Tool Talk
What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: blackoak on May 02, 2016, 07:47:01 PM
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Got this bunch at a local auction. I know what most of them are and what they are for except the large T shaped item and the Big wrench. What was the wrench made for? It is marked Fairmont Cleve. The large T shaped item was forged welded together and is very hard. It had a sharp tapered end on one side and a sharp cutting edge on the other with the bottom part that triangles down to a sharp point. It makes the nicest ting when tapped with a hammer. I have no idea what it was made to do. Cut, chop something I assume. It is marked as the one picture will show. The one S shaped wrench is marked reverse gear wrench. Don't know what it was used for either. The one wrench is a John Deere wrench. I got a nice KD nut cracker in the deal. I know what the cone shaped item is and what it went on. Anybody else know? The nut driver is a Vlchek 1/2" nut driver. And last a duel hog wringer with an 1883 pat date. Not a bad deal at 20 bucks for the lot.
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The reverse gear wrench is designed for adjusting the reverse gear brake band in a Ford T transmission.
Relatively common in good condition. I have one also.
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the large t-shape item looks like a roof slaters anvil.
to the left of it, is that a corn nubber ???
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I spy a Vlchek nutdriver there, a smallish one.
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There were several makers of the large wrench.
I believe it fits hub caps on a pre 30 Studebaker.
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I believe the large "T" shaped item is an early twibil used to clean up mortises.
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I think Lewill is right about the twibill/twybil. Slater's rooof anvils are not sharp on the ends, although without a handle, the twybil does really resemble it. The twybil is one tool that I have never owned in 25 years of dealing in tools.
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The reverse gear wrench is designed for adjusting the reverse gear brake band in a Ford T transmission.
Relatively common in good condition. I have one also.
Yup, I have one resting in it's spot on my Bonney Display Board from ca. 1920.
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the large t-shape item looks like a roof slaters anvil.
to the left of it, is that a corn nubber ???
Yep, that is a nubber off an old hand crank corn sheller. Some had them and some didn't. It was designed to remove the corn on the very tip of the cob.
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I believe the large "T" shaped item is an early twibil used to clean up mortises.
I believe you may just be correct on it being a twibil. It looks almost exactly like this one I found on a Google search.
https://www.google.com/search?q=twibil+picture&safe=off&sa=X&biw=973&bih=578&tbm=isch&imgil=pzhu62tEKcOKVM%253A%253B6KijEnqV09vj9M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.prices4antiques.com%25252FAxe-Head-Twibil-Wrought-Iron-D9803000.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=pzhu62tEKcOKVM%253A%252C6KijEnqV09vj9M%252C_&usg=__7kXee7ilQxj8dS3JVrJJ-DVFmPM%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjVrtCo773MAhVJ6mMKHRYIDHQQyjcINg&ei=k5QoV5WZEMnUjwOWkLCgBw#imgrc=pzhu62tEKcOKVM%3A
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I stand to be corrected, I agree with it being a twybill, pardon my spelling.
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Sellens lists the spelling both ways. That is why I just put in the alternate spelling, but did not correct you. I would guess that twybil is an older form of the spelling than twibil.
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Regarding the twybil, the mark stamped on it looks very much like the broad arrow used in Great Britain to mark items (including tools) that are government property.
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Regarding the twybil, the mark stamped on it looks very much like the broad arrow used in Great Britain to mark items (including tools) that are government property.
So we may have evidence of not just a tool heist but an international tool heist?
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Regarding the twybil, the mark stamped on it looks very much like the broad arrow used in Great Britain to mark items (including tools) that are government property.
So we may have evidence of not just a tool heist but an international tool heist?
You saying the Queens coming for me. I better ditch the evidence fast. LOL :smiley:
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You and me both. I picked up a pair of sheet metal shears at a yard sale last summer that also have the broad arrow stamp.
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Regarding the twybil, the mark stamped on it looks very much like the broad arrow used in Great Britain to mark items (including tools) that are government property.
So we may have evidence of not just a tool heist but an international tool heist?
You saying the Queens coming for me. I better ditch the evidence fast. LOL :smiley:
Yeah, I wouldn't mess with Liz. She's a pretty tough cookie; and she's got those attack Corgis.