That's right. The "loose" one was inserted into an adjacent tube and
allowed the tool to be used "hands free". That is comforting if you have
someone with more enthusiasm than talent on the wooden end of the hammer.



"Pete S" wrote in message
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Can you tell us how the tool in positioned? It appears to me that the
"loose" cylinder toward the heel of the tool might have bee inserted into
a tube that was close by to help hold the whole tool in position?

Pete Stanaitis
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"Grumpy" wrote in message
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It's a early beading tool to turn the ends of boiler tubes. The "hammer"
is hit with a larger hammer and the beading tool indexes around with each
hit.
Thank heaven for air hammers!