Dean Pearson Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I'm hoping someone can tell me what these tools are even if they aren't for blacksmithing. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Dean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxFire Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Whatever they are they sure would do fine for bending stock. Might need to knock off a corner or 2 but that's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Left-handed backscratchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxFire Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 1 minute ago, JHCC said: Left-handed backscratchers. How embarrassing, I'm left handed and I didn't even recognize them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Comtois Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 When I worked on a mobile drill rig we used a tool very similar to that, called it a "rod dog". When you are pulling a long piece of tooling (pipe) out of the ground you use the dog to put a bind on it, to keep it from sliding back down the hole while you adjust the hoist. Ours were beefier, but they looked very similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 they look like wire benders, they come in pairs. When wire sizes get 300mcm and larger, they are near ornery to put a bend in them to get them into a receiver on the transformer, there should be a number like 500 550 etc, for the wire sizes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 14 hours ago, Steve Sells said: they look like wire benders, they come in pairs. When wire sizes get 300mcm and larger, they are near ornery to put a bend in them to get them into a receiver on the transformer, there should be a number like 500 550 etc, for the wire sizes. Did you mean 300 mm? Even at that one must possess near Herculean strength no? I would think you meant 30mm but am truly clueless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 MCM is for larger electrical cable. It refers to how many circular mils the cable is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 BigGun is correct, American wire sizes are odd, 300 mcm is about an inch across with insulation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Used to work on systems with 750 MCM power cables; Rated for over 500 amps and only -48 volts (which identifies what it was used with...) Had hydraulic benders and clippers for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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