What is it? Set 434

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"Rob H." scribbled:

2516 - this is either a hole reaming tool or a left handed screw/bolt extractor otherwise known as an ez-out

[DoN. Nichols]

I have to vote "no" on both of these options.

1) Reaming requires cutting flutes, and reamers are typically either parallel to the axis, or have a very shallow angle. Certainly not as steep as this one has. This is closer to a wood screw, except for the constantly growing diameter at the root of the thread. 2) EZ-outs have a very shallow angle too, aside from my never having seen one made for left-handed screws. The shallow angle is to draw it in fast to where it jams. You don't want the mechanical advantage that comes with the long screw as that would work harder at expanding the screw inside the hole (thus defeating the purpose) instead of trying to get a bite which will remove the screw. (EZ-outs have enough problem with expanding the screw, and are thus usually a terrible choice anyway, as they tend to get wedged in place and then break of, and are harder to drill out than the original screw. :-)

What this appears to be for is to screw into the end of a chunk of log, forcing it to split. Trying to use it to pull almost anything would be problematical, as it would make whatever it was expand and wedge in place.

Enjoy, DoN.

[phorbin]

Put the trap down the animal's hole.

No bait required.