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Offline dowdstools

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WhatsIt?
« on: January 30, 2016, 02:41:30 PM »
I'm thinking piano tuning tools, but I don't know.

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Offline turnnut

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Re: WhatsIt?
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2016, 08:33:38 PM »
are they carbon scrapers for automobile blocks and heads ???

any name on them ???

Offline bill300d

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Re: WhatsIt?
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2016, 08:50:33 PM »
Goodell Pratt made 3 carbon scrapers nearly identical to those.
A person who could really read human minds would be privileged to gaze on some correct imitations of chaos.

Offline dowdstools

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Re: WhatsIt?
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2016, 01:17:33 PM »
ID confirmed. They are carbon scrapers, also called cylinder scrapers, used to remove carbon from the top cavity of an engine cylinder.

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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: WhatsIt?
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2016, 03:45:01 PM »
ID confirmed. They are carbon scrapers, also called cylinder scrapers, used to remove carbon from the top cavity of an engine cylinder.

Lynn
Something that, back in the days of inefficient engines and lower-quality gasoline, was a regular maintenance item, sometimes as much as every 1,000 miles of use.