Tool Talk
What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: Corey on January 02, 2012, 11:20:10 AM
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Can anyone identify some/all of these 6 tools?
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3 more
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valve spring compressor
hammer head welded closed?
a hub or lug wrench
early cordless drill/screwdriver
leather punch
leather sewing needle
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valve spring compressor for small engines or flatheads, cold cut for anvil, the square shank goes into the hardyhole, somebody pounded on the end,,, early hub wrench or socket, was turned with a steel bar,,,the wooden handled tool is a valve grinder/lapper, note the up down motion of the lever, also from the old days,,,,leather punch and sewing tool for leather or canvas.
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I think #2 may have been a hardy for an anvil (though someone has beaten on the shank, which now needs to be ground back for its original use). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy_tool (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy_tool) for a quick description and picture.
#4 is a valve grinder; would have been used by the same person as just used #1 to remove the springs in order to lap the valves to their seats. Moving the lever will rotate the shank a turn or so, then rotate opposite direction on its return to upper position; you'd lift the valve every so often to re-distribute the grinding compound (Clover brand was the one we always used; it came in a double-ended canister, with one side coarse, one fine grit). [A very light spring under the valve, around the stem, actually lifted the valve when you lifted the tool.] Some valves had a shallow slot that accepted the "blade" seen on this one; others had a pair of holes and the "blade" had matching tips, sort of like a spanner but extremely light duty. If no slot or holes in the valve surface, you'd slip a rubber suction cup over the shank (blades were always removable/interchangeable in my experience; some had a smooth edge on one end and hole-driving tips on the other, thus reversible). I've got a couple of alternate forms of this tool.
(Sorry, John K; I was composing this when you posted your reply. I have a little more detail, so will leave it up - hope you don't mind)
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Yep, you got 'em. The stitching awl is still made, by the way. The butt unscrews to make space for extra needles and the small wrench for securing them. What size is the shank on the hardie?