January 2, 20179 yr comment_90722 Looks to me like the lever the engineer pulled to blow the whistle. erb Report
January 2, 20179 yr comment_90729 " The history of FORUM B + V Oil Tools has begun for over 45 years with the simple idea of forging Elevator Links at its own blacksmith shop. Manufacturing of Pipe Handling Tools started to be a lucrative business for the shipyard so that FORUM B+V Oil Tools enlarged its product range step by step over the years." B + B = Blohm + Voss. Looks like a tool for breaking links... Report
January 2, 20179 yr comment_90730 I am going along Sticks idea.. May be for adjusting tie rods or something similar. Electrical crimpers (indenters) have a rounded off edge to prevent cutting of the connector. Roly Voss was a grain and implement dealer in Downs Kansas. Don't know but have a feeling it was to adjust something on a farm implement. Edited January 2, 20179 yr by Roly Report
January 2, 20179 yr comment_90736 I don't have a clue, but would have guessed something along the line as @Roly... That said, this likely be a challenging search as the same tool has been involved in a similar search for at least the last 3-1/2 years... http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013_06_01_archive.html Edit add: need to scroll down to third picture sets Edited January 2, 20179 yr by Grandpadave52 Report
January 3, 20179 yr comment_90775 Johnson bar. use it as a "cheater bar" Or....to open a valve with. Report
January 3, 20179 yr Author comment_90777 3 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said: this likely be a challenging search Not for you guys Dave! We are The Patriot Woodworker's, aint gonna take us no 3.5 years to solve this! Report
January 3, 20179 yr comment_90839 I'm leaning towards Stick & Roly, seems like it would be use to shorten or offset a throttle rod. Report
January 3, 20179 yr Author comment_90847 1 hour ago, DuckSoup said: I'm leaning towards Stick & Roly, seems like it would be use to shorten or offset a throttle rod. I am not a mechanic, is there anyway you guys could post something similar in a diagram to show what you are talking about? Report
January 3, 20179 yr comment_90861 In the main/first picture, it is sitting upside down. You would push down on the handle to disengage the tooth like part from a detent. The "U" bolt fits into a slot on the control arm. You slide the "handle" onto the valve needing adjusting, make the adjustments, and then move onto the next valve. Report
January 3, 20179 yr comment_90862 1 hour ago, John Morris said: I am not a mechanic, is there anyway you guys could post something similar in a diagram to show what you are talking about? can't find a picture old enough for that style... Steve describes it pretty well... Report
January 3, 20179 yr comment_90868 It is an electric fence ferrule crimping tool. The tool opened and closed to facilitate putting it over and getting it off the wire. Can't find proof but here are the ferrules and the heavy tool they use today. Report
January 3, 20179 yr comment_90871 All - I believe this tool is used to crimp the posts on chain links. For example, if a piece of machinery had to have a chain removed for maintenance, the replacement chain would be installed and then require the posts on the "connector' link to be crimped so the link became a permanent part of the chain. The jaws on this device open up so as to allow the chain to be enclosed in the jaws and the nuts tighten down on the chain to make the crimp. Doing this does not take a great deal of leverage, hence the short handle. Report
January 3, 20179 yr Author comment_90872 51 minutes ago, Stick486 said: can't find a picture old enough for that style... Steve describes it pretty well... Steve's description makes absolutely no sense to this non mechanical guy. I was hoping for something even in modern era to demonstrate what a tool like this does? A tool like it, used in today, for the purpose described. I don't even know what a throttle rod is. Report
January 3, 20179 yr comment_90879 This sleeve is threaded inside with a left hand thread on one side and a right hand thread on the other end. Works like a turn buckle to shorten or lengthen a rod. The tooth on the tool engages the slot which opens it up and turns it. Roly Edited January 3, 20179 yr by Roly Report
January 3, 20179 yr comment_90880 Handle on a Steam Engine's Air brake/engine brake valves. The pictures I just looked up show it enclosed under a top cover. Dad used to work as a Fireman on the D T & I steam locomotives, shoveled coal from Flat Rock, MI down to Ironton, Oh, and back. More or less lost his job when the railroad went all diesel in the mid 1950s.... Report
January 3, 20179 yr Author comment_90882 35 minutes ago, Roly said: This sleeve is threaded inside with a left hand thread on one side and a right hand thread on the other end. Works like a turn buckle to shorten or lengthen a rod. The tooth on the tool engages the slot which opens it up and turns it. Roly Thanks Roly, and the "What's it" would have the same use as this tool pictured above? Report
January 3, 20179 yr comment_90884 8 minutes ago, John Morris said: Thanks Roly, and the "What's it" would have the same use as this tool pictured above? 8 minutes ago, John Morris said: I'm not going to say that is what the tool is for, for sure. Just a guess. With the slot on one side and the spring it is made to place on and off something easily. Not to be placed on and left on. Roly Report
January 3, 20179 yr comment_90885 Found a couple levers.. Some of the later ones were covered with a sheet metal guard. The notches on the valve to the left, fit the pointy thing on the "What is it" lever. Depending on who made the valve. Report
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