PLUMBER’S TOOLS.
The processes of lead working are executed by manual dexterity acquired by long practice, and to do the work properly requires many special tools. Some of these are used in common with other departments of mechanics, but are none the less necessary in lead working.
We present cuts of the principal tools used, some of which are self-explaining, and some are named with further description of particular use.
Fig. 162.
[Fig. 162] represents one form of the plumber’s tap borer or reamer used for making and enlarging holes in pipe.
Fig. 163.
[Fig. 163] represents plumber’s snips.
Fig. 164.
[Fig. 164] is the well-known and always useful ladle.
Fig. 165.
[Fig. 165] is the round nose pein hammer, used in plumber’s work to open the inside pipe before jointing.
Fig. 166.
[Fig. 166] is the plumb bob. The same cut will also convey an idea of the wooden instrument used to force open the pipe before jointing, i.e., “the turn pin.”
Fig. 167.
[Fig. 167] represents “the round nose chisel.”
Fig. 168.
[Fig. 168] is the “wood chisel” used in cutting away wood work.
Fig. 169.
[Fig. 169] is the well-known “cape chisel.”
Fig. 170.
[Fig. 170] is the half round chisel.
Fig. 171.
[Fig. 171] is the equally well-known “flat cold chisel.”
Fig. 172.
[Fig. 172] is the “diamond point chisel.”
Fig. 173.
[Fig. 173] shows a rivet set for small work connected with plumbing and sheet metal work.
Fig. 174.
[Fig. 174] exhibits the plumber’s torch; this is also used by engineers to explore interiors of boilers, chimney flues, and other dark places about the steam plant.
[Fig. 175] is a compass saw.
[Fig. 176] is a double-edged plumber’s saw.
[Fig. 177] is a spirit level.
[Fig. 178] is a looking-glass used in making underhand joints and in many useful ways about a steam plant.
Fig. 175.
Fig. 176.
Fig. 177.
Fig. 178.
Fig. 179.
[Fig. 179] is a caulking tool.
Fig. 180.
[Fig. 180] is a gasket chisel.
Fig. 181.
[Fig. 181] is a soldering tool known among plumbers as “a copper pointed bolt.”
Fig. 182.
[Fig. 182] is a copper-pointed bolt, flat.
Fig. 183.
[Fig. 183] represents a hanger, for suspending iron and lead pipe; its excellence consists in enabling pipes to be raised or lowered after being hung without taking the hanger apart.