…… Help, please. Tool identification

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school marm

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DS picked up the tool pictured below at an estate sale today, because he "felt" like he ought to. He already has a lot of tools and works on guns, woodworking, and home repair stuff. He's tried identifying it using Google images and has gotten something close to it, but he thinks it's something else. And he also suggested that perhaps it was a DIY thing.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Shroom

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school marm said:
DS picked up the tool pictured below at an estate sale today, because he "felt" like he ought to. He already has a lot of tools and works on guns, woodworking, and home repair stuff. He's tried identifying it using Google images and has gotten something close to it, but he thinks it's something else. And he also suggested that perhaps it was a DIY thing.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Whatever it was used with had a cylindrical section. That would be the reason for the v notch cut into the top of the movable block. Are those black pieces rubber / plastic?
 
Millwright

Millwright

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It's padded so as to not mar whatever it's grabbing. (like a gun somethingorother) guestimated to be 3/4" in diameter...morer or lesser.

Looks like 3/8" coarse thread on the puller, so it's not really exerting a lot of force.

I'm seeing about 3"-4" of usable stroke in its action.

Whatever it pushes/pulls is about 3/8"-7/16" in diameter.

I'm giving it a definite, Hellifino.
 
1911user

1911user

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That looks nice enough not to be a one-time use jig, but not high production either.
It's made to be bolted down for stability.

Could it be some sort of barrel/trunion press for an AK rifle? or something to press a sight tower onto a barrel?
 
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Kathy in FL

Kathy in FL

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In all honesty it looks like someone fabricated a security lock for a set of sliders … full sliding glass doors or maybe a pass through kind of window.

If you drilled a hole in the frame, you could probably fit the post through in and then screw the clamp onto the perpendicular part of the frame.

It definitely looks like a lock of some type.
 
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WOS

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It looks to be well built for a home brew Whatchamacallit . Definitely a press of some kind I think, but for what, I don't know....
 
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Delta

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Having spent some time with railroad modelers, I can only interpret it from that perspective. But, it looks like one could place a set of locomotive drivers in the "vice" part (that is, between the two black things with the V grooves) and then press in a "drive pin" into a hole in the drive wheel, using the long threaded "press". The length of the "vice" would be a clue as to the gauge of the driver set. The trouble with that explanation is that every drive pin I've seen was threaded, not a press fit. But I think that is the general function: pressing something eccentric to, but parallel with, the primary axle. Another problem is that it will only work with something at a single distance from the primary axle--so a special home-made tool for a single use.
 
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Wildwood

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Millwright said:
There may have been some clues at the sale, but he would have to be looking for them.

Or it might be some random aquisition that the owner just picked up at an estate sale. :lol:
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Exactly. I've seen DH fabricate similar things for some special use. That kind of looks like aluminum which would be easy to work with.

We use to laugh about what people would guess his inventions were used for 100 years from now but they all burned up in the barn a few years ago. He's like you and can work on about anything under the sun.
 
Kewpie

Kewpie

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Millwright said:
It's padded so as to not mar whatever it's grabbing. (like a gun somethingorother) guestimated to be 3/4" in diameter...morer or lesser.

Looks like 3/8" coarse thread on the puller, so it's not really exerting a lot of force.

I'm seeing about 3"-4" of usable stroke in its action.

Whatever it pushes/pulls is about 3/8"-7/16" in diameter.

I'm giving it a definite, Hellifino.
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I asked my husband, and the first thing he noticed was the rubber pads and thought it was maybe something related to glass. If it was meant for metal, they wouldn’t have bothered with the padding. I actually like Kathy’s guess!
 
Twisted

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Reminds me of a spring compressor to put the cotter key in when its compressed, while the shaft was clamped down and could not be scarred or slide back. Or to clamp onto a fuel line and then push the plastic release tool in it so you can get the damn thing off without destroying it lol
 
Great Northwet

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I just thought I should let it go for a while to see who gets it.

It's a wall mount for TV's that would be in a bar before flat screens came out that are much lighter. The rubber cushions are actually shock absorbers because of loud music in the vicinity. The vertical bolt changes the aperture so people can view it better. The horizontal bolt changes the angle.

Longtime friend owns a couple bars, so I get to see (and work on all the stuff inside).
 
LightEcho

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Amazing variety of skill sets on this forum! I would have never guessed that, Great Northwet.
After just reading the Mark Milley treason thread, my thoughts went to:
looks like a device to hold and torture cock roaches.
 
Illini Warrior

Illini Warrior

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DIY fixture - decently built - could be for just about anything - secondary operation for a product's manufacture to a setting/installing fixture for a large production machine .....
 
ShadowMan

ShadowMan

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It's a duhickie designed to press a whatchamacallit into a thingamabob of a fetch and giblet tenon joint. Very handy.
 
TheSearcher

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Are you sure about that?
school marm said:
DS picked up the tool pictured below at an estate sale today, because he "felt" like he ought to. He already has a lot of tools and works on guns, woodworking, and home repair stuff. He's tried identifying it using Google images and has gotten something close to it, but he thinks it's something else. And he also suggested that perhaps it was a DIY thing.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Whew. I thought this was going to be a Bill Clinton thread.
 
Millwright

Millwright

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TheSearcher said:
Blinker fluid adapter for late-model Fords.
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Probably not.

It would need the 57 piece adapter kit.

Ford changes any given part at least twice during the model year.

Muffler bearings might be keyed to the paint color and other stupid $#it like that...except for vehicles built in August. They get random muffler bearings, you have to bring the old one in for a parts match....or buy all 16 possibles and return the 15 that don't fit.
 
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subnet

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Interesting
If the aluminum is threaded (no insert) its not something one could crank down on much ...
Looks like 2 bolt holes for mounting
What are the dimensions?
 
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school marm

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subnet said:
Interesting
If the aluminum is threaded (no insert) its not something one could crank down on much ...
Looks like 2 bolt holes for mounting
What are the dimensions?
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DS is in bed now and won't be home until 6:30PM tomorrow to measure it exactly. As I recall, it's about 2.5-3" wide, maybe 3-3.5" high, and about 12" long.
 
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school marm

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Thank you everyone for your replies. DS will get on here tomorrow and read everything posted since this afternoon. He really appreciates all the input.
 
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school marm

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subnet said:
Interesting
If the aluminum is threaded (no insert) its not something one could crank down on much ...
Looks like 2 bolt holes for mounting
What are the dimensions?
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DS says: "11” long, 2.5” and 4” tall, 2.25” wide"

Thank you for any and all ideas.
 
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