What is it? Set 544

I need some help with 3179 in this set:

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3175 is a penknife pretending to be a two dimensional bullet.

3177 is for splitting twin core cable I think.

The others are obviously fencing tools.

Steve

3175 Remington bullet key fob, file 3176 wish I had better pics, but it looks like something to cut parallel lines, maybe in tape

3177 An electrician line splitter. Used to separate the leads of lamp wire or romex.

3178 Quick release tie down. Stick a loop of rope through, catch it in the grip, when you want to release pull the levers.

3179 Can lid crimper, rolls and crimps the lid on a can.

3180 Fence tool :-)

3179 looks like a strapping tensioner. Something like this one:

It's not a knife but it is knife related

Correct

Correct on the key fob, though it's not a file, and it does have another purpose.

Someone sent in the photos. It's not for cutting lines.

Yes, this tool says Bell System on the other side

Nope

Here is the owner's description of it: "I got it from a container of mixed metal for recycling (essentially someone was throwing it out). When the handle compresses, the wheel with the teeth turns, and there is a ratcheting mechanism. The wire lever can be pressed to lift off the wheel a bit, presumably to slip something under the wheel area. My guess is that is is used to secure plastic or wire strapping for large shipping crates/boxes."

I think I'm actually out of fence tools for the moment. I've got a book that pictures almost 900 fence tools and I have only posted a small fraction of them, so I'm sure I'll find more in the future.

I think this is probably correct, unfortunately there is no text on it to help figuring it out. Thanks for the link.

3179 is a ratcheting metal band tensioner.

Posting from the usenet newsgroup rec.crafts.metalworking as always. (And, for "Stormin' Mormon', also from my Lay-Z-Boy in my living room. :-)

3175) Hmm ... while it is in the shape of a rifle cartridge (likely a 30-06), the "Cutlery" on there suggests that it is for use int he dining room or kitchen.

It could be a lever for prying open things like jars of marmalade or something similar.

Or (if the surface of the bullet end is correct), it Could be for sharpening knives -- say if the surface has diamond grit embedded in it.

3176) Too few views, and too few images from the patent page.

At a guess, there are blades between each of the sliding metal pieces shown in "Fig 3", and when you press down hard enough the blades come out to cut through whatever is being held flat.

Based on the handle, it could be for use in the kitchen, and it could be used for cutting luncheon meats into strips similar to pasta for going in some kind of meat salad.

3177) If the shape of the recesses and projections were a bit different, it could be a crimper -- but the projection seems to be a pointed blade, so it is more likely to be for something off-the-wall (for me, at least) like splitting a twig so a graft of another plant into it could be made.

Or -- for slitting tubing (soft metal like copper, or rubber or vinyl) to make intentional leaks for spraying water, or perhaps drawing a wire through one of the notches, to split the insulation in preparation for wiring.

O.K. Strike the copper tubing -- the blades are slanted to cut in one direction.

In any case -- it is not a commercial product. The notches were formed by either filing by hand, or perhaps a small "point" (mounted stone in a high speed device like a Dremel, or a compressed air driven die grinder).

Whether the hinge and pin are commercial, or are good work by an individual I'm not sure.

And it could either be held closed by hand (in which case I would expect longer handles), or by a vise.

3178) Mounts on a wooden panel, and accepts leather harness rigging for a horse-drawn vehicle. Quick disconnect by pinching the two *ears* together. 3179) Other than the lack of a cut-off blade at the end, it looks like a tool for tightening nylon cable ties. 3180) A hand-operated tool for filing an end at right angles to a round piece of workstock -- wood or metal depending on the file wheel.

Now to post this and see what others have suggested.

Enjoy, DoN.

Posting from my desk top PC in the living room as always. BTW, my news reader doesn't seem to get rc Metalworking any more. Not a big loss, the flame wars got boring. I do get RC Puzzles, which is fine.

3175, might be a .30-06 shell that got left on a rail road track? 3176, might be a meat tenderizer. 3177, my first thought was a crimping tool. But with the sharp tooth point, maybe splitting, or opening of some kind. 3178, wall mounted broom handle holder 3179, don't know 3180, don't know

Just posted my answers for this set:

Good ones.

3175 I wonder if I am the only one who finds the concept of a pocketknife size tool to open a pocketknife a little bit amusing.

3176 I had decided that the nooks and crannies and all the places to catch stuff made this inappropriate for use with food, for example as a meat tenderizer. Wrong again.

3178 Interesting. Well beyond my range of experience.

Yeah, I'm not sure why somebody would use one of these.

I've seen more than 1 pocketknife that may make you change your mind.

When I was a kid,I had a swiss army knife (cheap knock off). It ws so totally dificult to get the blades open, I used some string and tied on a flat steel key I had from some where. Made it a lot easier to open the blades.

Look forward to reading the rest of the answers when Rob posts them.

They are posted.

He's using T-bird , which I know for a fact has the means to track responses to threads . He chooses not to , for whatever reason .

Well ... I remember having (or being issued) folding pocket knives which had blades sufficiently difficult to open that I would need the edge of a penny or something similar to engage the thumbnail slot and start it open.

For comfortable to use knives, no need, of course.

Enjoy, DoN.

arthritis... no fingernails, weak fingernails...

I've read the subject lines of all the posts to this group. None of the subject lines mentions answers. Just what is it? set 544. We're still all guessing.