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Mystery Tool - what is it?
- Thread starter nighthog
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No but I can see why one could think that, but this is a tool.
A kind of spring compressor?
Nope.
time for a hint?
I'm betting just about everyone here has used one, or should have, but not this exact style.
Torque wrench.
That's easy. Its a jack handle. Put your hand in the opening, slide the top piece upwards and crush your fingers.
I have to confess to watching my Dad use one of those torque wrenches when I was a kid... 
Ding! We have a winner.
Actually a Sunnen brand torque wrench. Scale is in Inch pounds 200 to 1200!
Adjusts by turning a 3/4 hex at the end at the bottom of the picture.
Yes you would not want to have your fingers in that opening while using or you would have some sore fingers!
Have to do some more digging to find some other old tools.
Still waiting on some one to figure out the tool with the two holes in it!
I’ll admit that I am stumped on that one.
Well don't feel bad as someone else found a couple of them a few years back and posted a picture on Heavy Equipment Forums and I think I was the only person who knew what they were. And if anyone had seen or used one someone there should have.
And if it makes you feel even better I have not been able to find any reference to them online!
Here's another one that might not be as obvious. Been trying to find a book that shows it in use. Seems I forgot to think of that before I retired. I could have filled a truck with old manuals that will end up in a dumpster someday
Well anyone want to guess what it is:
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And NO I'm not talking about the wooden ruler!
If you can make out the color of the bits of paint left on it it may get you thinking in the right direction.
Drill guide for bowling ball finger holes!!!
One of those sultry summer nights that makes you restless and sleepless, I took a walk in the middle of the night to the tracks in Ridgewood, the next town from me. I heard a train coming but it was making weird noises. It was groaning and squealing and as it labored under the station lights. I could see why. Here were two old CSX diesels slipping and sliding under the weight of what they were hauling on a level grade. It was a single,unmarked, heavily reinforced steel box car that was only half the length of a standard freight car. My only guess was this was a lead lined containment vessel moving spent fuel rods from a reactor. It rumbled away into the darkness.
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Since childhood, train tracks have held for me a sense wonderment, with all their multitude of gritty stories like Goldenboy's above just waiting for someone to tell them.
....or Woody Guthrie to sing one.
As little kids, my brother and I would stack pennies in a row on the track and wait for a train to rumble by to make a copper bracelet we could give to a pretty girl.
Even today, I am drawn to the tracks to try to absorb some of the mysteries they hold.
....or Woody Guthrie to sing one.
As little kids, my brother and I would stack pennies in a row on the track and wait for a train to rumble by to make a copper bracelet we could give to a pretty girl.
Even today, I am drawn to the tracks to try to absorb some of the mysteries they hold.
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Really nice bike, Dude, but if you don't want it, don't leave it on the tracks. I'll take it.Since childhood, train tracks have held for me a sense wonderment, with all their multitude of gritty stories like Goldenboy's above just waiting for someone to tell them.
....or Woody Guthrie to sing one.
As little kids, my brother and I would stack pennies in a row on the track and wait for a train to rumble by to make a copper bracelet we could give to a pretty girl.
Even today, I am drawn to the tracks to try to absorb some of the mysteries they hold.
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Maybe, someone can help me; I'm looking to buy a decent quality 1/4 inch hex head hand impact driver. The web has me going in circles.
Really nice bike, Dude, but if you don't want it, don't leave it on the tracks. I'll take it.
Sorry GB - I've already got my dibs in on that one and am ready to pounce when the choo-choo is near....
Pete
Maybe I don't understand the question, but can't you use a regular hand impact driver with the appropriate sockets and adapters?
Yes, I could, but it's a little clunky for finer hardware, but, thanks, Pete. And by the way, don't you think you already have enough toys?
No problem Fred.
No. Certainly not!
1/4" drive impact driver
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