Dodge Posted June 27, 2006 Posted June 27, 2006 Got or find a tool that you have no clue as to what it is?. I think we've done this b4 but might have lost it in the "crash". So, lets give it another whirl! I'll light this candle Landlord found this on a new property of his and gave it to me. We have no clue as to what it is or used for. Looks like a bolt cutter at first but evidently does some sort of dimpling or puching by the looks of the jaws. Quote
FredlyFX Posted June 27, 2006 Posted June 27, 2006 I have no idea what it is, but it sure looks like it has had some hard use judging by the 3 different welds on the handles. Quote
FredlyFX Posted June 27, 2006 Posted June 27, 2006 I was thinking hole punch for a moment, but with the way that nub is rounded it wouldn't punch a hole, it would just make a large dimple I think. Quote
HWooldridge Posted June 28, 2006 Posted June 28, 2006 Might be a harness riveter. They used to sell a two piece ring, may still at the "good" hardware stores, similar to the ones you see on tarps to run lines through. You put the pieces through the hole in the leather and crimped them together. Quote
henerythe8th Posted June 28, 2006 Posted June 28, 2006 that is obviously a brazil nut cracker! Those things have terrible hard shells... ...no really, that's got to develop a lot of force with those long handles and gearing... a specialty tool for farm machinery or equipment? What sorts of "industry" are in your neck of the woods? Quote
ThomasPowers Posted June 28, 2006 Posted June 28, 2006 Most grommet setters have curves built into the anvil side to get it to form right when used. Thomas Quote
Dodge Posted June 28, 2006 Author Posted June 28, 2006 There is a little farming in my area (Nebraska), he he. The rounded "bit" would punch a nasty hole. I was guessing some sort of dimpleing. Bit appears to be replaceable. Yup, been brazed or welded in three places. Has had a hard life LOL. I plan to put it in my "Gallery of Wonderments!" :) Quote
henerythe8th Posted June 28, 2006 Posted June 28, 2006 I'll post a photo soon... Have a hollow ?steel--it is magnetic? ball about 5 inches in diameter (guess) that isn't perfectly round--has a slight bulge around midsection--apparently mold joint line or something. Guessing centrifically formed... Quote
Dodge Posted June 29, 2006 Author Posted June 29, 2006 Not sure of its intened use but my tool makes a very nice dimple in 14ga sheet that has the apperance of a fake rivit head:) Quote
ThomasPowers Posted June 29, 2006 Posted June 29, 2006 Ahh so a predecessor to the fake rivet/bolt heads on the plastic trim of some of the recent "macho" pickups... Thomas Quote
Rick Barter Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 It looks to me like an old-time bolt cutter. Quote
primtechsmith Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 It does look to be a rivet set tool of some sort. I will guess that by the size and long reins I am going to say a rivet set for boilers(steam) or large rivets on machinery...I have no idea. I am bad at this game. Peyton Quote
Rick Barter Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Now that I look at it, it's obvious. It's an ear-piercing device for giants! :) Quote
henerythe8th Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Spoke with someone at the ABANA conference about this tool and he thought from my description that it was a tool used for joining to pieces of roof deck of a commercial building under construction... who knows for sure? Quote
Brett Posted August 9, 2006 Posted August 9, 2006 hey blokes and shiela's hows yous all doin out there??? got another strange object... again. no idea what it is... its a THINGOMABOB well.. yeah. here... thanks blokes and shiela's... from Brett aka pcII75 Quote
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