I ran across this thingamajig on another site and thought you all might enjoy seeing it. They weren't just messing around when they made this. It's a beauty for sure.
(http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn48/kxxr/tools/whatsitpuller.jpg)
Nut cracker ?
Would that be a bottle capper?
Ray
It looks to me like it is made to pull apart rathter than push.
It's for pulling something for sure. If it has a beverage connection, my wag would be for withdrawing corks from wine bottles. The handle of a corkscrew would fit nicely into the lifting hooks, and the bottle would rest under the wachamacallits on the bottom.
could it be for raising a shutter or blind?
I think Branson is on the right track
I think Branson is right. I vote for wine cork puller,
Here is a definitive answer.
http://www.beveragefactory.com/images/tn2_large_peugeot-cremaillere100509135906.jpg
You got it. Kind of disappointing though, I was hoping for something more interesting.
OK, it is really a secret mafia torture device used on the fingers of informants in back alleys of Brrrklyn New york ; P
It is interesting tho, think of the poor slob working in a resturant, opening 50 bottles a night one by one with a corkscrew. This machine would be his sweetest dream come true...
I was thinking torture device too. way more better.
Quote from: BruceS on October 23, 2011, 06:18:25 PM
Here is a definitive answer.
http://www.beveragefactory.com/images/tn2_large_peugeot-cremaillere100509135906.jpg
And a second example...
Quote from: kxxr on October 23, 2011, 06:26:02 PM
You got it. Kind of disappointing though, I was hoping for something more interesting.
yeah, disappointing. Just pack it up and send it to me.