Looking for info on an old die

[CluelessNewB]

Even if it is a "die" it may not be for threading, it could be a crimping die for wire terminals, hydraulic hoses or just about anything.

I say open it up!

 

[Choiliefan]

In December 2019 I bought a new Eisen lathe. Here are a couple of shots of the tool kit that came with it. There are two unlabeled cans contained in the kit - I have no idea what's in them other than they're liquid (nothing in the manual about the tool kit).
I wonder, and this is nothing more than a wild guess, if what you have was part of material that came with a piece of equipment of some sort from back in the '50's. If the cans from my tool kit were removed and sold separately, no one would have a clue what was in them without opening them. You have more information than what's in my tool kit, but that may explain the apparent lack of detail.

Just a thought.

Regards,
Terry

Touch-up paint?

 

[Shootymacshootface]

Just open it. You can always make a way better can for it out of billet aluminum.

 

[Diecutter]

Careful. It could turn out to be a can of whoop-ass.

 

[Rootpass]

Terry, yours is most likely touch up paint

 

[Superburban]

Is there really a market for old unopened tooling?

Assuming WWII, it was more likely destined for the pacific. I have seen old Navy stuff packed like that, while most old Army stuff was packed in cosmoline & crates. Somewhere I have some specality type of cutters that were packed like that.

 

[pdentrem]

Jet included paint is similar cans as well.
Pierre

 

[RJSakowski]

I got this die in a lot of items and I'm looking to see if I can find any info on it. It states the type/size is 17-B but I've never heard of a size like this. I cannot find info based on any of the text from the label. The die is in a sealed tin dated December 1955, so I don't want to open it...particularly if its worth anything as-is.

Here's all the text from the label. Items followed with an asterisk might have a a couple digits wrong as its very tough to read.

7900-EA
207880*
P5 SNB3*
DIE 17-B
UP1EA*
INSP 154
MAFD

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Not likely paint as once opened, it couldn't be resealed. How much does it weigh? You can do a fairly good approximation of the can weight to get an idea of the contents weight.
Personally, I would just open it. I seriously doubt that an unopened can with some cryptic labeling would have any collector value.

 

[Cooter Brown]

Nobody is going to give you bricks of gold for that just open it...

 

[tjb]

Yeah, you guys are probably right. The lathe has two different colors of painted surfaces, so the two cans are probably touch-up paint.

Keena's from Massachusetts. Maybe his is frozen paint.