James
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| posted on 3/5/12 at 10:42 PM |
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Late night quiz! What is this tool?
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
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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PSpirine
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| posted on 3/5/12 at 10:59 PM |
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Paperweight?
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FazerBob
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| posted on 3/5/12 at 11:14 PM |
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Could it be for crimping terminals etc onto cables?
quote:
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?
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What's this?
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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
Bob
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Rod Ends
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 posted on 3/5/12 at 11:53 PM |
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Some kind of swaging/crimping tool.
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morcus
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 02:19 AM |
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torture equipment?
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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HowardB
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 03:08 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by morcus
torture equipment?
What it's not is a spare table,... 
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again and goes zoom)
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 07:04 AM |
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I'm going to guess at something to flatten or press things
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 07:24 AM |
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Another vote for crimping.
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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adithorp
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 08:01 AM |
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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.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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stevec
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 09:12 AM |
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I think its for putting nipples on throttle/brake cables etc.
Steve
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 09:59 AM |
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How old is that hammer in pic 2? 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14016102@N00/ (cut and paste this dodgey link)
Our most recent pics are here:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/trextr7monkey/
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Agriv8
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 10:15 AM |
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has tke top jaw got some gorves in are they different shapes ?
regards
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 11:01 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by trextr7monkey
How old is that hammer in pic 2?
Looks like a fairly standard type of body hammer to me?
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kipper
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 11:28 AM |
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It may be for forming a square end on speedo cables. Is there a prize? 
Denis.
Where did that go?
<<<<
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Peteff
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 12:05 PM |
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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.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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adithorp
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 12:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kipper
It may be for forming a square end on speedo cables. Is there a prize?
Denis.
If there is, I guess it doesn't go to the second person that gets the answer 
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 05:44 PM |
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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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James
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| posted on 4/5/12 at 10:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by trextr7monkey
How old is that hammer in pic 2?
Very! He has a fair few old inherited tools.
quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Difficult to tell the scale/size but...
It's about 7-8" tall.
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Originally posted by Agriv8
has tke top jaw got some gorves in are they different shapes ?
I think that both jaws have a matching set of grooves.
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
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