My friend who's a very experienced motorsport engineer has one of these in his garage.

He has no idea what it is...




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You can wind the big nut down and clamp 'something' in between the two blocks. The groves in the blocks would suit round, square material (and another shape, I can't remember or see from my low-res photo).

You can also hit the top of it with a hammer as shown.

Any idea what the hell it is?


Cheers,
James

[Edited on 3/5/12 by James]

Paperweight?

Could it be for crimping terminals etc onto cables?

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Originally posted by James
My friend who's a very experienced motorsport engineer has one of these in his garage.

He has no idea what it is...




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What's this? [/img]




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What's this? [/img]



You can wind the big nut down and clamp 'something' in between the two blocks. The groves in the blocks would suit round, square material (and another shape, I can't remember or see from my low-res photo).

You can also hit the top of it with a hammer as shown.

Any idea what the hell it is?


Cheers,
James

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Some kind of swaging/crimping tool.

torture equipment?

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Originally posted by morcus
torture equipment?

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I'm going to guess at something to flatten or press things

Another vote for crimping.

Difficult to tell the scale/size but...

Looks like a tool to put the square section onto the end of a speedo cable.

Making up custom cables from a loose roll hasn't been done in my time, though I was shown how to do it once-upon-a-time... There's a roll of speedo inner cable and a tool for doing it in a draw around here somewhere. The tool is similar to that but not as heavy.

I think its for putting nipples on throttle/brake cables etc.
Steve

How old is that hammer in pic 2?

has tke top jaw got some gorves in are they different shapes ?

regards

Agriv8

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Originally posted by trextr7monkey
How old is that hammer in pic 2?

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It may be for forming a square end on speedo cables. Is there a prize?
Denis.

It's a nail blackener, you screw down the nut with your finger under it the whack it with the big hammer, not that little claw hammer you have there. OK it's a heavy duty crimp really.

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Originally posted by kipper
It may be for forming a square end on speedo cables. Is there a prize?
Denis.

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Another vote for putting the square bit on a speedo cable, in fact I remember using something similar in the dim and distant past. Fancy using a panel beating hammer for that job.!

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How old is that hammer in pic 2?

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Difficult to tell the scale/size but...

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Originally posted by Agriv8
has tke top jaw got some gorves in are they different shapes ?

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