Thread: Mystery tool.

Not that this helps much but it is interesting all the same...
AeroElectric Connection - Wire Strippers

I note there is no mention of the StripMaster being an evolution of an earlier design.

I have a good quality set of these. Work brilliantly. But, that does not solve the current mystery.

I wonder if it may be some type of surgical tool such as for clamping an artery or umbilical cord.

I checked with my wife - Veterinary Surgeon - and she does not think it is for Vet work. Surgical tools are almost always stainless steel.
I'm an electrician and until recently I have been working with HV cable jointers. I don't believe it is a wire stripper.
It looks like it is designed to hold two parts and push them apart. Some sort of spring clip pliers maybe.

Could it be a brazing clamp for bandsaw blades?

Rob beat me to it. But that's what came to mind for me. Holds each end of the strip of bandsaw blade while it is brazed into a loop.

The brass/bronze construction would serve well as a heat sink if it is a brazing clamp.

Originally Posted by rob streeper

I wonder if it may be some type of surgical tool such as for clamping an artery or umbilical cord.

It would be positively mediaeval if it were for surgery, Rob, even veteriary surgery! This thing would be extremely difficult to clean & sterilize adequately, so I think that's a particularly long shot.

We're all still guessing - someone who knows what this is must be out there somewhere - where's Fletty, he's a bit of a pliers specialist, maybe he knows something, or knows someone who does????

Cheers,

Originally Posted by rob streeper

Could it be a brazing clamp for bandsaw blades?

Now that's more like it. Though I would have thought the jaws would be a different shape to hold a bandsaw blade.

The idea of some sort of heat-sink, to hold something whilst it's soldered in place also crossed my mind, another 'long-shot'.

Cheers,

As far as the item operating as a "heat sink" while brazing a band saw blade. Wouldn't that be detrimental? Making the tool hot, and therefor difficult to hold? All the while using your other two hands to hold the flame and brazing rod.

Too blunt to be wire strippers


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Originally Posted by Enfield Guy

As far as the item operating as a "heat sink" while brazing a band saw blade. Wouldn't that be detrimental? Making the tool hot, and therefor difficult to hold? All the while using your other two hands to hold the flame and brazing rod.

Sorry, my 'heat-sink' thought was not meant to be connected with the bandsaw-blade holding comment, EG. You're right, you want to heat the blade quickly & cleanly so as not to temper too much. I've read somewhere that silver-solder is the method of choice; lower temp & stronger than brazing.

The heat-sink role would be more holding some heat-sensitive component whilst you soldered the pigtails into their respective spots. The amount of heat isn't as much as with brazing, & would be soaked up easily by the bulk of the pliers. However, I reckon those pliers predate any electronic parts by many decades, so that was a dumb suggestion, even as a very long shot. Note to self- keep fingers from keyboard until thoughts are properly thunk through......
Cheers,

Cheers,

Originally Posted by IanW

Now that's more like it. Though I would have thought the jaws would be a different shape to hold a bandsaw blade.

The idea of some sort of heat-sink, to hold something whilst it's soldered in place also crossed my mind, another 'long-shot'.

Cheers,

My original thought was that it was used to hold the two ends of a bandsaw blade for joining but I now think that it is a much more universal holding tool as in when soldering sheet metal as in plumbing (roofing) to keep the sheets in contact overlaped and aligned.

Way over here in left field, I'm looking at the pictures and the holders fingers squeezing the legs, not a typical plier handhold.

I wonder if it is actually the mechanism of something more elaborate, it could be mainly hidden behind a plate where the operator squeezes the legs to open a lock or something?