OT: What are these pins that came with an arbor press?

greywolf224 · Mar 16, 2015

Picked up a table top Arbor press that was left behind in a home from previous owners. It will work perfect to press out bearings and bushings. Seems to be a 1 Ton.
Next to the press was a metal box of various pins and such that resemble the ones in the photo.

The bottom one is rigid like a punch. The middle one is an assembled version of the top. The pin is spring loaded so it cant be a rivet set or punch of any type.

Any ideas as to what they may have been used for?

DGinVT · Mar 16, 2015

The middle one that is assembled can be used in a tailstock chuck in a lathe to put pressure against a tap. It is called a tap guide. The work being tapped goes in a lathe chuck . The tapered end of the tap is set against the hole in the work. On the other end of the tap is a small hole that the point of the tap guide fits into.The ram on the tailstock is then advanced compressing the spring. The tap is then turned with a small wrench. On cheap taps from the local auto supply store you may not find the hole in the end of the tap. Enco and Manhatten Tool Supply and others sell the better taps. The punch on the bottom may have been used to push out straight and regular pins.

Tall T · Mar 16, 2015

Greywolf,

Lucky you!
I looked everywhere around here to borrow an arbor press but eventually took my IHC water pump over to a friend's shop and rebuilt it there using his hydraulic press.

Cheers,
T

greywolf224 · Mar 16, 2015

Thank You. It didn't seem like they belonged to the press. Seems like someone just left them near the press when I picked everything up.

greywolf224 · Mar 16, 2015

A buddy of mine was redoing a kitchen for a customer that just bought the home and his customer told to take the paper weight and trash it.
He called me and asked if I wanted it and of course I said yes.

I have a few front and rear bushings to change on a front mount distributor and now can rebuild my starter.
Gonna try and see if I can close up some links on a spare set of tire chains

I now can crush cans and crush nuts in my spare time.

DGinVT · Mar 16, 2015

It's strange how things get placed beside tools that
are not needed for them

DGinVT · Mar 16, 2015

Look up some of the real old tractor dealers or OLD
auto supply houses and see if you can find yourself
a plier like tool for doing links on
tractor/truck/car chains. I have one in the barn
that some people would fight over. It opens the
links as well as closes them. Some times summer flea
markets vendors may have one and nobody can tell you
what they are.

greywolf224 · Mar 16, 2015

DG I actually have one.
Another buddy of mine is a NYC fireman and is given 2 of those tools each year to install snow chains on the fire trucks.

Tool works great on spreading and closing a few links but is clumsy when trying to close up a few dozen links.

DGinVT · Mar 16, 2015

My tool is quite old and it serves me well when I
need to repair a side chain or cross chain. I don't
know about a few dozen.

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