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Anonymous Thu Sep 14 16:40:41 2017 No.1244295 [Reply] [Original]

What is this tool? I've searched and searched

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 16:41:49 2017 No.1244296 File: 135 KB, 862x584, GEDC0007.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] another shot

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 16:43:03 2017 No.1244297 >>1244295 Strange, have u searched the name online?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 16:44:14 2017 No.1244298 >>1244295 >REG US PAT OFF look up the patent no.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 16:44:19 2017 No.1244299 Rebar cutter. They don't work very well, which is why H K Porter hasn't made them in 70 years.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 16:46:22 2017 No.1244300 >>1244299 Needs a bigger handle at least. Sorta want.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 17:13:35 2017 No.1244317 >>1244297 of course

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 17:14:39 2017 No.1244319 >>1244298 no patent number

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 17:15:41 2017 No.1244320 >>1244299 you cant crank it hard enough to cut a bolt no leverage on a thumb screw

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 17:22:55 2017 No.1244323 >>1244295 try asking one of these places www.boltsantiquetools.com www.davistownmuseum.org Dunno about >>1244299 Looks more like an end nipper and not a shear. It is cool though

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 17:23:57 2017 No.1244325 >>1244320 it has a square drive on the other side.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 17:24:23 2017 No.1244326 >>1244323 thanks anon

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 17:25:26 2017 No.1244327 >>1244325 true I noticed that

Anonymous Thu Sep 14 17:28:23 2017 No.1244329

Can't seem to find the actual company website, though they still make tools. That would be another place to call.
According to wackypedia they used to make small trains too. So my first thought about a rivet cutter might be not so silly. or not. I dunno.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 17:32:44 2017 No.1244331 Update: I found one picture of one on ITSY for sale says it's a 1930's cable end cutter...

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 17:38:23 2017 No.1244334 Article I found...*Etsy https://www.etsystudio.com/listing/499213382/1930s-hk-porter-portable-compact-cable

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 20:01:42 2017 No.1244388 >>1244331 >cable end cutter wow... that seems REALLY inefficient

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 21:04:30 2017 No.1244416 >>1244388 Youre right it's slow as hell to use Still wonder what kind of cable it was used on in 1930

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 22:19:01 2017 No.1244446 >>1244416 Thick steel cable maybe? Thumb screw to adjust to size, drive end for cutting. Put cable length down the middle, the expansion after the jaws so the wire can relax and fray out?

Anonymous Thu Sep 14 22:25:27 2017 No.1244452

>>1244446
Agree'd.....Great thought... I wonder what kind of tool fit the square end (drive end) I'm guessing a long breaker bar. Problem with that thought is the tool would be hard to hold using say a 2' bar to finish the cut. I've used tools for many years and am having a hard time putting my head to this tool.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 22:27:27 2017 No.1244453 >>1244452 fug you're right, the leverage would just move the tool around instead of tightening the jaws.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 14 23:12:18 2017 No.1244465 >>1244323 I contacted them will be curious what I find...Thanks again for the link

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 00:53:14 2017 No.1244502 Looks like the cable would be held in place by one screw, then the knob would be moved to the other one and tighten it to cut.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 00:58:21 2017 No.1244504 >>1244502 Nope...as you turn the thumb screw both jaws open or close together at the same rate.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 01:16:21 2017 No.1244505 >>1244504 But there's a notch on the handle where a cable could fit, and the screws can be turned independently.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 01:43:57 2017 No.1244509 >>1244453 >>1244505 Are they independent though? They look reverse threaded on the off side.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 01:51:54 2017 No.1244512 >>1244509 Could be. What a weird design.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 02:03:58 2017 No.1244518 >>1244295 Its a caliper device used to measure horseshoe dimensions. The device is also used to size the bottom rim of a horses hoof for a proper match to the horseshoe.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 05:05:38 2017 No.1244556 Its a discombobulator, you should use it for chopping up imitation crab meat.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 08:01:01 2017 No.1244595 Mega-Snipper

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 08:11:56 2017 No.1244598 >>1244509 OP here I'll repeat...you turn the thumb wheel jaws open or close they are not independent

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 08:13:31 2017 No.1244599 >>1244556 lol@ submarine poster

OSGTP !!Ju67JuF6jBe Fri Sep 15 08:43:20 2017 No.1244608
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Using cuckle, I was able to find the patent for the thing, and they refer to it as a 'portable cutting tool'

Now, only a year prior the same Henry W. Porter who invented this tool also invented the modern bolt-cutters, so I'm not sure what this thing's purpose really is.

Small-size bolt cutter that can be operated by a socket wrench, maybe?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 08:55:41 2017 No.1244612 >>1244608 Thats awesome...From Fig.#1 it appears that it was used in tight areas inside steel beams etc...Thanks anon best ifo. yet

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 09:02:23 2017 No.1244616 File: 66 KB, 475x609, Portable Cutting tool.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Op here..having the patent number I was able to find the claims made about his tool

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 09:06:44 2017 No.1244618 File: 84 KB, 471x605, cutting tool #1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] As a result of the patent # I found this

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 09:08:17 2017 No.1244619 File: 66 KB, 475x609, Portable Cutting tool.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] page 2

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 09:15:38 2017 No.1244622 >>1244453 So anon you was right after all.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 09:19:37 2017 No.1244625 File: 34 KB, 386x490, Ratchet Wrench.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] OP again...thansk for the info and the laughs

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 09:39:10 2017 No.1244629 >>1244608 This was a really cool thread!

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 09:58:11 2017 No.1244635 >>1244629 Op here and I agree...This thing has been in a bucket in my garage for 30 years. I pulled it out to post in here for shits n grins...Never expected it to end like this. Thanks to everyone!

>>	OSGTP !!Ju67JuF6jBe Fri Sep 15 10:06:47 2017 No.1244636 >>1244612 That's what I'm thinking. Sort of end-cutting bolt cutters.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 10:10:16 2017 No.1244637 >>1244636 I just wonder why they had to nip off the ends of the bolts rather than using the proper length bolt?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 20:17:03 2017 No.1244919 New challenge I need the wrench # 31 in the image

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 20:19:00 2017 No.1244920 New challenge I need the ratchet # 31 in the image

>>	OSGTP !!Ju67JuF6jBe Fri Sep 15 20:31:01 2017 No.1244926 >>1244920 You could probably make something.

Anonymous Fri Sep 15 20:37:17 2017 No.1244929
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>>1244926
True...there are various antique wrenches that will work and I've found ones thats close, but not exact. I've altered the drawing to show it. and also found what its called. Look I know you guys aren't my army...it's just for fun...we find the right one and somehow I'll buy beers send you a pizza..I also disassembled the tool and cleaned it up...amazing after 70 years came right apart. Pictures soon for those interested

OSGTP !!Ju67JuF6jBe Fri Sep 15 20:39:56 2017 No.1244933

>>1244929
>amazing after 70 years came right apart

All the old tools that were shit are broken and gone. The ones that have survived are the good ones.

Survival of the fittest.

Anyway, you could always drill and tap the rod and put a hex-head bolt on it. Then you could use this thing with a regular socket and ratchet.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 20:40:42 2017 No.1244934 File: 55 KB, 624x414, Ratchet#1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] So this is what I found but it's not exactly the right one...

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 20:42:54 2017 No.1244935 >>1244933 I agree...This one is rare as I have not found another anywhere but Etsy...Granted not worth much but unusual. Must of had very little need for it or it didn't quite get r done...still cool

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 20:55:31 2017 No.1244945 I also find myself wondering why in 1930 you would find yourself having to cut off a bolt in a confined area that you would go to the trouble of creating and getting a patent on a tool for it. Today you just use the right length bolt...Thoughts?

Anonymous Fri Sep 15 20:57:39 2017 No.1244946
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I also find myself wondering why in 1930 you would find yourself having to cut off a bolt in a confined area that you would go to the trouble of creating and getting a patent on a tool for it. Today you just use the right length bolt...Thoughts?

OSGTP !!Ju67JuF6jBe Fri Sep 15 21:42:05 2017 No.1244959

>>1244946
>I also find myself wondering why in 1930 you would find yourself having to cut off a bolt in a confined area that you would go to the trouble of creating and getting a patent on a tool for it.

You can never have too many specialty tools.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 22:54:27 2017 No.1244984 >>1244959 when did you need a tool like this?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 15 23:06:06 2017 No.1244991 File: 105 KB, 1152x768, Quandry.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Creative thinking...?

>>	OSGTP !!Ju67JuF6jBe Fri Sep 15 23:58:31 2017 No.1245008 >>1244984 Don't know, but when you really DO need it, you'd sure be pissed if you didn't have it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 16 11:21:10 2017 No.1245176 >>1244991 security

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 16 11:55:22 2017 No.1245194 >>1244991 Besides just using a shorter bolt.... >>1244959 <this >You can never have too many specialty tools.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 16 12:17:56 2017 No.1245209 >>1244329 Rivet cutter makes sense, flush cutting jaws and fast action.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 16 14:05:40 2017 No.1245256 >>1244295 3/8 inch limit compact rebar, bolt or lock cutters. HKP make these type of things

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 16 14:25:04 2017 No.1245261 >>1245256 >3/8 inch limit compact rebar, bolt or lock cutters. >HKP make these type of things Lets see a link

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 18 14:36:25 2017 No.1246198 >>1244295 /r/whatisthisthing

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 21 03:24:00 2017 No.1247627 >>1246198 nips the head off bolts in an alien world

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 21 04:25:44 2017 No.1247640 >>1244991 Smashing the threads in cutting keeps the nut from vibrating loose. Id assume buildings or machinery

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 21 06:14:50 2017 No.1247690 >>1247640 or space ships

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 21 06:18:42 2017 No.1247692 >>1247640 smashing threads with a knife edge? Deformation of the core is my guess Kudos to a thinker

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 23 23:34:26 2017 No.1249255 bump for new

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