[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Mystery tool ID help please. (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 11/14/2011 2:56:20 AM EDT
Last spring my buddy and I were checking some yard sales and he found this thing, apparently a tool of some sort.
Turning the knob on the bottom causes the sharp wheel to move up or down; the carrier for the wheel is spring loaded in both directions also, so it could be to adjust tension. 
This is the only visible marking 
This wheel sort looks like a cutter, but then, maybe not. 
And it's rather sharp. 
It's about 7 3/4" high, and 2" wide. 
This is as close as the wheels can get. I'm pretty sure it's not a dickfer since it doesn't resemble the one I already have; beyond that, it's really a mystery to me, and any help would be appreciated. 
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Quoted: Looks like an industrial can opener of some type. The handle with the cross hatching on it would be under the cutting area in that case. If it does anything with metal, it does it to an edge, not a corner or the middle. Nevermind, I was thinking of it upside down. It looks like something to handle wire, maybe barbed wire or a low tech razor wire (the teeth cut a ribbon of metal for edges). Another guess, is to cut a seam on the join point of an old-timey power take off with a big belt. So, tractor with power wheel on one end, implement on the other (thresher, bailer, etc.) and a belt in the middle. The belt breaks, the farmer then uses this thing to cut the break evenly with a pattern, then staples the thing back together. |
Prop wash bucket opener.
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It looks like, in the second pic, that the toothed wheel is installed backward because it doesn't line up with the pulley wheels. I believe the wire would come in from the end, between the pulley wheels, wrap around the toothed wheel and then back out between the pulley wheels. The two handles would allow you to pull. This would put an adjustable curve in a wire, possibly with small nicks due to the teeth. However, I have no idea why you'd want to do that. |
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Is it a tool to cut grooves into an automotive belt? I don't see any way to crank the 'cutter' wheel. So it has to be tightened to capture the work between the 'cutter' and the wheels, and then 'dragged' left or right. Or you can just put the tool on the belt and spark up the engine. 
GENIUS, NO? 
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notice how beat to hell the teeth are. Looks like it works on some pretty hard or thick material. Also, the thing that is throwing me is the wear marks. There's aren't really any prominent ones. I would expect if it fit on the end of some tube that there would be circles in the center of the wheels, but there aren't. The wear marks open appear to be on the outside of the circle (the side of the toothed wheel, furthest from the two litle wheels), making it appear to fit inside a tube? |
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He didn't by chance ask the seller what he was buying, did he?  I think the seller offered it to us for free if we could just tell him what it was. It was then my buddy said "How much?"
I too think it's some sort of crimper for wire, but I can't really see the use for it. and the range of motion for the cutter/center wheel is only about 3/4", rather limited. |
