Old mechanics hand tools

[Rynner]

I got this little gem at a 2nd hand tool stall at a boot fair,
The seller reckoned it was to take links out of a bike chain,
£2 well spent.

 

[Big Sandy]

Something tells me that's a Sykes Pickavant (or copy of) pipe flaring tool.Though I have to admit I haven't seen one exactly the same.

 

[Cliff4WD]

Beat me to it. I was going to ask if the seller demonstrated the "chain link removal". Defo looks like a flaring tool for varying diameter pipe.

In fact, there's one on Ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/22562480...YyspHDUszXrYw39ta6hYm4y21Pw1yVchoCY4QQAvD_BwE

And... they called it a "Flanging tool".

 

[URX]

nice

 

[Rynner]

That it has value is good to know,
Fwiw it is a good bit of kit to use, better than the cheapish ones that are used these days,
Heres a pic of my whole brake line kit,
The bigger one is american and i believe it was used by the army, it is easiest to use in a vice and can go to quite high pipe diameters,

 

[Big Sandy]

And... they called it a "Flanging tool".

Absolutely nothing to do with me.....

 

[Redcoat]

Like them a lot

 

[Colin Swan]

Picture of the chain link extractor one of four different sizes I own and have used for around sixty years, this one being the main one I use (not that I do much work now) mainly on machine drives etc. Colin

 

[Rynner]

I use my dremel on my bike chains nowadays, it works very well

 

[Rynner]

Yesterdays 50p boot sale purchase,
A grease gun with a nozzle i havnt seen before, the gland doesnt push on, it seems to have to slide on, it adjusts 0 to 90 degrees
Any ideas of it's application?,

 

[S3Steve]

It's for button head grease nipples, a nice wee find even if you have no use for it?

 

[mikeau]

Dont they use them on RRs..?

 

[Rynner]

Boot sale Vintage vacuum gauge,
It does seem to work,
It has the same fittings as an ammeter etc,
Anybody know what sort of vehicle would've had this fitted?,

 

[phoenixdave]

Boot sale Vintage vacuum gauge,
It does seem to work,
It has the same fittings as an ammeter etc,
Anybody know what sort of vehicle would've had this fitted?,

I would think it was an aftermarket gauge, obviously for petrol engines, probably 60s or 70s going by the style so could have been fitted to all kinds of vehicle. David

 

[Rynner]

Thanks,
My set of 2 vac gauges i used for my bikes have similar dial parameters so i was wondering what a single one set in a dash would be used for,

 

[URX]

Yep aftermarket…i recall seeing them as add-ons in a few older motors that camew my way in the 80s.
Supposed to help you manage fuel economy by indicating how heavy you were being on the right foot.

 

[SeriesG]

They used to be quite a popular add-on several decades ago. The popular one here in North America was the Stewart-Warner "Motor Minder", or at least I think that was what it was called. I remember it had a Power and an Economy section that the needle could point to. I think they were more of a gimmick than anything but they did move around a lot when you drove, which was cool.

 

[Rustee nutz]

i think i still have have one kicking around i fitted in the late 70s they were of no real use but as SeriesG says they did move around

 

[URX]

Here is the compression gauge i picked up last weekend. Nice little steel box too

 

[Stan the Man]

Yesterdays 50p boot sale purchase,
A grease gun with a nozzle i havnt seen before, the gland doesnt push on, it seems to have to slide on, it adjusts 0 to 90 degrees
Any ideas of it's application?,

That nozzle looks very much like the one we used on an old track Marshall crawler for tensioning the tracks.