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papawswrench · 10-31-2007, 10:56 PM

About a year ago, a friend called me to come see him at a beer joint near my home to try to ID a wrench. When I saw it, I knew it was not a wrench, but couldn't tell what the hell it was.
Saturday at a Tool Sale and Swap meet in Houston, I saw the second one of these I have ever seen. A guy had bought it on Ebay 3 or 4 years before and didn't know what it was either. We passed it around to a bunch of tool collectors and got a lot of wild guesses.
I bought it and it has been posted on my forum- Tool Talk
Check it out and see if you can help us ID this tool. More pics and some specifics are at the link above.

CAL 58 GMC · 10-31-2007, 11:14 PM

Okay, I have two guesses.

1. It's a nut splitter
2. It used to perforate a nut onto a bolt, kind of like a lock nut.

*Shane* · 10-31-2007, 11:33 PM

dunno what it is, but looks like it could cause a lot of pain.

papawswrench · 10-31-2007, 11:34 PM

I never thought of a nut splitter, that might be it. I will try that tomorrow.

JoetheMobster · 10-31-2007, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CAL 58 GMC

Okay, I have two guesses.

1. It's a nut splitter
2. It used to perforate a nut onto a bolt, kind of like a lock nut.

at first I thought of a nut splitter too!

**Chevy Fleetside** · 10-31-2007, 11:44 PM

Looks like a tool that holds a die so you can make threads on a bolt.

papawswrench · 11-01-2007, 12:23 AM

One of my Tool Talk members says it is a tool for undercutting the mica insulators on a commutator after turning it. I don't see how it would do that since the cutter doesn't travel in a straight line, only in a short arc and only goes toward the center on the upstroke.

bobthecop · 11-01-2007, 08:48 AM

I don't know what it is either, but I've always wanted one.

papawswrench · 11-01-2007, 09:45 AM

I guess I always wanted one also, though I had never seen one till last year, but now I own one!

67ChevyRedneck · 11-01-2007, 09:57 AM

Muffler bearing press.

**old Rusty C10** · 11-01-2007, 10:05 AM

that is a lid opener on a 59 studebaker .. you use that to pop the cover so you can add blinker fluid or replace the muffler bearings

Hey its a guess sounds better than i have no clue!! lol

**kwmech** · 11-01-2007, 10:23 AM

Looks like a thread chaser, or cleaner-upper

cdowns · 11-01-2007, 10:26 AM

sort of looks like a pipe thread cutter or chaser// i'd think for cleaning up the threads of a well when changing pump heads

wedgemon · 11-01-2007, 11:48 AM

Maybe it can open the safe???

barn9 · 11-01-2007, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by wedgemon

Maybe it can open the safe???

BWAAHAAHAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAA! That's classic, good one wedgemon!

Brad · 11-01-2007, 01:07 PM

It's clearly a thingamajigger/doohicky. I talk about it all the time.

70rs/ss · 11-01-2007, 02:37 PM

I have an idea of how to solve it, are there any patent numbers on it? If so look em up and you'll have an answer.

Longhorn Man · 11-01-2007, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wedgemon

Maybe it can open the safe???

you beat me to it... I was thinking that as i looked at the photos!

full foot notch · 11-01-2007, 04:05 PM

maybe some early form of a valve spring compressor? screws around the side of the valve and then press down the handle to compress it?

bobthecop · 11-01-2007, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwmech

Looks like a thread chaser, or cleaner-upper

I agree

jamis · 11-01-2007, 05:31 PM

Early 19 century circumcision tool

its a thread chaser, stick the bolt thru the clamp area, snug it up the twist it around to clean the threads. Change the cutter bit for a diffrent pitch. Thats my best guess

wedgemon · 11-01-2007, 05:45 PM

Early Pipe threader or thread chaser?

Sillyoldman · 11-01-2007, 05:59 PM

Thread cleaner.

papawswrench · 11-01-2007, 07:53 PM

I don't think it can be a thread chaser because the toothed cutter blade doesn't line up perpendicular to whatever you clamp in it, nor is it anywhere near the angle it would need to be to chase pipe threads, and how would you turn the tool if the pipe were clamped in it?
I appreciate the guesses, even the wild ones!

87 STEPPER · 11-01-2007, 08:03 PM

I haven't a clue what that contraption is but when you find out and tell us everyone is gonna say................Man i can't belive i didn't think of that!

Good luck in your tool quest!

Sorry i wasn't much help.

10-31-2007, 10:56 PM	#1
papawswrench Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alvin ,TX Posts: 2,172	Help us ID this tool About a year ago, a friend called me to come see him at a beer joint near my home to try to ID a wrench. When I saw it, I knew it was not a wrench, but couldn't tell what the hell it was. Saturday at a Tool Sale and Swap meet in Houston, I saw the second one of these I have ever seen. A guy had bought it on Ebay 3 or 4 years before and didn't know what it was either. We passed it around to a bunch of tool collectors and got a lot of wild guesses. I bought it and it has been posted on my forum- Tool Talk Check it out and see if you can help us ID this tool. More pics and some specifics are at the link above. Attached Images __________________ papawswrench Certified wrench hound ! Tool Talk Randomview PapawsImages https://www.flickr.com/photos/nhankamer/ Last edited by papawswrench; 11-01-2007 at 12:20 AM.

10-31-2007, 11:14 PM	#2
CAL 58 GMC Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Clovis Ca. Posts: 3,311	Re: Help us ID this tool Okay, I have two guesses. 1. It's a nut splitter 2. It used to perforate a nut onto a bolt, kind of like a lock nut. __________________ Classic Trucks Link http://www.classictrucks.com/feature...uck/index.html 1958 GMC.Project Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=162816 1966 Chevelle Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=443576 Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prrNKo8F7Zw#GU5U2spHI_4 Last edited by CAL 58 GMC; 10-31-2007 at 11:15 PM.

10-31-2007, 11:33 PM	#3
Shane Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: over yonder Posts: 14,270	Re: Help us ID this tool dunno what it is, but looks like it could cause a lot of pain.

10-31-2007, 11:34 PM	#4
papawswrench Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alvin ,TX Posts: 2,172	Re: Help us ID this tool I never thought of a nut splitter, that might be it. I will try that tomorrow. __________________ papawswrench Certified wrench hound ! Tool Talk Randomview PapawsImages https://www.flickr.com/photos/nhankamer/

10-31-2007, 11:44 PM	#6
Chevy Fleetside Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 4,782	Re: Help us ID this tool Looks like a tool that holds a die so you can make threads on a bolt. __________________ "A man and his truck, what a beautiful thing" 65 Short Fleetside BBC 65 Long Fleetside 283 3 on the tree for now. my build thread http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=259536

11-01-2007, 12:23 AM	#7
papawswrench Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alvin ,TX Posts: 2,172	Re: Help us ID this tool One of my Tool Talk members says it is a tool for undercutting the mica insulators on a commutator after turning it. I don't see how it would do that since the cutter doesn't travel in a straight line, only in a short arc and only goes toward the center on the upstroke. __________________ papawswrench Certified wrench hound ! Tool Talk Randomview PapawsImages https://www.flickr.com/photos/nhankamer/ Last edited by papawswrench; 11-01-2007 at 12:24 AM.

11-01-2007, 08:48 AM	#8
bobthecop Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Yukon Oklahoma Posts: 2,647	Re: Help us ID this tool I don't know what it is either, but I've always wanted one. __________________ Happiness is towing your "new" truck home. 1972 C-10 1982 GMC (parts truck??) 1969 c10 parts truck 1969 C-10 ( my sons) 1992 Silverado 4X4 (now the boys truck)(now mine again) 2002 Tarus (my wife loves that car)

11-01-2007, 09:45 AM	#9
papawswrench Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alvin ,TX Posts: 2,172	Re: Help us ID this tool I guess I always wanted one also, though I had never seen one till last year, but now I own one! __________________ papawswrench Certified wrench hound ! Tool Talk Randomview PapawsImages https://www.flickr.com/photos/nhankamer/

11-01-2007, 09:57 AM	#10
67ChevyRedneck Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 23,090	Re: Help us ID this tool Muffler bearing press. __________________ Jesse James 1967 C10 SWB Stepside: 350/700R4/3.73 1965 Ford Mustang: 289/T5-5spd/3.25 Trac-Loc 1968 Pontiac Firebird: Project Fire Chicken! 2015 Silverado Double Cab 5.3L Z71 2001 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4.0L 5spd 2020 Chevrolet Equinox Premium 2.0L Turbo 2011 Mustang V6 ~ Wife's ride American Born, Country by the Grace of God 1967 CST Shop Truck Rebuild! My 1967 C-10 Build Thread My Vintage Air A/C Install Project "On a Dime" Trying my hand at Home Renovation! 1965 Mustang Modifications!

11-01-2007, 10:05 AM	#11
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,312	Re: Help us ID this tool that is a lid opener on a 59 studebaker .. you use that to pop the cover so you can add blinker fluid or replace the muffler bearings Hey its a guess sounds better than i have no clue!! lol __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

11-01-2007, 10:23 AM	#12
kwmech Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Colfax-California Posts: 8,641	Re: Help us ID this tool Looks like a thread chaser, or cleaner-upper

11-01-2007, 10:26 AM	#13
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: Help us ID this tool sort of looks like a pipe thread cutter or chaser// i'd think for cleaning up the threads of a well when changing pump heads __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY Last edited by cdowns; 11-01-2007 at 05:45 PM.

11-01-2007, 11:48 AM	#14
wedgemon Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Spanish Springs, NV Posts: 1,171	Re: Help us ID this tool Maybe it can open the safe??? __________________ 2003 Silverado K1500 Z71 - Arrival Blue 1973 K5 Cheyenne Blazer 350/TH350/NP203 Kids Trucks:92 K1500 Blazer 5.7/700R4 4" lift. RETIRED: 1980 Scottsdale 4x4 Founding Member: "TILT WHEEL BELLY." Club

11-01-2007, 01:07 PM	#16
Brad Out of the carpool lane. Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Clark Co, WA Posts: 5,672	Re: Help us ID this tool It's clearly a thingamajigger/doohicky. I talk about it all the time. __________________ 1968 C-10 SWB, 5.7 Vortec/700R4/3.73 posi, Torch Red 1968 Camaro, 250/Powerglide, all original (No, I'm not gonna drop a 350 in it!...Jeez!) 2000 Honda VFR in the faster yellow! 2008 Husqvarna TE-610 1967 C-10 SWB 'Six Appeal'-Gone but not forgotten...

11-01-2007, 02:37 PM	#17
70rs/ss Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northern AZ Posts: 7,270	Re: Help us ID this tool I have an idea of how to solve it, are there any patent numbers on it? If so look em up and you'll have an answer.



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11-01-2007, 04:05 PM	#19
full foot notch Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central florida Posts: 3,223	Re: Help us ID this tool maybe some early form of a valve spring compressor? screws around the side of the valve and then press down the handle to compress it?

11-01-2007, 05:31 PM	#21
jamis F.A.S.T. president Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 1,883	Re: Help us ID this tool Early 19 century circumcision tool its a thread chaser, stick the bolt thru the clamp area, snug it up the twist it around to clean the threads. Change the cutter bit for a diffrent pitch. Thats my best guess __________________ F.A.S.T. President and Founder Fabricators for the Advancement of Sawsall Technology "A fear of the Sawsall is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." ~Sigmund Freud, "General Introduction to Psychoanalysis" Last edited by jamis; 11-01-2007 at 05:36 PM.

11-01-2007, 05:45 PM	#22
wedgemon Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Spanish Springs, NV Posts: 1,171	Re: Help us ID this tool Early Pipe threader or thread chaser? __________________ 2003 Silverado K1500 Z71 - Arrival Blue 1973 K5 Cheyenne Blazer 350/TH350/NP203 Kids Trucks:92 K1500 Blazer 5.7/700R4 4" lift. RETIRED: 1980 Scottsdale 4x4 Founding Member: "TILT WHEEL BELLY." Club

11-01-2007, 05:59 PM	#23
Sillyoldman #16876 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Auburn WA Posts: 12,266	Re: Help us ID this tool Thread cleaner. __________________ Posted via Stationary Device '71 Custom Deluxe C-20 402. '67 Buick Special 455. '49 Plymouth Special Deluxe. *"I love that old car smell"* *Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.*

11-01-2007, 07:53 PM	#24
papawswrench Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alvin ,TX Posts: 2,172	Re: Help us ID this tool I don't think it can be a thread chaser because the toothed cutter blade doesn't line up perpendicular to whatever you clamp in it, nor is it anywhere near the angle it would need to be to chase pipe threads, and how would you turn the tool if the pipe were clamped in it? I appreciate the guesses, even the wild ones! __________________ papawswrench Certified wrench hound ! Tool Talk Randomview PapawsImages https://www.flickr.com/photos/nhankamer/

11-01-2007, 08:03 PM	#25
87 STEPPER STILL PLAYS WITH TRUX Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Melbourne, Fla. Posts: 2,764	Re: Help us ID this tool I haven't a clue what that contraption is but when you find out and tell us everyone is gonna say................Man i can't belive i didn't think of that! Good luck in your tool quest! Sorry i wasn't much help. __________________ ~~Bruce~~ MY 87 STEPPER MY 99 2D/WD TAHOE Last edited by 87 STEPPER; 11-01-2007 at 08:04 PM.

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