Anyone seen one of these,,,?
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Topic: Anyone seen one of these,,,?
Posted By: desertjoe
Subject: Anyone seen one of these,,,?
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2024 at 11:58am
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I picked this tool at a yard sale some time back,,,and it has turned out to be one heck of a GREAT tool,,!! The handle is a hard plastic and the bristles are VERY hard and stiff for getting the ones on the point into nooks and crannies and crevacess,,,It just works great. So much so that I just about wore out the bristles on the point and I would like to order a new one from whoever makes em,,,???
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Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2024 at 12:45pm
 Dang modern made tools that don't last. Joe you're just working too much. Way back a neighbor had 2 young guys working. We got stretch of wet weather, no tractor driving or other old side work could be done. He put them to work cleaning his old tractors and put a new coat of paint on them. He buys one new wire brush for them to use. A week or so latter the boss is fiddling with some little thing, want to use the wire brush. They about had the wire ground down to nothing. He starts in on them "I get you a new tool and you just abuse it and wear it out".( One of those guys that could wear a cheap wire brush out in a week, is one guy that might give a run for your money in making old junk {excuse me vintage equipment, why would I say junk, mines not junk, just vintage} keep on working.) He thinks it's a very funny story these days. Not so much at the time. As 2 young guys without any direct supervision all day working enough to wear a brush out in a week, he figured was a sign they had not been goofing off. Sorry for taking this away from your question. Looking for bottle cleaning brush's had no hard steel.
Maybe for cleaning copper pipe.  No just more soft wire and plastic. So hopefully somebody figures what to call it, so you can find a new one. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2024 at 12:45pm
are the bristles plastic or brass ? Most small round brushes are call " BOTTLE" or "TUBE CLEANER" brushes.... dont see too many with that handle... Forney use to make them like that handle with fine steel wires.
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Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2024 at 1:25pm
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That is just Great that you found this one Steve,,,but you gots a way of finding stuff on the web,,,  The bristles are definately Hardened steel,,you cannot hardly even bend them with needle nose pliers,,,and that is the beauty of this tool. You force into the hole or slot and start twisting and it will loosen and remove all them gookies !!!! The good thing is we got a MFGRs name so the search can narrow down,,, THANKS Steve,,,!!
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Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2024 at 2:08pm
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That is a brush for cleaning the inside of copper fittings before sweating onto the pipe, you can get them in the plumbing section of most any store that carries copper pipe and fittings. Comes in 1/2 and 3/4 inch. I have worn out a bunch of them. I have also seen sets of similar brushes that chuck up in a drill in brass, ss steel, and steel. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2024 at 3:52pm
Yep. That brush has been worn down to a point |
Hubert (Ga)engine7 wrote:Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2024 at 5:27pm
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It's also great at cleaning the inside surface of top post battery cable posts.... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2024 at 5:49pm
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I've got a drawer full of those in various states of wear. They are handy for many things in the shop. Just don't try to use one as a tooth brush or to clean out your ears!! LOL |
Posted By: ekjdm14
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2024 at 3:13am
I dunno actually, with my cholesteatoma that'd be quite the tool to cut through the crap that can build up in the right earhole! God knows the skin in there is tough enough haha
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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2024 at 5:39am
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The tooth brush was invented in Arkansas. If it was invented anywhere else it would have been the teeth brush.
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Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2024 at 8:54am
When I heard the joke, West Virginia was the butt. I suppose either is possible!
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Posted By: ekjdm14
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2024 at 11:27am
| It was in relation to S. Dakota when I heard it first, have also heard it said about OK. Mind you, most of the guys over there have prettier tooth/teeth than half of England... |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024 at 7:02am
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OK,,,if ya'll are done throwing dental histories barbs at each other,,,,,,, ,,I'll tell ya'll an update,,,,,,the distributor of the forney brushes finally contacted me and does not carry brushes similar to the one I was looking for and only accept orders of 50 or more for those they do sell. ,,!! Their Forney brushes are used in the plumbing business to clean out the ID of copper pipe and fittings. Their bristles are flexible and similar in hardness to those in a regular hand wire brush. (Not to be confused with Tooth Brushes) Being the curious type of person that I am,,,I calipered one of the very stiff bristles at the handle end of the mystery brush and it looks to be 0.016 and stiff as my,,,,UMMmm,,,never mind,,,! I believe the ultra hard bristles on this one were wound on this hardened Stainless wire and tapered to a point intentionaly to reach into crevasses (not to be confused with those mal,,,Errrrr ,,never mind,,,!! All kidding aside,,,Folks,,,This is a very useful "TOOL" and sure wish I could find another one,,,,
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024 at 8:21am
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joe, another thought is these brushes tend to "wear out" on the end first and will over time become pointed.. It "might" have been more of a flat design when new... HECK.. for $5. buy 2-3 and GIVE IT A TRY !!
you can touch the edges to a bench grinder and taper a new one as you want ! ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: FloydKS
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024 at 8:57am
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I am thinking like Steve... be inventive... do a little modification...won't cost much and if it works you can sell them to the guys and gals here. ------------- Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die |
Posted By: Ed (Ont)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024 at 9:47am
| Any tool place will have those. I use ones that fit in handheld drill. Have many sizes. We use these a lot for cleaning up the holes for the brake pins in the caliper brackets on cars and pickups. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024 at 4:59pm
Hey Ed,,are the bristles on those very stiff,,? like LOTS stiffer than regular hand held wire brushes,,??
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