MWTCA August 2022 'What's It' Project (182-3)

[John Morris]

"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.

 

 

 

[kmealy]

Looks like a tool to find the middle of something (a bisector).

 

[knockonit]

holy cow what can that be, but i'd bet it'd put yer ''eye out'' if'n ya gave it a chance, lol

Rj in az

[Grandpadave52]

23 minutes ago, knockonit said:

holy cow what can that be, but i'd bet it'd put yer ''eye out'' if'n ya gave it a chance, lol

Rj in az

Only if you run with it.

[Gerald]

It appears to be made for placing two items in a tight place such as a gasket or bearings.

[HARO50]

A double-barrelled nutcracker?

[steven newman]

Wire splicer...2 outer arms are shaped to match one's hand.....MIGHT be for use with Wire Rope...

[John Morris]

13 hours ago, HARO50 said:

A double-barrelled nutcracker?

 

Seriously, that is what I was thinking, at the narrowed part of it, you can see the jagged jaws, just like a nutcracker would have.

[HandyDan]

Not many nuts would fit in it.  Maybe it is for cracking corn.........kernels.

 

 

[HandyDan]

Maybe it was to crimp seal tin foil packets prior to the plastic bag days.

 

[HandyDan]

They crimped hair back in the Flapper era.

 

[Cliff]

Scoring tool  prolly for masonry

[HARO50]

Both sides have 'teeth', which are obviously meant to hold something in place, but why TWO items back-to-back? Wire rope is out, as one hand could not apply enough force to any good, especially for two at a time. Hair would have to be threaded through the gaps, which would be very awkward, especially since the tool would be heated for any crimping application. Just thinking "aloud" here.

[Woodman]

The worse part? I've seen one before but cannot remember where. 

 

1] Hose-making tool

2] Hose crimping tool for repair to lines under pressure

[Gerald]

Since we cannot see what the teeth look like they appear to be good for perforating paper, like a seal mark.

[Grandpadave52]

On 8/17/2022 at 5:41 AM, Woodman said:

The worse part? I've seen one before but cannot remember where. 

No, the worse part is when you can't remember if you've seen one before...just sayin'...

[StaticLV2]

On 8/7/2022 at 7:50 PM, steven newman said:

Wire splicer...2 outer arms are shaped to match one's hand.....MIGHT be for use with Wire Rope...

I think this might be right, it looks kind of like a pre-Klein wire splicing pliers, maybe for use with wire, or rope?

[John Morris]

I know I'm running late folks, but it's time to upvote your favorite answer!

[John Morris]

 

Winner

@Gerald has been selected as this months MWTCA Membership recipient.

We based this decision off of the most voted for answer by our members.

 

Award

Gerald, for your participation you have won a 2023 Calendar Year membership into the MWTCA.

Please Private Message me your contact info, shipping address, spouse or significant others name (if applicable).

Thank you all for your participation!

 

Links

• https://mwtca.org/member-benefits/
• https://mwtca.org/the-gristmill/
• https://mwtca.org/special-publications/

 

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[Grandpadave52]

CONGRATS @Gerald. It'll give you something to keep you warm this winter after you thaw out from your cruise.