inches end-to-end. The light brown portions appear to be leather.
Any ideas what it might be?

Wondering if it is for lead pipe soldering. Use a torch to heat the lead and then this tool to widen the end so another section could be inserted. Just a guess.

 

[neophyte]

Wondering if it is for lead pipe soldering. Use a torch to heat the lead and then this tool to widen the end so another section could be inserted. Just a guess.

No !
Lead is typically “annealed” at a very low temperature, and foes not need to be heated to be malleable.
For flanging lead pipe, the tool sort of looks like pic.

 

[Eric Brown]

No !
Lead is typically “annealed” at a very low temperature, and foes not need to be heated to be malleable.
For flanging lead pipe, the tool sort of looks like pic.

Consider the tool you showed is Probably a Stanley #19 which was invented in 1911. Lead pipes were used by the Romans, but started to see use in the US around the 1850's. By the 1900 lead pipes were being used in many larger cities.

So perhaps this was a type of tool used before the Stanley version. Still a guess.

(I just noticed it has Philips screws. So maybe newer).

 

[neophyte]

Consider the tool you showed is Probably a Stanley #19 which was invented in 1911. Lead pipes were used by the Romans, but started to see use in the US around the 1850's. By the 1900 lead pipes were being used in many larger cities.

So perhaps this was a type of tool used before the Stanley version. Still a guess.

(I just noticed it has Philips screws. So maybe newer).

The tool I posted is made by Virax in France, although similar tools were used elsewhere.

Lead doesn’t require any type of material between the form and the lead when forming though, and this is common with most plumbing swaging tools.