On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:05:46 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm,
"William Noble" quickly quoth:


"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
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On 2007-12-15, William Noble wrote:
picture he
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...haped_tool.JPG

That is a relay contact cleaner made for (and probably by) the
Bell telephone company/Western Electric.

thanks guys - confirmed my guess - and I do work with relays from time to
time

http://tinyurl.com/2u3yzn I was told they had a sintered nickel
coating, not diamond, for roughing off the contact oxidation.

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I guess they don't make import crap like they used to.
--Ernie L., Usenet's Wreck.Metal group