We were looking through Allen's garage for a ball joint press, but
we found this. I can't figure out what it does, and if Allen ever
knew, he's forgotten.

www.davewilson.cc/Misc/BlosxomPhotos/tool.jpg

Dave
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We were looking through Allen's garage for a ball joint press, but
we found this. I can't figure out what it does, and if Allen ever
knew, he's forgotten.

www.davewilson.cc/Misc/BlosxomPhotos/tool.jpg

Dave
www.davewilson.cc

Cat carrier

wrote : (clip) I can't figure out what it does (clip)
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The picture is a little blurry, but it looks like a hacksaw, with a
broken-off blade--teeth turned inward. Its shortness permits you to use up
broken blades, and to work in close quarters.

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| We were looking through Allen's garage for a ball joint press, but
| we found this. I can't figure out what it does, and if Allen ever
| knew, he's forgotten.
|
| www.davewilson.cc/Misc/BlosxomPhotos/tool.jpg
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| Dave
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I've used a tool like this, but the application was specific to
interference fasteners in aerospace. The one I used was somewhat similar,
and designed to press out a fastener that needed to come out toward you.
This might be a specific tool that presses something in place, away from
you, and it does so without stressing out everything in the area. Is the
end opposing the rack open or hollow?

I am pretty sure it's a valve spring compressor. Looks like sized for small
engines.
Don Young
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We were looking through Allen's garage for a ball joint press, but
we found this. I can't figure out what it does, and if Allen ever
knew, he's forgotten.

www.davewilson.cc/Misc/BlosxomPhotos/tool.jpg

Dave
www.davewilson.cc

Yup, valve spring compressor. Also works to press out small U-joint
bearing cups.
Bugs

Yes, valve spring compressor sounds right. Those are gear teeth, not
cutting teeth. I can see how it would work for valve springs. It sure
didn't work on the cat. I'm still putting on bandaids.

thanks,

Dave
www.davewilson.cc

It looks like a valve spring compressor for overhead cam engines. There's
another kind that looks like a small pulley puller which is used for
overhead valve engines.

wrote in message
oups.com...
We were looking through Allen's garage for a ball joint press, but
we found this. I can't figure out what it does, and if Allen ever
knew, he's forgotten.

www.davewilson.cc/Misc/BlosxomPhotos/tool.jpg

Dave
www.davewilson.cc

Yes, valve spring compressor sounds right. Those are gear teeth, not
cutting teeth. I can see how it would work for valve springs. It sure
didn't work on the cat. I'm still putting on bandaids.

thanks,

Dave
www.davewilson.cc
Well, it was an early version. It lacked the muzzle. And it undoubted lacked the
essential directions, which state very clearly to "sneak up on the cat smartly."

Ron Thompson
On the Beautiful Florida Space Coast, right beside the Kennedy Space Center, USA

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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is
to fill the world with fools.
--Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

wrote: (clip) Those are gear teeth, not cutting teeth.
(clip) It sure didn't work on the cat. I'm still putting on bandaids.
(clip)
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Now that I have heard the right esxplanation, I don't see how I could have
thought those were cutting teeth.

How do you go about putting bandaids on an angry cat?