Help i.d.ing tool I got in a lot of reloading gear.

[Dadswickedammo]

So not sure what this is. May have nothing to do with reloading.
It would be the only item in the lot that's not for reloading.

[obssd1958]

Hollow pointing? Primer pocket reaming?

[Snow ninja]

It's a finger drill, for drilling small holes in soft material. Good for plastics and soft wood.

[Dadswickedammo]

Don't think a finger drill. As the three arms spread and inside the arms is a rounded ball that pushes the arms apart as you screw it In.
Also notice the drill type bit has a small hole near the tip.

[Plate plinker]

The tapered cone thing with the mandrill looks to be a chamfering tool. I suspect this tool is something a benchers shooter might carry in his range kit. The drill bit can probably uniform the primer ignition hole.

[mdi]

I would have to have it in my hand to make other than a WAG. Does the large knurled knob push in, spreading the fingers? Is the large knob/stem drilled through? The drill knob appears to be threaded, does it thread into the large knob?

[NoZombies]

It's not reloading related, it's an adjustable smoking pipe reamer, the finger drill is for clearing out the shank portion that leads into the bowl, the adjustable reamer fingers are for reaming the cake out of the bowl. The drill bit screws into the larger knurled shank for storage.

https://www.smokingpipes.com/accesso...roduct_id=4392

[woodbutcher]

Yep.Pipe reamer.And not cheap either.Last one I saw retailed for$35.00 and that was in 1994.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
leo

[Dadswickedammo]

Pipe reamer that's it!!!!
The only other thing that was not reloading related was an empty pipe tobacco tin with a bunch of loose ends.
Nice job! Was beginning to thing it was a robot tampon.

[Oily]

Great stuff! The knowledge on this forum is amazing. PS had my money on robot tampon.

[Mr_Sheesh]

The "Finger Drill" is usually called a Pin Vise. I only own about 5, use them for electronics - drilling holes in PC boards

[Hickory]

Robot. Tampon.

Highly absorbent of oil & grease?

[mdi]

Pipe tool was my second guess...

[NoZombies]

The "Finger Drill" is usually called a Pin Vise. I only own about 5, use them for electronics - drilling holes in PC boards

Normally I agree with you, but in this case it's an actual twist drill with a knurled end to be spun by fingers, rather than a pin vise designed to hold a twist drill and spun by hand

[Mr_Sheesh]

Aaah; Yeah I guess that's different. Larger than I usually need for electronics leads, certainly

[Jim_P]

Normally I agree with you, but in this case it's an actual twist drill with a knurled end to be spun by fingers, rather than a pin vise designed to hold a twist drill and spun by hand

I would hazard a guess that the drill with the hole is for cleaning the pipe stem. The hole is for a pipe cleaner threaded through it and bent in half and stuffed into the drill flutes. Thus opening and cleaning the stem in one go.

But this is just a guess. Just makes sense to me.

[NoZombies]

I would hazard a guess that the drill with the hole is for cleaning the pipe stem. The hole is for a pipe cleaner threaded through it and bent in half and stuffed into the drill flutes. Thus opening and cleaning the stem in one go.

But this is just a guess. Just makes sense to me.

You are very close, but rather than the stem, it's for the shank, which is the part the stem connects to.

[Taylor]

if'n you don't want it.....

[Maven]

NoZombies is correct: It is a tobacco pipe cleaning tool, and quite an expensive one at that. When I smoked a pipe, that was a tool I lusted after, but couldn't afford.

[BucolicBuffalo]

"Kleen Reem" Sometimes sold just like that. Sometimes cased. I have one cased, new, with a metal band holding about twenty 1 1/2" pieces of pipe cleaners that they call "wicks". I have a couple others that I use. Careful, you can screw that bit right through a briar pipe.