It's dawned on me that this blog might be a bit more interesting if I'd make little restoration projects out of some of these items. I'll give that a try with this one. I'll chuck it in the lathe and give it a good polishing with steel wool and/or fine abrasive paper.
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And here's the head end of it after some polishing.
There's still some scoring and pitting here and there that won't be easily gotten rid of; this will do. For an old, long-neglected piece of tool steel, it looks pretty darn good.
There's something very odd about the setscrews. The setscrews are two different lengths, pitches and styles.
The frontmost one is 1/4"-20 x 1/4" with a cup point. The one behind it is 1/4'-28 X 3/16" with a flat point. The female threads appear to be unmodified factory work. I have no idea what to make of that. It seems like a needless complication.
I looked up 'Irwin', and they're still a going concern, but this item appears to be obsolete, so I could find no specifications for it. (It seems that Irwin now only makes 'quick change' bit extensions.)
In any event, it deserves a good home. I'll install clips for it, and it can be a neighbour to my other 12" bit extension that's up on a joist.
Exposed joists are great for hanging things on. If I designed houses, there'd be a lot less drywall in them.
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