What tool is this?

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Like to guess what this is for and how it works?
If someone tells me EXACTLY what it is and how each bit works, then I'll make them one, if they want one:wink: ( free, of course ):biggrin:
No clues though!!!!:biggrin:
 

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Sounds like fun, I'll take a stab at it. Besides, it looks like a heck of a nicely made tool.

My guess:
It's for pen dis-assembly to pull the pen transmission out.
 
A dumb guess would be a pin vice, but the knob on the top has me puzzled, I can see how placing a small drill in the split end of the gadget then tightening the nut on the other end could draw up in the hole on the end with the splits in the metal IF the hole had a taper to it. at first I thought it might be a closed end mandrel of some sort, but the knod might get in the way.
Like I said it was just a DUMB guess.
 
This is a Mitchell and Butler barman persuader. You insert the threaded end into the barman's ear when he announces "last round," and turn the yellow knob until all the resistance drains out the opposite end. The resistance can then be collected in a container and cast in polyester resin to be turned into blanks for high end pens for wishy-washy executives.

Of course, it's just a guess.
Doug
 
It's a Kazoo.......I'm just having trouble figuring out which end goes in your mouth!:biggrin: Hell, I don't have a clue!:frown:
 
Wow !!!!:eek: You guys are GOOD !!!!:eek:

Wrong, but good:biggrin:

I just tarted it up a bit. :biggrin: I decided that the nut and the yellow knob looked ugly. :redface:
 

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Pen disassembly but not for tranny. My guess is for pulling a pressure fitting out. Closed end pens or a pen with the same size pressure fitting on each side(long click, JR Gent ect)

Screw opens and closes the jaws
Knob extends or retracts the jaws

Or vise versa


Manny
 
I agree with Manny...

It sure looks like you could use it to disassemble pen parts...looks pretty cool too.
 
It is a tool to remove the threaded insert in the cap of a roller ball or fountain pen. You loosen the knob at the top to get enough length to get pass the insert the you tighten the knob on the side to expand the collect to the size of the ID of the brass tube then tighten the knob on the top to pull insert out.

I have more BS where that came from.
 
I would guess it to be for removing "coupler rings" and such items. Knob on top opens/closes the "jaws". The other knob operates the draw-bar action to pul' it out of the tube.

Well, crap. Just noticed someone types faster than me. :mad:
 
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Frontal lobotomy device used on unsuspecting people who
fall into penturning.:biggrin:
second guess: skip lid hinge adjuster, those squeaks are annoying, eh?:tongue:
 
second guess: an official Richard Gear gerbal extraction device.......


Oh and Skip I don't mind paying for materials and shipping. I need a device like that.

Manny
 
skiprat said:
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Like to guess what this is for and how it works?
If someone tells me EXACTLY what it is and how each bit works, then I'll make them one, if they want one:wink: ( free, of course ):biggrin:
No clues though!!!!:biggrin:
Click to expand...

Looks like an expanding collet....to be used for making closed-end pens!

Am I right?


Barney
 
Ok, a wild-*ssed guess. It's a tool for removing a press-fit part (cap threads or nib holder) on a closed-end pen. The collet is made from a bolt (or rod) whose threads stick out the other end. There's a small rod free-floating inside the handle nearly the same diameter as the hole drilled in the collet.

To use the tool, you turn it collet-end up, so that the rod drops to the nut-end, and lock it in place with the set-screw. Then push the collet into the pen. The collet springs inwards to clear the pressed-in fitting. Use the nut or knob on the end to snug the handle up against the part. I'm guessing that the recess in the handle is sized to clear external threads. Now turn the entire thing collet-end down, and release the set-screw so that the floating rod drops into the collet, locking it open. Tighten the set-screw again to bind the pin in place. Now the handle is gripping the press-fit part and you can wiggle it out of the closed-end pen.

Is that close? If not, is it at least plausible?

Regards,
Eric
 
It holds a light bulb inside the the pen so the little people can see while working in there. The light only comes on when the lathe is turning and it is dark in here so keep on turning please.
 
I think it might be a tool to pull those pressed fittings that have the plastic threaded inserts?

Inseet the expanding end into the fitting and twist the little knob on the side of the tool until it catches the end of the fitting. Then twist the knob on the end of the tool to .........

Hell no, that won't work........I don't know?:confused::confused::confused:
 
Its a tube removal device that can be used to remove tubes from a damaged blank without having to turn it off. The 4-part end is slid down the tube so that the fingers can catch on the end of the tube. The knob on the other end pulls the shaft, and tube, back while the blank is held against the body of the tool. To keep the shaft from rotating when turning the knob, the small part on the side holds a pin which rides in a groove in the shaft.

Is that close?
 
pssherman said:
Its a tube removal device that can be used to remove tubes from a damaged blank without having to turn it off. The 4-part end is slid down the tube so that the fingers can catch on the end of the tube. The knob on the other end pulls the shaft, and tube, back while the blank is held against the body of the tool. To keep the shaft from rotating when turning the knob, the small part on the side holds a pin which rides in a groove in the shaft.

Is that close?
Click to expand...

I think Paul has got it; but more likely it is used for tubes that are glued with CA and get stuck in place before they are fully inserted so that the blank can be saved and the tube can be saved.

No need for such a nice tool to recover tubes out of busted blanks....it's too easy to just turn off the damaged blank.
 
Device

I could use such an expander to hold brass while roughing it up prior to glueing, the knurled top part increases the size of the tip that has a tapered stem to push the cut sections out.

regards peter.
 
It's perfectly obvious!

It's a thing for a purpose.:smile:

The name of the thing escapes me at the moment but it is a specialised implement mainly used by penmakers in the art of penmaking. :biggrin:
 
It serves no purpose in pen making. It is simply a random assortment of nuts, bolts, PR and a small Colet assembled and posted on the internet with a question to see how many people could be left scratching their heads trying to figure out how it could be used in pen making.

So far it's done a fine job :biggrin:
 
Gee you lot are nuttier than me!!!:eek: I do like some of the suggestions though.:biggrin: I also have one on the drawing board that will remove the coupler on a closed ended cap, but this one IS for removing a pressed in coupler. Particularly on a closed ended pen.

The reason it is so long is for the cuts in the 'jaws'. With long cuts, the springyness allows the jaws to be pushed through the coupler (without damaging them ) and to spring open again once inside the tube.
Turning the big knurled nob simply pulls the part out.
The small knob ( was the yellow one ) serves only a minor purpose.
I filed a flat surface on a section of the steel shaft. The small knob simply screws down far enough to prevent the shaft from rotating while trying to tighten it up.:biggrin:

When I get some time I'll make a little pictorial. There are no special tools required. The jaws are shaped with a file and the slots can be cut witha thick bladed hacksaw.

Manny, please PM me with your address. Just give me a little time to make one:biggrin:
 

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Very nice Skip!!

Now, how much for one of these jewels?

Also, since shipping accross the pond could be costly for one, could we setup a group buy and let you ship to one location in the US?
 
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