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Anybody know what this tool is?
11-01-2016, 12:25 PM
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Anybody know what this tool is?
Here's a thing from the bottom of a box at an estate sale. For scale, those are 12 inch tiles.
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11-01-2016, 12:28 PM
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Here's another shot of the business end
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11-01-2016, 12:29 PM
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Maybe a blacksmiths for rolling hot round metal? I know a bs I'll ask.
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11-01-2016, 01:22 PM
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It looks vaguely similar to this tool. Bolt's Antique Tool Museum - TLC0026-TLC0050
I wonder if it might be the one they are describing in the comments having to deal with horseshoeing?
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11-01-2016, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by omni550
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The one you attached I recognize. Farriers use them to give horse pedicures. 
The one the OP attached looks different, more space between the tangs. I'm guessing it's a black smith tool but I don't recognize it.
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11-01-2016, 02:31 PM
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That would be a fanuten valve tool.
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11-01-2016, 02:57 PM
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First guess: to compress car intake/exhaust valve springs during assembly. Compress the spring, remove the keeper, stand back.
Second guess: to put corks in a bottle.
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11-01-2016, 05:13 PM
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No idea. What other kinds of tools were in the box?
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11-01-2016, 05:20 PM
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Could be a set of glaziers pliers for snapping scored glass - but the center jaw should have a raised area to put on the score line.
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11-01-2016, 06:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jazz4cash
No idea. What other kinds of tools were in the box?
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Nothing related. What's a fanuten? Is that a spelling issue?
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11-01-2016, 06:05 PM
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My nephew is saying it's probably something that pushes a pin in/out. That flat disk area... sounds reasonable
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11-01-2016, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by sengsational
Nothing related. What's a fanuten? Is that a spelling issue?
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Fanuten's are on the same shelf as the Finnigan's and next to the buckets of steam.
"finnigan pin
a whoseitwhatsit used by mechanics in order to screw with common lay people
go to the parts house and get a distributor cap and a finnigan pin"
Just a little mechanics humor.
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11-01-2016, 07:40 PM
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My nephew is saying it's probably something that pushes a pin in/out. That flat disk area... sounds reasonable
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And it looks like the "hooks" might grab onto something cylindrical (a piece of bar stock, etc). I suppose this thing could be used to grab onto an axle and press in a pin (or start it out--with other "followers" needed to press it out all the way). When the handles are as close together as possible, what was the position of the flat area relative to the hooks?
Or, it could just be another tool in the dentist Szell's tray. "Is it safe?"
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11-01-2016, 11:27 PM
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Looks like a giant version of a cherry pitter only for a larger fruit like plums.
Let us know if you find out.
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11-02-2016, 06:45 AM
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Back scratcher??
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11-02-2016, 07:03 AM
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It looks like it would push a roll pin into a cylindrical object. Seems very specialized - maybe used in manufacturing?
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11-02-2016, 01:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by travelover
It looks like it would push a roll pin into a cylindrical object. Seems very specialized - maybe used in manufacturing?
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That sounds about right...press a roll pin into a shaft or something.
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11-04-2016, 04:35 PM
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Sex toy?
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11-04-2016, 04:36 PM
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Sex toy?
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Ouch!
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11-04-2016, 05:19 PM
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Looks like an arm clamp for a Boatswain's punch.
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