Tool Talk
What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: Papaw on December 20, 2012, 09:06:27 PM
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A co-worker brought me this to ID. Found on an old farm.
Riveted two-piece tool that opens to 90 degrees, and closes square. Length of 5 3/4". One side has a 5/8" opening and the other has a tab 5/8" in length.
Looks like a crimper of some kind to me, but for large gauge. No hammer marks on it.
The tool has most of what looks like original japanning to me.
I find no numbers or maker marks on it anywhere.
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It looks like it could crimp the ferrule on power pole guy wires. Sure is hefty.
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It does have that look, maybe its suppose to be struck with a hammer cause it sure doesn't have a whole lot of handle for squeezing.
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Maybe for battery terminal ends. The lack of hammer marks could be because it never got used, or maybe they used a vise to close it rather than beating on it with a hammer.
Mike
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Maybe for battery terminal ends. The lack of hammer marks could be because it never got used, or maybe they used a vise to close it rather than beating on it with a hammer.
That was one of my first thoughts.
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I'm with the battery terminal group. I used a similar tool in the 60's. We made up our own cables at the ignition shop I worked in.We used a vise to crimp them