What is it? (Amateur version Posts #14 & #15)

why describe when you have the pics

what does amateur refer to

Definitely a plumb bob.

A PVC pipe cutter?

It's a Slotted Screw-Holding Screwdriver. The split blade expands in the screw slot to hold the screw while starting out. They usually have a collar that slides on the blade to expand and release it.

It's the flaring part of a tube flaring tool. It's missing the part that clamps onto the tube.

A dowel tenon cutter?

hread. As usual, I will try to answer questions about their composition, si ze and how they can move. Pictures are provided via Dropbox.

hey both have removable screw-on parts on one of their ends with holes pass ing through them. There is a small cavity inside each even when they are fu lly screwed on. They both have solid points at the other end. The black ste el point on the end of the brass one is removable as well.

dles have a rubbery red plastic coating. One handle ends in a jaw with curv ed portion with a sharp inner edge. There is a further attachment to this j aw which can rotate to create a closed oval shape with sharp inner edges. T he other side of this attached piece that has cogs on the outer arc. The si ze of the circle can be decreased by a ratchet action with the motion of th e other handle. There is a release that will allow free motion of the rotat ing part. I have hidden a name stamped on the tool.

iver. However the shaft is split and the width and breadth of the driving e nd can be varied by sliding the movable fitting along the shaft. Moving the fitting toward the driving end decreases its breadth and increases its wid th.

d consists of four parts: a rigid U-shaped part with cut-away portions nea r the tops of the U; a threaded shaft passing through the bottom of the U; a smooth shaft providing leverage to turn the threaded shaft; and a round t oy-top-shaped metal piece ending in a point attached to the threaded shaft but able to spin independently of it. The arms of the U are rigid. The cut- away portions near the tops of the U would allow it to pass a rectangular p iece with a cross-section 5/8 inch by 1¼ inch.

es long. The working end has a round opening approximately 1 inch in diamet er. The inside of the ring tapers inward and has lightly scored marks paral lel to the shaft of the tool.

What Just Wondering said, I had all the same answers except for tool60..... .those were the low hanging fruit, I guess...kind of like Monday's Sudoku i n the daily paper :)

The pictures do not describe how they can move, how sharp they are or what they are made of. Also for a bigger challenge you can try to identify them before seeing them.

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L. Flynn

Larry Flynn wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:

Looks like a pounce wheel.

It's a line disconnect tool for detaching fuel lines. Looks like the right size for Ford.

No idea.

They are plumb bobs. The cavity is probably for mercury, to dampen the motion so they stop swinging more quickly. The one on the right looks like a Starrett.

No idea.

Screw holding screwdriver. These things are a pain to use, but using magnetic screwdrivers was frowned on in electronic equipment back in the days of vacuum tubes (not because of the tubes per se, but because tuned circuits could be detuned if a mounting screw became magnetized).

It's either a flaring tool for copper tubing, I think. Or possibly a deburring tool.

A spring compressor?

John

ead. As usual, I will try to answer questions about their composition, size and how they can move. Pictures are provided via Dropbox.

serrated projections on the bowl-like end are sharp but not razor sharp. Th e inner hole of the bowl is also sharp. The tool has no independent moving parts up to the flexibility of the metal.

e closed position. It creates two cylinders with inner diameters of approxi mately 3/8 of an inch. There are numbers, warnings and a name stamped into the metal. I have hidden them in the pictures but will provide them as hint s if the tool is not recognized.

It is almost 8 inches long. The jaws have a rubbery red plastic coating. Th e set screw can be adjusted to limit the closed position of the jaws anywhe re from a ½ inch gap to fully closed. The jaws do not open wider than

y both have removable screw-on parts on one of their ends with holes passin g through them. There is a small cavity inside each even when they are full y screwed on. They both have solid points at the other end. The black steel point on the end of the brass one is removable as well.

es have a rubbery red plastic coating. One handle ends in a jaw with curved portion with a sharp inner edge. There is a further attachment to this jaw which can rotate to create a closed oval shape with sharp inner edges. The other side of this attached piece that has cogs on the outer arc. The size of the circle can be decreased by a ratchet action with the motion of the other handle. There is a release that will allow free motion of the rotatin g part. I have hidden a name stamped on the tool.

er. However the shaft is split and the width and breadth of the driving end can be varied by sliding the movable fitting along the shaft. Moving the f itting toward the driving end decreases its breadth and increases its width .

consists of four parts: a rigid U-shaped part with cut-away portions near the tops of the U; a threaded shaft passing through the bottom of the U; a smooth shaft providing leverage to turn the threaded shaft; and a round toy

-top-shaped metal piece ending in a point attached to the threaded shaft bu t able to spin independently of it. The arms of the U are rigid. The cut-aw ay portions near the tops of the U would allow it to pass a rectangular pie ce with a cross-section 5/8 inch by 1¼ inch.

long. The working end has a round opening approximately 1 inch in diameter . The inside of the ring tapers inward and has lightly scored marks paralle l to the shaft of the tool.

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