Another tool ID needed XXIII

Correct, it's a rope maker.

As I mentioned in another post, I just added a side view photo of this one in which you can see that the holes are offset by 5/32", I'm not sure if this is typical of split ring pliers or not. What type of assembly would use something like this tool? You might be right about the handles, they would only be comfortable for work in which not much pressure is required.

Can you change the threshold setting? First time that I've heard of anyone having this problem. Also, if you are interested you might be able to see more responses by reading the threads on google groups.

Correct, it's from a bank vault.

I'm not sure but I think this is right, probably used to punch red hot metal.

A plier to install/remove round wire snap ring style hose clamps. Greg

They often do, but six is also common. It's used to form a rope of seven "strands", around an untwisted or pre-twisted central core. It's a common construction where the strands are quite stiff and heavyweight, around a softer core for flexibility.

There's also little need for symmetry. You can produce a rope with 3 or 5 strands quite easily, just by skipping strands.

Since the slots are offset, I'll change my guess from hog ring pliers to pliers for round wire hose clamps, like this...

I *could* change the threshold setting, but then I would be having to fight with more of the OT postings which are typically cross-posted, so I won't.

That may be because I'm one of the few who is filtering on cross-posted usenet articles to reduce the noise threshold.

I'm trying some reverse filtering on the "Subject: " header (please only change the Roman numeral) to undo it.

Once I see a first response with the "Newsgroups: " trimmed back below my threshold, I can navigate back through the threads.

And I *hate* attempting to navigate newsgroups on Google -- and would certainly not *post* to them via Google. A web browser is *not* a proper newsreader, IMHO.

Going to Google would be introducing more problems to attempt to cure this one -- and I *could* cure it just by turning off the newsgroup-count based filtering.

If you can cut down the heavily OT postings which are heavily cross-posted, I would not *need* that filtering -- except for the occasional spam. (Or maybe it is more than occasional, and I am simply not seeing it because of my filtering. :-)

Enjoy, DoN.

I see what you mean. I don't have any idea what it is now. Karl

I haven't received much feedback on my site so I thought I'd ask for comments pro and con. One possible issue is image size. Smaller ones would load faster and might be easier on the eyes. I think that large close-ups are interesting, but it's been suggested that some of mine are too big.

Any comments about what you like or don't like would be appreciated.

Please don't post your replies on the newsgroup, but send me a private email.

Thanks, Rob

I have no problem with the file size, but I do have a cable connection.

I would like to have a better system of finding what was finally found to be the correct answer.

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cheap hog ring pliers sold with/for new auto seat covers. now often used by SCCAers to make chain mail

Scott

used to have the same pliers bought from J.C. Whitney long ago to replace the seats in a '62 corvair. You do not want the ring to meet but to pass. It does not take much pressure to do this but after a few hundered or so your hands do hurt. like I said cheap...

Scott

Thanks for the info, when I posted that I didn't think that they were hog ring pliers I thought they meant pliers for actually ringing a hog, but now I see there is another type of this tool used for a different purpose.