Found in a box of model stuff, does anyone know what this is used for? It says cooper tools on it.

It's a "table" or "desk" and is used for holding other tools such as keyboards , mouse and long skinny red tools.

also can be used for wanabe comedian punch lines.
Don't quit your day job lol.

years ago xcelitte and other companies sold little kits of plastic tools for tuning and soldering of pc boards and adjustments, I still have some this looks one of the tools in the kit, they were mostly plastic some with metal ends,

That is a soldering aid tool. Typically comes with a soldering "kit" gun, pencil, etc.. The forked end can hold wires and component leads while you solder them and the point is used to nudge things around and hold them down while soldering.

I name the tool "Dave"

It is a stylus, pick, soldering tool, scrapper, holder, poky thing.

You can heat the solder, push the pointed end in, let cool and pull the pick and it would leave a clean(er) hole for what ever you are soldering onto the board.

It has many uses.


Buzz.

It looks to be plastic, and if so, it is not a soldering tool. Heat would melt it. Duh!
It is most probably a so-called "Tuning Wand", used to adjust the slug in coils. If
a metal screwdriver is used, it will affect the adjustment, has to be done with a
non-metallic tool.

Yes it is a soldering tool, most likely made of teflon. And yes, the pointed end is to keep the holes in eyelets and some types of wire ends or PC pads open as you solder around them or are removing old wires prior to installing new ones. I have both, the metal and the teflon ones and use them quite often.

This feels liek one of those episodes from Ask This Old House.

"what is the tool"

It is used to remove and insert electrical pins and sockets into/from electrical connectors. It goes over the pin or socket
to retract the locking devices so the pins/sockets can be removed from the electrical connector. The other end is used to
press the pin/socket in from the back side of the connector.

Very interesting, hear I always thought it was a cheap soldering tool as that is what I always used it as. Do not know where I picked up the one I have but probably in one of the electrical labs I have worked in. All the pin insertion/removal tools we used were all metallic but common sense says you are correct in your report..

It is a tool used for soldering..No it dosn't melt like plastic . It is slow to transfer heat so your fingers don't get hot . They are quite handy..

It appears to me to be an alignment tool for tuning radio equipment. AM/FM radio receivers, TVs, etc, used to have variable capacitors, inductors and transformers. Technicians would tune the internal circuits at the factory and in the field when repairs were needed. The tool was made of plastic, not metal, so it didn't interfere with the sensitive RF circuits. The business end of the tool would be a plastic blade, hex head, or dual pronged thing. Sometimes the shape was custom so that only factory techs could do the work.

A soldering aid or a pin insertion tool are also a good guesses. I don't ever recall seeing a non-metallic soldering aid or insertion tool but I could be wrong.

http://www.plumbersurplus.com/Prod/C...45035/Cat/1345

http://www.plumbersurplus.com/images...035-211910.jpg

Looks like Lnewqban nailed it.

I got one with a soldering iron. I couldn't figure out what the real use was, and sure enough it ended up sacrificial and melted.

I think it is a hammer!!!