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anyone know what this tool is?

Longhair | Posted in Tools for Home Building on December 24, 2004 09:54am

its about four inches long 1/2 to 5/8 or so around rachet type grip on it and two cutters on it.found it yesterday,had an idea it was something to do with leather working but the more i look the more i wonder

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    rjw | Dec 24, 2004 09:56pm | #1

    I'm not sure what it does, but I am confident that it's a #8 whatchamacallit....


    I don't know about yours, but my church isn't a hotel for the holy, it's a hospital for sinners


    Sojourners: Christians for Justice and Peace

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      Longhair | Dec 24, 2004 10:01pm | #2

      its a why did i pick this up thing lol

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        rjw | Dec 24, 2004 10:06pm | #4

        >>its a why did i pick this up thing Wow! I've got a whole box of those - maybe I can find its match!I don't know about yours, but my church isn't a hotel for the holy, it's a hospital for sinners

        Sojourners: Christians for Justice and Peace

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    Sphere | Dec 24, 2004 10:02pm | #3

    looks like a gasket punch..but damn that's some big azz pics!

    Leather washers can be cut out with it, I used an asst. of them when I was an organ builder..some 4" in dia. plce leather on a block of endgrain wood or lead, whack the punch with a wooden mallet, viola a disc of leather or a hole in the leather..use what you need.

     

    Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

    Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations. 

     

     

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      Longhair | Dec 24, 2004 10:12pm | #6

      well sphere if you used them and thats what they are then thanks.but..i looked at it when i read that and i dont see what the other stuff does on it. its got a slot about 1/2 inch wide and about 1 3/4 or so long.with   a cutter edge on both ends of the slot.the more i look at i thinck its got something to do with cutting rope damn now i have to go get my tape

      the entry?hole is 3/8s so maybe the use them to cut rope ends at a hemp factory? 

      wonder if they are hiring nice warm work for the winter

      any way thanks and yall have a good christmas or whatever you call it

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        Sphere | Dec 24, 2004 10:15pm | #8

        not cutting edges there, just a slot to remove the disc ya just made.works well with cork too. 

        Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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          Longhair | Dec 24, 2004 10:23pm | #9

          thanks that something i learned today so its not a wasted day

          damn i was hopeng for a wasted day lol

          1. donpapenburg | Dec 25, 2004 03:40am | #12

            Looks like a punch for gaskets.

    2. MAVERIK | Dec 25, 2004 01:29am | #11

      You are right.Happy Christmas!

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    rjw | Dec 24, 2004 10:10pm | #5

    A cropped, contrast enhanced and reduced size version of the first pic:


    I don't know about yours, but my church isn't a hotel for the holy, it's a hospital for sinners


    Sojourners: Christians for Justice and Peace

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      Longhair | Dec 24, 2004 10:13pm | #7

      thanks bob

  4. JerBear | Dec 25, 2004 01:27am | #10

    It's a wicket.

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    artacoma | Dec 25, 2004 06:18am | #13

    8mm holepunch ................Rik..........

    1. pm22 | Dec 25, 2004 07:18am | #14

      Look under Arch punch.

      ~Peter

  6. junkhound | Dec 25, 2004 04:22pm | #15

    dunno wut dey iz, but gotta bunch uf 'em

    funy ting, when dey is on sumting and get hit wit a hamer, den dere's a whole.

    Merry Christmas and blessed new year.

     

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      Sphere | Dec 25, 2004 04:47pm | #16

      I have an interesting one somewhere..it's for "drilling" a 1/4" hole in paper or pasteboard. I used to package my wooden snowflakes in a shrinkwraped display, and used to drill the hanging holes with it, it has a morse tapershank for the DP. Makes lots of little dots for confetti.could drill through an inch of paper at a time. 

      Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

      Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations. 

       

       

    2. rez | Dec 25, 2004 04:55pm | #17

      Just great, more tools to want.View Image

       

      Edited 12/25/2004 8:57 am ET by rez

    3. KeithNewton | Dec 25, 2004 07:09pm | #18

      Leather punches. I had a bunch of them back in the sixties during my hippie days before I got into woodworking. I sold all of those tools back in 1970.
      Junkhound or rez, would you like to sell any of those?
      I have a needfor the 1 -1 1/2" size.

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        Sphere | Dec 25, 2004 07:13pm | #19

        http://www.mcmastercarr.com
        get em thar. 

        Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

        Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations. 

         

         

      2. rez | Dec 26, 2004 12:35am | #20

        If I had them I wouldn't sell them.

        I wonder if Junkhound keeps a lock on his toolshed.

        be an unlocked toolshed 

        1. junkhound | Dec 26, 2004 05:08am | #21

          Rez:  that's toolshed(s) plural <grin>.  Oh, and lots of luck, if you don't know where to look you can't find anything past the 'worthless' junk <G some more>

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