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David Heinlen
03-03-2024, 10:27 PM
I inherited this odd tool and I can't find out what it's for or where it came from. I thought it was a finger tip driven tiny drill until I looked closely at the "bits" and found they are not drill bits at all. They are more like hardened wires of different gages with each one knurled near one end. Almost like they are used to fine tune or clean same-sized holes for some reason. The knurling is proud of each sized wire and would scrape a like sized hole for some reason. Any ideas?
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Jerry Bruette
03-03-2024, 11:48 PM
Looks like a torch tip cleaner to me.

Bradley Gray
03-04-2024, 12:02 AM
It's a pin vise with files for enlarging numbered drill holes.

Cameron Wood
03-04-2024, 1:33 PM
Torch tip cleaner. I was using the same yesterday to clean the orifices in a lawn mower carburetor.

More commonly in a folding set.

https://www.amazon.com/Herain-Carburetor-Cleaning-Carburetors-Sprinklers/dp/B09B3T85BM/ref=sr_1_5?crid=302AAKRLIKJ3F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.k9jABkLx41nBC9h1GnHbTs1EBL6hSoTMH LQCLM7E7edt7Obhf8oN6WbsiIt_Tahr_qw7qMfaIVLUI-lgpsmTw9XXoCGGZtmTFbm4oFxy1qMzqdPVCaJDw-6xXsdV-Txuaxowg3Iy7IebnogoZsGtrJ3O-9Uvptk7fp2EODXeMRawd-DOXRIMAuOmeX1HKRkegmqlRJexNIOd_lbMuXFukZre-cXpePwRXfQ5qzV4rHMM1nBHQq6UZTGtXKzlMunu7ic9iHUoEtS THTnTXxR_mQ2qgk3GxTtxu7sPsiO-x_o.bgCqhJowK2zRi1CV0eAknc0PeeQ8iGq-bLilEWsBLbM&dib_tag=se&keywords=torch%2Btip%2Bcleaners&qid=1709576961&s=hi&sprefix=torch%2Btip%2Bcleaners%2Ctools%2C195&sr=1-5&th=1

Larry Edgerton
03-04-2024, 5:11 PM
The tips come in those same #'s, so you match the cleaner to the tip on the torch. Nice set.

Richard Coers
03-04-2024, 6:24 PM
Could be carburetor jet file or torch hole cleaner.