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Title: What was this made for?
Post by: Edkat3 on March 19, 2017, 05:17:19 PM

Need ID on long tool on left. Hook looks like some sort of wire or cable holder. Top screws into bottom main body so what it grabs can be held. Heavy, just over a foot.

Title: Re: What was this made for?
Post by: Northwoods on March 19, 2017, 06:19:54 PM

That's the purpose of the knurling on the hook end?  Might be for reaching into a tight spot to grasp\hook a wire?

Title: Re: What was this made for?
Post by: Lostmind on March 19, 2017, 06:28:52 PM

Swallow screwdriver, originally for aircraft

Title: Re: What was this made for?
Post by: lptools on March 19, 2017, 06:52:42 PM

Hello, Lostmind. You have id'd the one on the right, I think he is looking for info on the one on the left. Regards, Lou

Title: Re: What was this made for?
Post by: rustyfordgarage on March 19, 2017, 07:33:31 PM

Kind of reminds me of a drum brake spring tool I have a smaller one and a larger one.  Although the ones I have there is a notched sleeve and groove that grip the spring. 

Title: Re: What was this made for?
Post by: wvtools on March 19, 2017, 09:23:57 PM

Does the hook turn around and around when you pull it out?   It looks like a safety wire twister to me.

Title: Re: What was this made for?
Post by: Edkat3 on March 19, 2017, 10:30:11 PM

The only way the hook can turn around is if was tightened into the main housing which would be easy once it grabbed onto a wire or small cable and you turned the main housing.

Title: Re: What was this made for?
Post by: Northwoods on March 19, 2017, 11:48:31 PM

Quote from: Lostmind on March 19, 2017, 06:28:52 PM

Swallow screwdriver, originally for aircraft

I had two of those screwdrivers, made in Wichita; one in aluminum, the other in plastic.  Same guy wanted both.