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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: na95uQ9sEr4y on September 26, 2016, 02:35:14 PM

Title: What kind of bit is this? What is it for? Is there still life left in it?
Post by: na95uQ9sEr4y on September 26, 2016, 02:35:14 PM

I'm trying to identify this tool.  It looks like a drill bit of some kind but I do not know its purpose.  Can you identify it?  Is it still any good?

Title: Re: What kind of bit is this? What is it for? Is there still life left in it?
Post by: lptools on September 26, 2016, 03:27:14 PM

Hello, I am going to take a guess. Is there a small rounded tip? If so, try scratching it on a piece of scrap glass. If it leaves a scratch it may be a diamond tipped cutter, or, a dresser. Welcome to Tool Talk, lptools

Title: Re: What kind of bit is this? What is it for? Is there still life left in it?
Post by: na95uQ9sEr4y on September 26, 2016, 03:53:08 PM

Thanks.  No, there isn't any special tip.  It looks like it's all just steel.  I tried scratching glass anyway but it did not leave a mark.

Title: Re: What kind of bit is this? What is it for? Is there still life left in it?
Post by: Papaw on September 26, 2016, 06:27:20 PM

Might be a burnisher. A burnisher may look a lot like a sharpening steel but it performs a different function. Burnishers are used for drawing a cutting burr on scraper blades.