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    Good morning all,
    Got a query as to the purpose of this tool. The owner was told it was a a saw set for a band saw but on ebay a similar tool is advertised as a wire stripper.
    Any ideas?
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    Hi Geoff,
    Yes, I'm inclined to go with Wire Stripper, mainly because when you close the Handles, the Jaws tend to open.
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    Can't see how they work as a wire stripper, they would have to work by a very different principle from any I've ever used. I can't see how it works as a bandsaw tooth-setting device, either. I googled for "pliers" & "specialty pliers"images, and nothing in the hundreds of pics I turned up looks remotely like them.

    This one has me really intrigued - it's not a modern tool by the look of it, so I hope there's an old-enough member out there who reads this & knows what they're for....

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    Can you please post a few more photos at various angles of the front jaws, and in open and closed positons.
    You have us slightly puzzled and highly intrigued.
    We all just love mystery tools.

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    It appears to me to have two sets of jaws. the two pair at the business end comprising one set. And another set directly above the handles that look like flat plates. It seems that when the top two pair are closed, the bottom set is open. When the top two are open, the bottom set is closed.

    Don't know why though.

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    Might it be the fabled "Wing Wong for a gooses bridal" my dad always told me about when I asked him "What that dad?"
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    There are two of them on ebay, I'm sorry I don't know how to get the photos from there to here but they are number 162179158750 and 162181328663. The first has some good photos with it. They're both referred to as wire strippers and both in NSW.
    Mike, I haven't seen this tool, the photos were emailed to me by a lady I met in Perth recently. To me the handles don't look real "hand friendly" as pliers do, I wonder if they are located in the top of a bench and you activate with a foot pedal...? Thanks for the suggestions so far. Nanigai, my Dad referred to a "Wigwam for a gooses bridal"
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    I'm not seeing any blade so I'm pretty sure they aren't automatic wire strippers. The mechanism would appear to be similar however; as you squeeze the handles the two sets of jaws first close and then move apart from each other. The jaws are flat faced with a grip pattern similar to vise jaws.

    I wonder if they could be for pulling small electrical plugs apart; like bullet connectors?

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    Vintage Antique Wire Strippers Stripper Jason Tools Pliers | eBay
    Vintage Jason Electrical Wire Striper Stripper | eBay

    Different sellers. Both list them as wire strippers. I can't see how they would strip wire.
    Those were the droids I was looking for.
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    They look a bit like wire strippers, but I can't see anyway to adjust the jaws for different guage wire. They also look a bit different to a pair I had used which was made of alloy and looked much lighter weight.

    To use that style you run your linesmans knife around the insulation near the end you want to strip. Align the cut between the two sets of jaws. As you squeeze the handle the first anvils close on the keep side of the wire, then the second jaws close on the discard side and the jaws move apart pulling the end bit of insulation off the wire.
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    The pair of wire strippers I have, admittedly fairly recently made, 20 odd years ago, cut the insulation and strip in one action with various sized cutters to suit different cable gauges. If you cut the insulation with a linesman knife, wouldn't you just pull the end off? Maybe they were thought to be a good idea at the time, but I just can't see the wire stripper thing being practical if you have to cut the insulation first and I can't see a blade of any sort.

    I have thought that maybe the two sets of jaws, if indeed there ARE two sets of jaws, are, lower set to register, upper sets to engage. Maybe to perform a function that needs to be at regular intervals. It would be good to see a video of the operation. Just thinking.

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    Further, the top sets of jaws only seem to close and open. They do not appear to spread as would be required to strip wire.

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    I don't think they're wire strippers as municipal electric service was only just being introduced by Edison in 1880, in New York City.
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    Is it a ring tool for rubber rings used on lambs? It looks different to other ones I've seen.

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