Thread: What is it?

Originally Posted by bemm52

Could be a saw setting tool close handles and it bends saw tooth
I have something very similar for hand saws

Cheers Paul

Ahh, that makes sense and explains the two adjustments on it.
I have a few saws that could do with resetting so I'll have a play with it.

I also picked up a small handsaw that was very sharp and had a good set on it.
It appears that the original owner looked after his tools as saws and chisels were all nice and sharp.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge bemm52.

I've just finished laying 150sq.mtrs. of tongue and groove flooring, using up to four floor clamps, or "floor dogs".

In the picture you can see that the board next to the clamp is a bit different. that is because it is a buffer, or pusher board. It protects the edge of the good board from the face of the clamp.
I used the four clamps in a line, either two or three joists apart, so as to give me pressure for a good part of the run.
It is normal to lay several boards at once, but if applying a fair bit of pressure to get a snug fit, the boards can start to lift away from the joists.

They can work on joists from around 33mm thick up to around 75mm.

Normally, they do leave a saw-tooth type mark on both sides of the joist. However, I used two pieces of aluminium angle (each 35x75x300mm) to sit on each joist and hang down so as to protect the joist from the clamp's teeth. I then held the aluminium "soft jaws" in place with a heavy duty 150mm, or bigger G clamp. The dog jaws and the G bit into the alum, but did not mark the joist.

I split a single piece of 35x75 +/-, aluminium 3mm RHS to make the 8 soft jaws.

Re the spanners. All of those with the hex rings are for bicycle work. The "hooks" are for adjusting the pedal crank tension rings.

The other two probably came with mowers, or such.

The tool with the plier type handle looks to be a "saw set", used when sharpening a hand saw or blade.

Come on,
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"What's next?"

Still waiting on an answer for post # 6

Originally Posted by Xtreme

"What's next?"

Still waiting on an answer for post # 6

The graduations on the pin are vaguely similar to those on the needle in a CV type carby ??

A bit more information on the mystery item at post #6

The pink graduations are 3.17mm apart
The silver graduations are 9.25mm apart
The green graduations are 13mm apart

The only marking on it is the word 'AUSTRALIA" stamped on the square section of the main body.

Originally Posted by Xtreme

A bit more information on the mystery item at post #6

The pink graduations are 3.17mm apart = 1/8"
The silver graduations are 9.25mm apart = 23/64"
The green graduations are 13mm apart = 1/2"

The only marking on it is the word 'AUSTRALIA" stamped on the square section of the main body.

Probably more apt and quite likely the silver one is 3/16" or 1/4".

I wont know till next weekend, but this looks vaguely similar to a tool we, ok, dad, used to use to ear tag sheep with. We had stud sheep which were shown, and they had alloy tags in their ears, slid through a premade hole, then crimped.
However, dad had several tools for working with blades etc as well, but they look kinda the same It was 40 odd years ago,,

Originally Posted by Xtreme

This last one seems to some sort of riviting tool but I can't see how you would get the job to where the sliding pin is. Then again I may be completely wrong.