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It's been a long time since I had one of these threads. Dig around a bit, and you'll find them here in the repair forum.

So what is it, and what do I do with it? Don't bother looking at the file name, it won't give you any clues. :P

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Hmmm. Looks like a cork hole cutter or an extractor of some kind, or a compressor for insertion. Looks familiar.

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It could be used as a cutter or punch I suppose. But that's not what I use it for.

 

Hint - connected with a repair of pens made by a mid-west company.

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Sorry, off to the Raleigh pen show, and I never had a chance to check back. We didn't get back until last evening. If you went to my seminar, you saw it in use....

 

Hint: Sheaffer - plunger fill pens.

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Provided the edge is sharp and the diameter correct Ron could use this device to cut the head gasket from sheet rubber.

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My guess: When restoring the vac fill Sheaffers, you need something to push the piston rod from the open end up through the packing end. I use a small piece of hollow steel tubing that is just about the size of the nut on the ends. I could see this piece being used for that especially with the big blue end laying on a flat surface providing needed stability.

 

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Ron said they were for Sheaffer Plunger fillers, I assume he means touchdown and Snorkels rather than Vac fillers.

 

Still not got a clue, not got anything like it in my plunger filler tool box?

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Ron said they were for Sheaffer Plunger fillers, I assume he means touchdown and Snorkels rather than Vac fillers....

 

You have that backwards.

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The brass part of it shows wear from turning, with a nice thin ring of crud. Hmmmm....

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I couldn't find the stupid thing after the Raleigh show. I had used it in the repair seminar, and then put it in a "safe place." I stumbled across it recently, but haven't had a chance to take a picture of it in use to post here.

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