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25th August 2007, 11:14 PM #1
What th?
Hi
Just under my house trying decide whether the wall I just cut a doorway in was load bearing (as you do) and I happened to find this wooden hand tool, club?? Just wondering if someone could tell me what it might have been used for ?see attach pics.cheers
Bob
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25th August 2007, 11:20 PM #2
Can't remember what it's called but plumbers use it for forming flashing
Cheers
DJ
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25th August 2007, 11:27 PM #3
Its a sheet metal dresser.
Used for bashing sheet metal into shape.
We used em in metal work at school.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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25th August 2007, 11:33 PM #4
Lead beaters mallet. Used for shaping lead flashing.
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25th August 2007, 11:41 PM #5
Ahh I understand thought it might have been woodworkers tool for beating newbie with when they ask questions!
cheers
Bob
"If I had 6 hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend 2 hours sharpening the axe"
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25th August 2007, 11:42 PM #6
Heck, I thought it was a can of soda.
Cheers,
Bob
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26th August 2007, 12:30 PM #7
I used to have one of them to shape the lead flashings to go around the flues on oil heaters. Used to make one to two flashings a day during each winter for about four years during the oil heater boom days.
That was when heating oil was about 25cents a litre.
I don't know what happened to it maybe that one is mine where I left it behind on a job.
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26th August 2007, 11:32 PM #8
G'day,
I'd say the same as Soundman, a metal dresser.
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27th August 2007, 10:34 AM #9
Steal from http://www.oldtools.co.uk/tools/misc....tools.pg3.php
Lead Workers Tools
A collection of lead workers tools includes:
2 x bossing mallets with boxwood heads and bamboo handles (some denting to face of the darker mallet),
1 x bossing mallet appears to be made from beech (has dents to striking face),
1 x lead beaters mallet made from beech,
1 x turnpin, appears to be made from boxwood
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27th August 2007, 10:37 AM #10