John Morris 17,529 Report post #1 Posted January 18 "What's It" Basic Rules Reminder For a full run down on this project and rules please go to: "The Patriot Woodworker and MWTCA "What's It" project" Only Patriot Woodworker Members are eligible to participate and receive the award. The MWTCA only accepts a verified source to support your answer, so one should be submitted with your answer, such as a patent, catalog entry, tool book reference, or a respectable website on the subject. Do not let these requirements prevent you from having fun and submitting educated answers on the subject without verification, we can worry about references later. All answers are welcome, as well as healthy debates regarding "What's It". If a verified and referenced answer is not arrived at by the end of each month's "What's It" project, a random draw will be performed for a "One Year MWTCA Club Membership". Only Patriot Woodworker's who participate in this "What's It" topic will be included in the random draw. Additional What's It Rules Unless you are completely sure what this item is, please avoid "definitive statements" that appear that you are without a doubt claiming that you know what the item is. For example stating, "this item is called a "widget xx" used for "insert purpose here". If you are making a definitive statement you must accompany your statement with evidence or proof from a secondary source. An example of acceptable statements within the realm of having fun and educated guesses would be something like this, "I believe it could be", or "It appears it's made for this or that", etc etc etc... Ok ladies and gentlemen, we now have our "What's it" live and ready! The image(s) below is a MWTCA "What's It" image for you to research, and tell us all here in this topic post, just what the heck is it! Project Details The information provided hereon is all the information that is provided, no further information on this item will be added. 2 Cal and FlGatorwood reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene Howe 26,296 Report post #2 Posted January 18 (edited) It's against the rules but, I'm gonna make a definitive statement. It's use definitely bumfoozles me! Edited January 18 by Gene Howe 6 HARO50, FlGatorwood, Woodbutcherbynight and 3 others reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pauley 523 Report post #3 Posted January 18 Ok, I think I may know what that is...it’s hard to tell the size of this, but it looks like it could be for removing/lifting/dragging smaller logs out of the forest. 4 FlGatorwood, Larry Buskirk, John Morris and 1 other reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HandyDan 58,772 Report post #4 Posted January 18 Safety cage for airing up footballs. 6 Gene Howe, Larry Buskirk, Cal and 3 others reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HandyDan 58,772 Report post #5 Posted January 18 My observations. 3 FlGatorwood, p_toad and Cal reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron Dudelston 4,858 Report post #6 Posted January 18 I’ll hazard a guess. It looks like a device to grab and transfer metal shavings. Lathes put off masses of long, sharp shavings and you could grab bundles of shavings and move them. 2 Cal and FlGatorwood reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HARO50 7,778 Report post #7 Posted January 19 Salad tongs? John 3 Cal, Woodbutcherbynight and FlGatorwood reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodbutcherbynight 28,761 Report post #8 Posted January 19 25 minutes ago, HARO50 said: Salad tongs? John For who? This guy??? 6 Cal, Gerald, Gene Howe and 3 others reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cal 4,828 Report post #9 Posted January 19 It does look well used as the ends of the "tines" are worn pretty smooth. I'm thinking a tool like this would have been issued to political reporters so that they might pick out nuggets of truth from an endless flow of bull.... without getting their hands dirty! 6 p_toad, HandyDan, Gerald and 3 others reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Morris 17,529 Report post #10 Posted January 19 2 hours ago, Cal said: political reporters so that they might pick out nuggets of truth from an endless flow of bull Unfortunately Cal, those reporters no longer exist (I wish they did), they now pick out the massive flow of bull and report on it as truth instead, today. 1 3 FlGatorwood, p_toad, HARO50 and 1 other reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene Howe 26,296 Report post #11 Posted January 19 Any more, "a professional journalist" is an oxymoron. 4 2 Woodbutcherbynight, Fred W. Hargis Jr, FlGatorwood and 3 others reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodbutcherbynight 28,761 Report post #12 Posted January 19 A clamp used to hold brake shoes in place while installing springs and hold down pins. This would have been strong enough to hold the two shoes together so they stay in place while doing a brake job. Early model vehicles came with 4 wheel drum brakes, took a minute to do and you have at least 5 springs plus hold downs and then equalizer bar etc etc. 4 1 FrederickH, HARO50, FlGatorwood and 2 others reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fred W. Hargis Jr 6,061 Report post #13 Posted January 19 If that's what it is, I sure would have liked to have one; changing the shoes was a real PITA. Like it was a 4 handed job. 4 HARO50, Woodbutcherbynight, FlGatorwood and 1 other reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff 1,657 Report post #14 Posted January 19 21 hours ago, Ron Dudelston said: It looks like a device to grab and transfer metal shavings. Lathes put off masses of long, sharp shavings Now I gotta make one of my own. 3 FlGatorwood, Cal and HARO50 reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodbutcherbynight 28,761 Report post #15 Posted January 19 1 hour ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said: If that's what it is, I sure would have liked to have one; changing the shoes was a real PITA. Like it was a 4 handed job. Yeah always fun job. We get a lot of brake jobs with drum brakes because the chains don't do them. Crazy how they call themselves complete car care but cannot do a drum brake job. A recruiter for one came to me at lunch one day. Told me my salary requirements were unrealistic. Didn't like being told that's nice you can go now. Poor guy tried to come back and give me more but I pressed harder and told him now it was 3 paid weeks off a year to start, he kept going on, I told him now free healthcare. Finally saw this was never going to work and left. The days of just following this corporate do as your told and we dictate how you get screwed are over. I am more with the idea, Pay up or shut up. 3 2 FlGatorwood, HandyDan, Cal and 2 others reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerald 8,103 Report post #16 Posted January 20 I am thinking maybe tongs to lift a round output off a manufacturing line. Such as large tubing or hot metal rods 3 Woodbutcherbynight, Cal and FlGatorwood reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cal 4,828 Report post #17 Posted January 20 21 hours ago, John Morris said: Unfortunately Cal, those reporters no longer exist (I wish they did Well, that would explain why the tool is in the "what's it" category and no one having ever seen one! 5 HandyDan, Woodbutcherbynight, HARO50 and 2 others reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steven newman 11,571 Report post #18 Posted January 21 A cable ran between the "spring" and the calipers. Cable was looped to allow a chain hoist's hook to latch on.....Powered or just chain hoist....can then lift an item off a pallet/flatcar/flatbed/wagon. Can even be used to move Railroad rails to where they are needed..or...railroad ties... 2 Cal and FlGatorwood reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron Dudelston 4,858 Report post #19 Posted January 21 35 minutes ago, steven newman said: A cable ran between the "spring" and the calipers. Cable was looped to allow a chain hoist's hook to latch on.....Powered or just chain hoist....can then lift an item off a pallet/flatcar/flatbed/wagon. Can even be used to move Railroad rails to where they are needed..or...railroad ties... Too small for that, Bandit. I’d put the total length at less than 12”. 3 Cal, HARO50 and FlGatorwood reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron Altier 6,007 Report post #20 Posted January 21 It looks like it has a lock on it to hold it closed. That makes me think that it was a ranch type tool to hold items in place until you tied a wire/rope around it, maybe in multiple places. 2 FlGatorwood and Cal reacted to this Quote Go to top Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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