I didn't plan on making this a regular thing, but -------

I Found this one at the Smith-Sales.com on-line auction desk in Baldwin,
Wi.

http://www.spaco.org/Whatisit/HammerIndexer.htm

Let me know if you have an answer, please.

Pete Stanaitis
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On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:23:24 -0500, "Pete S"
wrote:

I didn't plan on making this a regular thing, but -------

I Found this one at the Smith-Sales.com on-line auction desk in Baldwin,
Wi.

http://www.spaco.org/Whatisit/HammerIndexer.htm

Let me know if you have an answer, please.

Pete Stanaitis
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A wisconsin impact wrench.


SW

"Sunworshipper" SW@GWNTUNDRA wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:23:24 -0500, "Pete S"
wrote:

I didn't plan on making this a regular thing, but -------

I Found this one at the Smith-Sales.com on-line auction desk in Baldwin,
Wi.

http://www.spaco.org/Whatisit/HammerIndexer.htm

Let me know if you have an answer, please.

Pete Stanaitis
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A wisconsin impact wrench.


SW

It's a early beading tool to turn the ends of boiler tubes. The "hammer" is
hit with a larger hammer and the beading tool indexes around with each hit.
Thank heaven for air hammers!

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:26:18 +1000
"Grumpy" wrote:

It's a early beading tool to turn the ends of boiler tubes. The "hammer" is
hit with a larger hammer and the beading tool indexes around with each hit.
Thank heaven for air hammers!


There is another one (maybe the same one?) pictured on this page:

http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47189

about 1/4 of the way down, thumbnail link to larger image. He also says
that it's a beading tool.

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Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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Can you tell us how the tool in positioned? It appears to me that the
"loose" cylinder toward the heel of the tool might have bee inserted into a
tube that was close by to help hold the whole tool in position?

Pete Stanaitis
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"Grumpy" wrote in message
. au...

It's a early beading tool to turn the ends of boiler tubes. The "hammer"
is hit with a larger hammer and the beading tool indexes around with each
hit.
Thank heaven for air hammers!

That's right. The "loose" one was inserted into an adjacent tube and
allowed the tool to be used "hands free". That is comforting if you have
someone with more enthusiasm than talent on the wooden end of the hammer.



"Pete S" wrote in message
.. .
Can you tell us how the tool in positioned? It appears to me that the
"loose" cylinder toward the heel of the tool might have bee inserted into
a tube that was close by to help hold the whole tool in position?

Pete Stanaitis
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"Grumpy" wrote in message
. au...

It's a early beading tool to turn the ends of boiler tubes. The "hammer"
is hit with a larger hammer and the beading tool indexes around with each
hit.
Thank heaven for air hammers!

On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:33:43 +1000
"Grumpy" wrote:

That's right. The "loose" one was inserted into an adjacent tube and
allowed the tool to be used "hands free". That is comforting if you have
someone with more enthusiasm than talent on the wooden end of the hammer.

FWIW I found a patent that looks very similar to this item,
Patent No. 886,394. See:

http://www.google.com/patents?id=s7V...intsec=drawing

I only gave it a cursory look, but I think the usage is explained...

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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Boiler tube beading tool, it is!
See the updated page, if interested:
http://www.spaco.org/Whatisit/HammerIndexer.htm

Pete Stanaitis
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