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Name That Tool
My dad used to have a tool that looked like a screwdriver except instead of having phillips- or flat-head blade it had the body and threads of a screw. I've never seen a tool that looks like it since. I've recently found myself in need of such a tool.
Something like this:  Anyone know what this is called?
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11-06-2017, 07:11 PM
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I use something similar to that to pull oil seals.
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11-06-2017, 07:15 PM
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The tool you posted a picture of is called a shaft extractor, but it's similar to a packing extractor.
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11-06-2017, 07:24 PM
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I remember my dad having such a tool when I was a kid and using it to start screw holes whenever I needed to hang something in the barn. Have no idea what it was called or what it was intended to do. Here is on one fleabay. I don't remember ours being that small but maybe...
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11-06-2017, 08:27 PM
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Bob. I would call it Bob.
Looks like a wood screw tap.
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11-07-2017, 01:43 AM
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that's a real mans cork screw
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11-07-2017, 04:25 AM
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That is a gimlet. A gimlet is a hand tool for drilling small holes, mainly in wood, without splitting. It was defined in Joseph Gwilt's Architecture (1859) as "a piece of steel of a semi-cylindrical form, hollow on one side, having a cross handle at one end and a worm or screw at the other".
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11-07-2017, 05:39 AM
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It is a tool issued to IRS agents. They come in sizes from 1/32 to 12 inches in diameter depending on how much they want to screw with you. Past 12 inches they just use a jail cell.
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11-07-2017, 06:44 AM
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Is it a twist gimlet?
Woodworking Gimlet Tool - Garrett Wade |
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11-07-2017, 08:48 AM
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A manual drill.
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11-07-2017, 08:54 AM
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A transformer IUD?
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11-07-2017, 08:55 AM
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