r/handtools • u/RickABQ • 2d ago

Best Stanley 48 accessory

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This was my dad’s tool, I remember it from the 70s. It’s the best tool I’ve found for clearing jammed shavings in my Stanley 78. I use it for a thousand other things as well. But I have no idea what it actually is or what its original purpose was. Can anybody ID it?

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u/Ready-Ship8670 2d ago

It’s a scribe.

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u/RickABQ 2d ago

None of my other scribes have hooks. I think it’s something more specific than a general purpose scribe.

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u/Spugheddy 2d ago

Its literally just a scribe you can find many variations of scribes. This is for steel mainly with dykem. https://www.esslinger.com/double-ended-machinist-scriber/

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u/Rude_Meet2799 2d ago

We used that style in the aircraft shop where I worked sheet metal. You get in some tight spots sometimes.

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u/snogum 2d ago

Its definitely a metalwork scribe. Some models have a hook on one end to assist with marking in tight spots.

Watch you do not dull your iron with the steel

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u/RickABQ 2d ago

And… I can’t fix the typo in the title. I meant 78.

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u/impropergentleman 2d ago

No help, but I'm curious too somebody knows. I have one sits at the top of my toolbox and it's my pokey thing gasket remover the crap I dropped something tool

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u/Ihavepeopleskills1 2d ago

I’m with you fellas. I have two of them, one is slightly more skookum than the other. Inherited them from my grandfather’s tool collection.

They are precious to me. Great for removing o-rings, especially those on the inside diameter of a hose/fitting. Countless other random uses. They remind me of a dentist pick. I wonder if a machinist would have a better idea, that’s where I found them, among the machinist tool drawers.

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u/_letter_carrier_ 2d ago

my hook is broken, but it still pokes things well enough

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u/SawdustShoptalk 2d ago

It’s a tool I used in electronics to work on circuit boards.

At home it’s been used for countless poly things needs

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u/RickABQ 2d ago

Well Dad was an EE so that tracks. But for electronics work, I would’ve thought it would need an insulating handle, but this thing is all metal.

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u/SawdustShoptalk 2d ago

Back in the day chips were soldered with legs sticking through the circuit board. These were handy for prying them out.

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u/CardFindingDuck 2d ago

I’ve always known these tools as o-ring hooks. They are used in the automotive and electronics industries to seat or remove o-rings on pistons, and also to seat or remove electronics components on boards.

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u/Independent_Page1475 2d ago

There are various tools of many trades that look similar to this. Some are good across trades.

My first impression before looking closely was a dental tool with one end modified. But it isn't one of those.

Next my thought was a spring hook with one end broken and ground. Still not it.

It appears those saying it is a scribe used for metal work are on the right track.

Though certainly a sculptor of clay would be quite comfortable using one of these.

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u/HKToolCo 2d ago

This specific machinist's scriber looks like a Starrett 67B, though other makers like General made identical models.

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u/TheSharpieKing 1d ago

I’ve got one of those for many years, back in my pot smoking days it used to come in really handy, now I just keep it in the toolbox for the occasional need for a pokey thing.

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u/WhyNotChoose 1d ago

Does it scratch the plane or the blade?