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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: skylab on April 10, 2012, 10:02:12 PM

Title: What's this for?
Post by: skylab on April 10, 2012, 10:02:12 PM

found at the flea.  Used on a square nut  can't read the writing very well.
(http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa331/skylab2011/mystuff28029.jpg)
(http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa331/skylab2011/mystuff28030.jpg)

Title: Re: What's this for?
Post by: Billman49 on April 11, 2012, 03:25:28 AM

Possibly a bed key - used for tensioning the spring sub-base on old wooden framed beds...

Title: Re: What's this for?
Post by: OilyRascal on April 11, 2012, 07:18:18 AM

I have seen the same (square nut t-handle design 6" long) used as a key to a lock on a side-box of an industrial truck bed.

Title: Re: What's this for?
Post by: jimwrench on April 11, 2012, 04:08:48 PM

 The Owsley Bros had a patent on the Acme twist handle wrench. Don't know if this wrench was made by same company.

Title: Re: What's this for?
Post by: rusty on April 11, 2012, 07:32:21 PM

Owsley Bros was indexex under wrenches, and 'general merchandise', so it's plausable at least.

The wrench may not be for anything in particular, square T-handle wrenches were a standard wrench type once upon a time, you just don't see them much these days...

Title: Re: What's this for?
Post by: Lump on April 11, 2012, 07:42:26 PM

I have seen wrenches like this used for turning valves on and off, such as gas valves on cylinders, etc.

Title: Re: What's this for?
Post by: amertrac on April 12, 2012, 07:04:51 AM

looks like a tool to open groun level valve boxes like natural gal,water or gasoline   

Title: Re: What's this for?
Post by: Nolatoolguy on April 14, 2012, 05:57:57 PM

I would be willing to say its a sillcock key.

Basicly used for opening and closing comerical pipe fittings.