Don't usually post whats-it's from book photo's, but this one has such an oddball use I thought it would be fun...

Triple action because it turns clockwise, counterclockwise, or locks in place...

What is it for?

I have a small one of those to take the spikes out of my golf shoes.(HaHa)

Looks like it could wind up wire, cable, or banding straps.   Never seen anything like that used for fencing, but could quickly take up slack on barbed wire. 

>golf shoes
Hmm...it is probably at least a foot long however, unless you have VERY large golf shoes...

> wind up wire, cable, or banding straps
Getting warm....

Barrel bung wrench?

Quote from: rusty on July 27, 2012, 08:31:21 PM

Don't usually post whats-it's from book photo's, but this one has such an oddball use I thought it would be fun...

Triple action because it turns clockwise, counterclockwise, or locks in place...

What is it for?

Looks like a handle to a hand winch you'd use to bind a load down.

bending large electrical cables, to get into tight spaces. you need two tools to make real tight bends.

ray

>bending large electrical cables...
Warmer still...

It is for bending, but not electrical..

From a profession that uses tools that we often forget to consider...

From a profession that uses tools that we often forget to consider..


Javelin catchers?


in the Olympic spirit today.


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For bending neon sign hot glass tubes???

>Javelin catchers?

ROFL...why doesn't that sound like a good idea?

>For bending neon sign hot glass tubes
Hot Glass working tools are a whole catagory we never see here :(
(they are typically graphite, cold steel and red hot glass don't play nice)

Dang, I bet its going to be obvious once he tells us, but....?

> I bet its going to be obvious

No, it's oddball and obscure ;P

OK

It is a 'brace wrench', a medical tool, for a (then) Surgeon, to bend leg and back braces (strap iron) into shape to fit the patient. There is also an associated simple hooked bar wrench to use as a backing wrench....

In my shop it would be a scrolling fork.

Yes

http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor/colonel_1/index.htm

Have you ever seen a ratcheting one ?

I am guessing the medical tool was inspired by existing tools, they often were...