[TheForge] old tool

[Bruce Freeman]

Regarding the original inquiry -- this sounds like a tinsmithing tool
for rolling a 90* bend.  It would somewhat resemble a can opener.

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net> wrote:
> I have several candle holders that require a flared lip on a large tube.
> They are easy to make on the edge of the swage block and a ball pein hammer.
> It takes about one heat per tube, just hold it in the recess with a little
> bit of the tube extended above the block, gently tap the inside edge as you
> rotate the tube as you work your way around. If the tube gets distorted you
> can true it up on the ball of your vice screw or the horn of your anvil.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
>  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Carl Veach<chasveitch at yahoo.com>
>>> Date: Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:08 PM
>>> Subject: [ekmg] OT Looking For Tool
>>> To: East Kingdom Metalsmiths Guild List<ekmg at lists.eastkingdom.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone with a plumber in the ancestry? A fellow Scadian is looking for
>>> a specific type of plumber's tool last seen in his fathers kit in the
>>> '60s. The drain pipes that attach to the bottom of a sink did not come
>>> with premade flanges at the time. The desired tool was used to make
>>> the flange, a flaring tool for 1.5" pipes. The description of use
>>> sounds like using a can opener, attach at the end of the tube, as the
>>> tool works around the tube a flange is formed. I had never before
>>> heard of this tool and his brothers claim ignorance of its location.
>>> Looking for help.
>>> Thanks,
>>> CV
>>>
>
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-- 
Bruce
NJ