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5th September 2019, 01:51 PM #1.
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What is it?
Found this amongst FILs tools, 'twas all rusted and when I took the rust off this showed up.
Not clear in photo but it has 3 straight flutes on the shank and a sharpish pointed tip.
The fact that the other end is slightly flared suggests it has been struck with something hard.
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5th September 2019, 02:09 PM #2
Masonry drill. Tap and turn until you have a hole of required depth.
Rawlplug is a fibrous plug that is put in the hole so a screw can be used.
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5th September 2019, 02:11 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Bob the last photo may be of assistance. NOS GENUINE RAWLPLUG FIXING KIT ASSORTED SCREWS FIBRE RAWLPLUGS No 8 RAWLDRILL | eBay
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5th September 2019, 02:12 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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What David said. Used before the days of electric drills. I have a couple that I inherited from my FIL.
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5th September 2019, 02:13 PM #5
Before the likes of the plastic Ramset wall Plugs there was the "rawlplug" - http://www.galvinhw.com.au/grace2_files/galvins/product_images/A/APRAWL1225/TDS%20-%20RAWLPLUG2.pdf
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5th September 2019, 08:35 PM #6
Bob
Think of it like an awl for brickwork and as the others have said you give it a helping tap. It was designed for the days when the bricks were kiln fired and can be distinguished by the frog. They were considerably softer than the extruded bricks of today, which have lots of holes instead of the frog.
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5th September 2019, 08:53 PM #7Senior Member
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I can remember using something similar as an apprentice, as other have said into brickwork, constantly turning after each hit. The plugs we were using were brass threaded tapered ferrules in a lead casing which was set into the hole and punched with a hollow punch over the brass to expand the lead.
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6th September 2019, 08:40 AM #9
Rawlplug was a brand name as successful in it's own field as Hoover in vacuum cleaners for a long time until the advent of mechanised plugs such as Ramset and Dynabolt etc..
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6th September 2019, 08:52 AM #10.
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Thanks for the responses folks. I guess I should have looked it up on the web.
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