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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: john k on May 25, 2012, 07:47:27 PM

Title: Big and heavy
Post by: john k on May 25, 2012, 07:47:27 PM

Knowing this crowd this will go unguessed for about a minute and thirty seconds.   I just got it, was able to unload it without hurting myself.  Is missing one leg.  In the neighborhood of 200lbs.  Mole is one of the words cast into it.  I don't know why I bother, its just too easy in this bunch.  Must dig deeper.  OK, what is it, what did it do specifically, and if you're adventurous, when?

Title: Re: Big and heavy
Post by: dimwittedmoose51 on May 26, 2012, 02:07:27 AM

If Rube Goldberg was still around, I'll bet he could tell ya......lol

DM&FS

Title: Re: Big and heavy
Post by: Lewill2 on May 26, 2012, 07:37:56 AM

Too many places to pinch my fingers. Clamps flat steel straps/banding maybe?

Title: Re: Big and heavy
Post by: kxxr on May 26, 2012, 08:23:48 AM

does it travel on a cable?

Title: Re: Big and heavy
Post by: rusty on May 26, 2012, 08:51:05 AM

>does it travel on a cable?

It took me a while to figure out it is sitting on 2 old tire rims....

I see a compound lever handle, and a blade, so , some kind of a shear? (banding tool is a good guess..) hmm

Awfull elaborate to be an ordinary bench shear ....

Title: Re: Big and heavy
Post by: john k on May 26, 2012, 10:11:49 AM

Does this help?  Technically, a band clamp, would be correct, but when the band/iron tire is heated, placed between the clamps, pressure is applied via a long bar, the tire can be made smaller, shrinking the diameter.  Which in its time was easier than cutting and rewelding the tire.  Now if I can find a roller. 

Title: Re: Big and heavy
Post by: Branson on May 27, 2012, 06:15:13 AM

Oh!  A tire shrinker!  Never seen one like these -- I'm used to more primitive tire shrinkers.  Cool!

Title: Re: Big and heavy
Post by: amertrac on May 27, 2012, 06:30:10 AM

Quote from: Branson on May 27, 2012, 06:15:13 AM

Oh!  A tire shrinker!  Never seen one like these -- I'm used to more primitive tire shrinkers.  Cool!

i could surely use that I have several good 16 inc tires and some 15 inc rims I wonder if shrinking them will distort the name on the tire   bob w.

Title: Re: Big and heavy
Post by: Aunt Phil on May 27, 2012, 12:01:26 PM

Quote from: amertrac on May 27, 2012, 06:30:10 AM

Quote from: Branson on May 27, 2012, 06:15:13 AM

Oh!  A tire shrinker!  Never seen one like these -- I'm used to more primitive tire shrinkers.  Cool!

i could surely use that I have several good 16 inc tires and some 15 inc rims I wonder if shrinking them will distort the name on the tire   bob w.

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