topic What is this used for?? in BreakPoint

What is this used for??

Henrik_Volkers — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 21:04:44 GMT

I like old tools, and I bet more of us do too 😄

Today pliers No 1:

OK, last time I used it was about 7 years ago...and it's older than 70 years.. What is it good for?

Re: What is this used for??

Hornless.Rhino — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 04:02:09 GMT

Putting threads on screws/bolts etc?

Re: What is this used for??

Hornless.Rhino — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 04:03:01 GMT

Alternatively, DIY circumcision.

Re: What is this used for??

Ben — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:06:10 GMT

I would like to see a closer image of the jaws and how the are shaped but from waht I can see...

Crimping tool to put crimps in sheet metal like you find on one end of heating ducts so you can fit one into another

Tooth setting tool used to set the width of the curf of a saw. Every other tooth is bent out out from center to ensure the curf is wider than the saw and prevent binding.

Ben

Re: What is this used for??

altenbach — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 17:01:27 GMT

@Henrik_Volkers wrote:

OK, last time I used it was about 7 years ago...and it's older than 70 years.. What is it good for?

Well, what did you use it for?

Do you have a picture from the left side? Is the lower jaw flat?

Could be a tool to mark the ears of livestock (example)?

Something to cancel paper tickets?

Wire stripper?

Re: What is this used for??

AnalogKid2DigitalMan — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 18:57:35 GMT

Definitely too small to remove the horns from a Rhino 🙂

-AK2DM

Re: What is this used for??

Henrik_Volkers — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:15:22 GMT

Two more views

Ben got it 🙂

Re: What is this used for??

Henrik_Volkers — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:25:53 GMT

Solution:

here

I was suprised how fast you can cut a tree (quite silently) with such a like two men saw 😄

Re: What is this used for??

Jacobson-ni — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 00:45:15 GMT

Very impressive Ben.

My first guess was torture.

Re: What is this used for??

Ben — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 17:20:18 GMT

@Jacobson-ni wrote:
Very impressive Ben.

...

Confession time!

I was just guessing.

I own and use a modern smalled version after I sharpen my hands saws but I had never seen one like Henrik had shared.

Ben

Re: What is this used for??

JÞB — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:08:05 GMT

@Ben wrote:

@Jacobson-ni wrote:
Very impressive Ben.

...

Confession time!

I was just guessing.

I own and use a modern smalled version after I sharpen my hands saws but I had never seen one like Henrik had shared.

Ben

I was hoping for a better view of the boilerplate before guessing! the makers name (stamped visable, but unreadable on the first photo) led me down a nasty hole researching dental instrument manufacturers since it looked to me like it was for pulling teeth! Hey, I guess I was right! just the wrong type of teeth!

Re: What is this used for??

altenbach — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:40:20 GMT

@Jacobson-ni wrote:
My first guess was torture.

He never said what he used it for, could well be off label use. 😄

Re: What is this used for??

Henrik_Volkers — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:50:00 GMT

Next time I will share more detailed pictures (if needed) ,

This time I the batteries of the camera went down and I had to learn how to get a picture of my phone 1. smaller for posting and how to enter and post via mobile...

Should have asked one of my daugthers 😄

@Christian, well the solution picture show how I used it. And generally: The joy of engineering is to do what you want with the stuff you can get 🙂

Re: What is this used for??

jcarmody — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 10:40:58 GMT

@Ben wrote:

Confession time!
I was just guessing.

I own and use a modern smalled version after I sharpen my hands saws but I had never seen one like Henrik had shared.

Ben

I guess my strategy of buying new blades only works when there are stores to buy from. This strategy is not recommended on MainStream Preppers.

Re: What is this used for??

Ben — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 12:56:16 GMT

@jcarmody wrote:

@Ben wrote:

Confession time!
I was just guessing.

I own and use a modern smalled version after I sharpen my hands saws but I had never seen one like Henrik had shared.

Ben

I guess my strategy of buying new blades only works when there are stores to buy from. This strategy is not recommended on MainStream Preppers.

Exactly !

maybe I can let others try their hand again but this time with something I purchased recently (hint: a prepper may find a need for it) but have yet to use since the thing I would use it with is still laking the handle which is on back-order.

Have fun speculating!

Ben

Re: What is this used for??

Jacobson-ni — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:18:20 GMT

I thought the thing on the right looked like the tool you use to align the tailstock of a lathe.

After a bit of thinking I just went ahead and did a reverse image search. I didn't know this was something that needed to be done and ended up watching a youtube video of how to use it.

Re: What is this used for??

Ben — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:24:58 GMT

OK, Ben will larn something here.

What do you mean by and how do you do a "reverse image search"?

Curious,

Ben

Re: What is this used for??

Jacobson-ni — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:40:59 GMT

If you go to Google Images you can click the little camera button on the search bar.

Then you can just drag the image into the new search bar. Then through some black magic you get links to purchase the thing you posted.

Re: What is this used for??

Ben — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:43:30 GMT

Thank you Matt.

The next widget I share for fun will have to be an inage I take myself then.

Well I did try to return the fun...

Ben

Re: What is this used for??

altenbach — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:49:15 GMT

@Jacobson-ni wrote:

If you go to Google Images you can click the little camera button on the search bar.

...

Then you can just drag the image into the new search bar. Then through some black magic you get links to purchase the thing you posted.

If you are using chrome, you can just right-click the image right in the forum 😄

Use it all the time!