Todays Project - What did you do today?

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Maybe this should be what did you bust today. Was taping the ends of 1 inch rods for the shingle mill, using brass pads on the vice jaws. As I hit the bottom of the hole the rod slipped out and landed on the tap of coarse. Snapped off just below the face. Was wondering how to get it out when I remembered this nifty little tool. My uncle gave me a trove of machinist tooling a few years ago. Took me years to figure out what this was.



It has four fingers that slide in the slots and a collar to hold them into the slots at the end. You simply slide the fingers down the side of the tap as far as they'll go then push the collar down.



Back the tap out and there you go



You an just see the fingers in the flutes of the broken tap.

These ones were made by Walton no idea when Uncle Paul has been retired for years. I have one for 3/8 and 5/16, wish I had more.