Can someone identify this Thingy ?

It has a plier type grip, adjustable by a thumbscrew. (sort of like a
multigrip plier)
The head on the adjustable handle is a fixed wedge (a bit like a large
blade screwdriver head)
The other head rotates, driven by the crank handle, with a
two-cog-speed-increasing connection.  This head has a square receiver
hole on the end, and a cutout section on the side with a rounded-bottom
hole going through to the base of the squared end receptacle.

http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy1.jpg
http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy2.jpg
http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy3.jpg

I found it on the wall of the Carpenter Shop, at Lang Century Village,
where I'm playing, ...oops...working, at cataloging the tools.  The
original pioneer carpenter did a multitude of village and farm carpentry
tasks, and some carriage building, however that doesn't necessarily mean
that this tool has anything to do with that.

Thanks
Rob
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Wow, cool gizmo. Looks to me like it was meant for driving square nuts onto
slotted-head carriage-type screws. But that's just a surmise from the pics and
the function as you describe it. 

Actually looks like a pretty neat tool for such a specific purpose - negates the
need to hold a screwdriver on one side and use a wrench on the other - just
clamp this tool on, turn the crank, and snug the screw/nut right up.

- Bill T.

On 02/22/12, rob paul<robpaul@f...> wrote:

Can someone identify this Thingy ?

It has a plier type grip, adjustable by a thumbscrew. (sort of like a
multigrip plier)
The head on the adjustable handle is a fixed wedge (a bit like a large
blade screwdriver head)
The other head rotates, driven by the crank handle, with a
two-cog-speed-increasing connection. This head has a square receiver
hole on the end, and a cutout section on the side with a rounded-bottom
hole going through to the base of the squared end receptacle.

http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy1.jpg
http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy2.jpg
http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy3.jpg

I found it on the wall of the Carpenter Shop, at Lang Century Village,
where I'm playing, ...oops...working, at cataloging the tools. The
original pioneer carpenter did a multitude of village and farm carpentry
tasks, and some carriage building, however that doesn't necessarily mean
that this tool has anything to do with that.
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High gizmocity factor!! No markings at all?

John

There is a fine line between hobby and mental illness.

On Feb 22, 2012, at 7:48 AM, w.taggart@v... wrote:

> Wow, cool gizmo. Looks to me like it was meant for driving square nuts
> onto slotted-head carriage-type screws. But that's just a surmise from
> the pics and the function as you describe it.>> Actually looks like a
> pretty neat tool for such a specific purpose - negates the need to
> hold a screwdriver on one side and use a wrench on the other - just
> clamp this tool on, turn the crank, and snug the screw/nut right up.
>> - Bill T.
>>> On 02/22/12, rob paul<robpaul@f...> wrote:
>> Can someone identify this Thingy ? It has a plier type grip,
>> adjustable by a thumbscrew. (sort of like a
> multigrip plier) The head on the adjustable handle is a fixed wedge (a
> bit like a large blade screwdriver head) The other head rotates,
> driven by the crank handle, with a two-cog-speed-increasing
> connection. This head has a square receiver hole on the end, and a
> cutout section on the side with a rounded-bottom hole going through to
> the base of the squared end receptacle.
>> http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy1.jpg
> http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy2.jpg
http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-
> traps/thingy3.jpg
>> I found it on the wall of the Carpenter Shop, at Lang Century
>> Village,
> where I'm playing, ...oops...working, at cataloging the tools. The
> original pioneer carpenter did a multitude of village and farm
> carpentry tasks, and some carriage building, however that doesn't
> necessarily mean that this tool has anything to do with that.
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Rob has a cool gizmo...

...that looks like it could be a hand operated bobbin winder of some kind?

I have seen things like it in weaving/knitting groups.

Not sure what it's doing in the carpenter's shop, though.

JL
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It looks like a Stanley No. 1 to me. No, not the plane, the tire bolt
wrench No. 1. The patent info can be seen at:

http://datamp.org/patents/search/advance.php?pn=379504&id=24857&set
patent number 379,504 granted 3/13/1888.

Ed O'

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rob paul wrote:
> Can someone identify this Thingy ?
>
> It has a plier type grip, adjustable by a thumbscrew. (sort of like a
> multigrip plier)
> The head on the adjustable handle is a fixed wedge (a bit like a large
> blade screwdriver head)
> The other head rotates, driven by the crank handle, with a
> two-cog-speed-increasing connection.  This head has a square receiver
> hole on the end, and a cutout section on the side with a rounded-bottom
> hole going through to the base of the squared end receptacle.
>
> http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy1.jpg
> http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy2.jpg
> http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy3.jpg
>
> I found it on the wall of the Carpenter Shop, at Lang Century Village,
> where I'm playing, ...oops...working, at cataloging the tools.  The
> original pioneer carpenter did a multitude of village and farm carpentry
> tasks, and some carriage building, however that doesn't necessarily mean
> that this tool has anything to do with that.

Wow. I would speculate in the direction of swaging (sp?), such
as is done to expand plumbing pipes for joining.

The handles are long enough to provide good leverage,
and the adjuster would allow your grip to be optimised.

  BugBear
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We have a winnah!

Neat.

Now I'll know to keep my eyes open for one of these beauties, in the
unlikely event I encounter one in the wild.

- Bill T.

On 02/22/12, Ed O'<edo13@o...> wrote:

It looks like a Stanley No. 1 to me. No, not the plane, the tire bolt
wrench No. 1. The patent info can be seen at:

http://datamp.org/patents/search/advance.php?pn=379504&id=24857&set
patent number 379,504 granted 3/13/1888.

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On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Ed O' wrote:
> It looks like a Stanley No. 1 to me. =A0No, not the plane, the tire
> bolt wrench No. 1. =A0The patent info can be seen at:
>
> http://datamp.org/patents/search/advance.php?pn=379504&id=24857&set=7
>
> patent number 379,504 granted 3/13/1888.

How on earth do you do that? Some people memorize prime sequences or the
digits of pi or win at Jeopardy, but memorizing the patents and purposes
of odd old gizmos that do odder things is in another league.

cur - who has enough trouble just keeping up with news,
thankyouverymuch.
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But you know now that you will.  It's "The Galoot's Law" -- any tool 
that you previously didn't know existed will start showing up in every 
anteek store you visit.

Ed

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:33 AM, w.taggart@v... wrote:

> We have a winnah!
>
> Neat.
> Now I'll know to keep my eyes open for one of these beauties, in the 
> unlikely event I encounter one in the wild.
> - Bill T.
>
>
> On 02/22/12, Ed O'<edo13@o...> wrote:
>
> It looks like a Stanley No. 1 to me. No, not the plane, the tire bolt
> wrench No. 1.
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Everybody else is wrong.

It's a  gripper for peeling cherries and grapes.

On 2/22/2012 5:48 AM, w.taggart@v... wrote:
> Wow, cool gizmo. Looks to me like it was meant for driving square nuts onto
slotted-head carriage-type screws. But that's just a surmise from the pics and
the function as you describe it.
>
> Actually looks like a pretty neat tool for such a specific purpose - negates
the need to hold a screwdriver on one side and use a wrench on the other - just
clamp this tool on, turn the crank, and snug the screw/nut right up.
>
> - Bill T.
>
>
> On 02/22/12, rob paul<robpaul@f...>  wrote:
>
> Can someone identify this Thingy ?
>
> It has a plier type grip, adjustable by a thumbscrew. (sort of like a
> multigrip plier)
> The head on the adjustable handle is a fixed wedge (a bit like a large
> blade screwdriver head)
> The other head rotates, driven by the crank handle, with a
> two-cog-speed-increasing connection. This head has a square receiver
> hole on the end, and a cutout section on the side with a rounded-bottom
> hole going through to the base of the squared end receptacle.
>
> http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy1.jpg
> http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy2.jpg
> http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy3.jpg
>
> I found it on the wall of the Carpenter Shop, at Lang Century Village,
> where I'm playing, ...oops...working, at cataloging the tools. The
> original pioneer carpenter did a multitude of village and farm carpentry
> tasks, and some carriage building, however that doesn't necessarily mean
> that this tool has anything to do with that.
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Tire bolt wrench, if I remember correctly for driving or removing the bolts on
iron shod wooden wheels. It's usually found in blacksmiths and wheelwrights
shops.

Gary
...............................
Gary Roberts
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On Feb 22, 2012, at 8:40 AM, rob paul wrote:

> Can someone identify this Thingy ?
> 
> It has a plier type grip, adjustable by a thumbscrew. (sort of like a
> multigrip plier)
> The head on the adjustable handle is a fixed wedge (a bit like a large
> blade screwdriver head)
> The other head rotates, driven by the crank handle, with a
> two-cog-speed-increasing connection.  This head has a square receiver
> hole on the end, and a cutout section on the side with a rounded-bottom
> hole going through to the base of the squared end receptacle.
> 
> http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy1.jpg
> http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy2.jpg
> http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae10/kiwi-traps/thingy3.jpg
> 
> I found it on the wall of the Carpenter Shop, at Lang Century Village,
> where I'm playing, ...oops...working, at cataloging the tools.  The
> original pioneer carpenter did a multitude of village and farm carpentry
> tasks, and some carriage building, however that doesn't necessarily mean
> that this tool has anything to do with that.
> 
> Thanks
> Rob
> -- 
>  rob paul
>  robpaul@f...
> 
> -- 
> http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service
> 
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Told ya it was a tire bolt wrench... ...............................
Gary Roberts http://shop.toolemera.com http://toolemera.com
http://toolemerablog.typepad.com

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On Feb 22, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Ed O' wrote:

> It looks like a Stanley No. 1 to me. No, not the plane, the tire bolt
> wrench No. 1. The patent info can be seen at:
>
> http://datamp.org/patents/search/advance.php?pn=379504&id=24857&set>
> patent number 379,504 granted 3/13/1888.
>
> Ed O'
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
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> aficionados, both collectors and users, to discuss the history, usage,
> value, location, availability, collectibility, and restoration of
> traditional handtools, especially woodworking tools.
>
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