Another What's It

Corley5 · January 23, 2021, 10:20:04 AM

I have no real idea what this is. It belongs to the father of the journeyman electrician, Travis, my son is working under as an apprentice. Travis's dad claims to know what it is but won't tell anybody. It sits on a shelf inside his shop at his excavating business HQ. That's a glove it's laying on for size. The ribbed sleeve on the end will move a bit on the shaft. The horizontal piece doesn't move but it may be rust welded.

Hilltop366 · January 23, 2021, 11:06:54 AM

My guess would be a tool for holding a wire staple to start it and the other end to remove the staples. ?

Ljohnsaw · January 23, 2021, 11:11:29 AM

:P
Interesting...

21incher · January 23, 2021, 12:41:14 PM

My guess is a fence tightening tool. One side for pulling staples and the slot may be to put the wire in then slide down the other part capturing the wire so you could give it a twist to kink the wire and tighten the fence :

breederman · January 23, 2021, 01:10:54 PM

I think 21 has it. A wire tightner tool.

pabst79 · January 23, 2021, 01:29:01 PM

I'm guessing wire tightener as well, but too small for fence I think, I'm guessing a tool that was used in the install of knob and tube wiring.

51cub · January 23, 2021, 02:20:16 PM

I have one. I don't remember what it is but I can tell you how I figured it out. There's a patent number stamped on it somewhere. I'll try to dig mine up if you don't find the number on that one first

Corley5 · January 23, 2021, 07:47:16 PM

Zach sent Travis a note asking if there are any #s on it. Haven't heard back yet.

florida · January 23, 2021, 08:22:29 PM

I'm betting it's a saw tooth setter. Drive the prongs into a stump by hitting on the arm the sticks out. Stick the tooth into the vise on the end and bend.

Resonator · January 23, 2021, 08:26:32 PM

Auto mechanics pickle fork for separating really, really, small tie rod ends and ball joints. ;D

Tacotodd · January 24, 2021, 12:26:50 AM

Is it a really old & obscure brake spring tool of some sort?

47sawdust · January 25, 2021, 02:05:19 PM

How long do we get teased before we're told?

Corley5 · January 25, 2021, 02:19:41 PM

I don't know what it is either

The owner hasn't yet responded about numbers on it

mike_belben · January 25, 2021, 05:59:15 PM

What is this amateur hour? Clearly its a flux capacitor tuning fork guys.. Cmon.

Where is the wizard of crap, he will know.

The tang on bottom reminds me of a sheetmetal nibbler but im not seeing it. Maybe some sort of notch punch combo tool. Wonky.

Old Greenhorn · January 25, 2021, 08:28:31 PM

Mike doesn't really know what it is, but if you gave him one he cold probably build a skidder out of it. :D ;D 8)

JJ · January 25, 2021, 09:03:05 PM

its so small, like size of finger.. @Magicman maybe a wire splice tool for telegraph or for old electronics..?
@mike_belben Tool for western union wire splices I just learn about here..

JJ

mike_belben · January 25, 2021, 09:16:50 PM

:D

Magicman · January 25, 2021, 09:34:09 PM

I ain't that old.

Gary_C · January 26, 2021, 04:20:46 AM

I don't know about that rusty thing but I'm certain those are my gloves you've got there. I just laid them down somewhere and sure can't figure out how you got them. ;D

Tacotodd · January 26, 2021, 04:57:27 AM

:D

scsmith42 · January 26, 2021, 06:52:47 AM

Remember when power wire was bare and went around small glass and porcelain insulators? Sometimes there would be a short wire routed around the opposite side of the insulator and twisted around the main wire at each end of the insulator.

That looks like a tool used to twist that short wire back around the main wire or for splicing two bare wires together.

Don P · January 26, 2021, 08:50:58 AM

"Knob and tube" wiring. That will stop everything during reno work as we go for the meter to make sure that stuff is dead. Thankfully I've never run into any that is still energized, spooky wiring.

sharp edge · January 26, 2021, 09:59:45 AM

I vote for that it is part of a wench. The bottom is open to put the wire in to control it. The top hooks to the slave band. 8)

SE

mike_belben · January 26, 2021, 10:17:52 AM

Quote from: Gary_C on January 26, 2021, 04:20:46 AM
I don't know about that rusty thing but I'm certain those are my gloves you've got there. I just laid them down somewhere and sure can't figure out how you got them. ;D

Have you named your garage gnome?

Ya know that little guy who moves the thing you just put down on the corner of the welder. You look high and low, far and wide, in every drawer, under every cabinet. Then into the house, the shed, the truck, the mailbox, the washing machine, every pocket you own. 3 more laps around the garage usually satisfies him and he puts it back on the welder you looked at 9 times.

Little ba$t......