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Started by gibsontool, December 04, 2012, 11:50:57 AM

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gibsontool

Came across this the other day. Any ideas? The machining on the pointed end is threads- not parallel circles.
Ignore the note under the pics,I can,t seem to be able  to delete it.

FrankLee

Left-hand threaded? Maybe a screw/pipe extractor?

gibsontool

That could be a possibility, I found this at my place at the lake which I will not be back to for a few more days. I am about 95% sure that the threads are right handed but I will check and let you know.

lazyassforge

I don't know their proper name, but the pictures look very much like the plugs my father in law carried with him when he worked as a pumper for wells in the Oklahoma oil field. They were use to patch holes in oil storage tanks, sometimes a rusted out hole, sometimes a bullet hole. He would just screw them in until they stopped the leak. As far as I can remember, that was considered a "permanent" repair.

Hope this helps!

Bill D.


rusty

Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

gibsontool

That is definitely what it is.Thanks guys.