Hi Group,

I picked up this tool at a flea market and have no idea what it is. It
clearly is for making grooves or creases on something. Pictures are at:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-2.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-3.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-4.jpg

Is marked H.K.S.Co Newport KY

There is an HKS company in KY which makes gun stuff.

Sal
--
Sal D'Ambra
Blue Ridge Summit, PA

Sal D'Ambra wrote:

Hi Group,

I picked up this tool at a flea market and have no idea what it is. It
clearly is for making grooves or creases on something. Pictures are at:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-2.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-3.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-4.jpg

Is marked H.K.S.Co Newport KY

There is an HKS company in KY which makes gun stuff.

Sal

I don't know what it is. My question to you is: why did you buy it? - GWE

I think this is a sheet metal edge beading tool. Probably used for making
small hot air ducts.
If you are referring to H & K or Heckler & Koch, it is a German firearm
firm, but I am pretty sure they had nothing to do with this.
Steve

"Sal D'Ambra" wrote in message
...
Hi Group,

I picked up this tool at a flea market and have no idea what it is. It
clearly is for making grooves or creases on something. Pictures are at:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-2.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-3.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-4.jpg

Is marked H.K.S.Co Newport KY

There is an HKS company in KY which makes gun stuff.

Sal
--
Sal D'Ambra
Blue Ridge Summit, PA

It was inexpensive and I thought it was neat. It would not be the first
unknown thing I bought that turned out to be really useful when I figured
out what it was.

Sal
--
Sal D'Ambra
Blue Ridge Summit, PA
"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
...
Sal D'Ambra wrote:

Hi Group,

I picked up this tool at a flea market and have no idea what it is. It
clearly is for making grooves or creases on something. Pictures are at:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-2.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-3.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-4.jpg

Is marked H.K.S.Co Newport KY

There is an HKS company in KY which makes gun stuff.

Sal

I don't know what it is. My question to you is: why did you buy it? - GWE

I think I saw this in a tinsmith reproduction book - I think it is to make
crimps in the end of a piece of flue so that it can be fitted inside the
next piece...

I don't think it's a beading tool, I think it's a crimper. The rolls
roll in line with the arms and the depth is about right. Push and pull
and tighten the nut to make crimps. I like to pick a spot, go 180
degrees from there, then 90 from there, etc, rather than try to make an
incremement like 3/8 come out around the circumference.

You'd loosen the nut, do all 32 or 64 crimps or whatever, then tighten
it a bit and do them all again until your duct telescopes into its
mate.

--Doug

Oh Ho!! He lives and breathes!! Where ya been? What are you up to
Doug?

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


On 5 Mar 2005 16:00:57 -0800, wrote:

"Grant Erwin" wrote: I don't know what it is. My question to you is: why
did you buy it? - GWE
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I would have bought it myself it not too expensive. Half the fun is trying
to figure it out. And once the use is known, lots of times it becomes LESS
interesting.

wrote in message
ups.com...
I don't think it's a beading tool, I think it's a crimper. The rolls
roll in line with the arms and the depth is about right. Push and pull
and tighten the nut to make crimps. I like to pick a spot, go 180
degrees from there, then 90 from there, etc, rather than try to make an
incremement like 3/8 come out around the circumference.

You'd loosen the nut, do all 32 or 64 crimps or whatever, then tighten
it a bit and do them all again until your duct telescopes into its
mate.

--Doug

After it telescopes into its mate, does the replication process begin?

"ATP*" wrote: After it telescopes into its mate, does the replication
process begin?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is "telescope" a four-letter word?

We've moved. First my stuff, then our computers, and just yesterday,
The Bed. Today we move dressers.

I'm not doing anything creative right now, but once we deal with this
clutter and get used to living here, it'll be easier. Hell, right now,
I am just struggling to get an hour of sleep at night, with several
hours in bed.

Yours,

Doug Goncz
Replikon Research
Seven Corners, VA 22044-0394

On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 20:03:19 -0500, "ATP*" wrote:


wrote in message
oups.com...
I don't think it's a beading tool, I think it's a crimper. The rolls
roll in line with the arms and the depth is about right. Push and pull
and tighten the nut to make crimps. I like to pick a spot, go 180
degrees from there, then 90 from there, etc, rather than try to make an
incremement like 3/8 come out around the circumference.

You'd loosen the nut, do all 32 or 64 crimps or whatever, then tighten
it a bit and do them all again until your duct telescopes into its
mate.

--Doug

After it telescopes into its mate, does the replication process begin?

The process pretty much crimps its style, and it shrivels in diameter,
so often has to be hand forced.

I don't believe it is a crimper. The flat rolling anvil would cause it to
stretch any metal sort of like a mini english wheel. If there were a mating
grove in the flat wheel I could see it working as a crimper but would be
horribly slow compared to the plier type crimps I have seen used for HVAC
ducting. My vote is for something to do with leather work.
YMMV
Glenn
"Brian Lawson" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 20:03:19 -0500, "ATP*" wrote:


wrote in message
roups.com...
I don't think it's a beading tool, I think it's a crimper. The rolls
roll in line with the arms and the depth is about right. Push and pull
and tighten the nut to make crimps. I like to pick a spot, go 180
degrees from there, then 90 from there, etc, rather than try to make an
incremement like 3/8 come out around the circumference.

You'd loosen the nut, do all 32 or 64 crimps or whatever, then tighten
it a bit and do them all again until your duct telescopes into its
mate.

--Doug

After it telescopes into its mate, does the replication process begin?

The process pretty much crimps its style, and it shrivels in diameter,
so often has to be hand forced.

"Brian Lawson" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 20:03:19 -0500, "ATP*" wrote:


wrote in message
roups.com...
I don't think it's a beading tool, I think it's a crimper. The rolls
roll in line with the arms and the depth is about right. Push and pull
and tighten the nut to make crimps. I like to pick a spot, go 180
degrees from there, then 90 from there, etc, rather than try to make an
incremement like 3/8 come out around the circumference.

You'd loosen the nut, do all 32 or 64 crimps or whatever, then tighten
it a bit and do them all again until your duct telescopes into its
mate.

--Doug

After it telescopes into its mate, does the replication process begin?

The process pretty much crimps its style, and it shrivels in diameter,
so often has to be hand forced.

Kinda like Fred Durst.

In article ,
"Sal D'Ambra" wrote:

Hi Group,

I picked up this tool at a flea market and have no idea what it is. It
clearly is for making grooves or creases on something. Pictures are at:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-2.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-3.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/atticf...nownTool-4.jpg

Is marked H.K.S.Co Newport KY

There is an HKS company in KY which makes gun stuff.

Sal

Could be used to inlay metal rings on round stuff. Stick the part in
a lathe, groove it, position the tool, push a bit, and feed in a soft
wire.

--
B.B. --I am not a goat! thegoat4 at airmail dot net
http://web2.airmail.net/thegoat4/

Brian Lawson wrote:
Oh Ho!! He lives and breathes!! Where ya been? What are you up to
Doug?

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


See rec.crafts.textiles.sewing for an example of what I can do on a
half night's sleep with the assistance of a few hundred milligrams of
Seroquel, and my reply to your post in rcm.

And thanks for asking!

Yours,

Doug Goncz
Replikon Research
Falls Church, VA 22044-0394

On 7 Mar 2005 10:55:01 -0800, wrote:


Brian Lawson wrote:
Oh Ho!! He lives and breathes!! Where ya been? What are you up to
Doug?

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


See rec.crafts.textiles.sewing for an example of what I can do on a
half night's sleep with the assistance of a few hundred milligrams of
Seroquel, and my reply to your post in rcm.



Gimme a clue where/how to do that. Google brings up about 3,000 hits
on "rec.crafts.textiles.sewing"



And thanks for asking!

Yours,

Doug Goncz
Replikon Research
Falls Church, VA 22044-0394

On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 17:51:59 -0500, the inscrutable Brian Lawson
spake:

On 7 Mar 2005 10:55:01 -0800, wrote:


Brian Lawson wrote:
Oh Ho!! He lives and breathes!! Where ya been? What are you up to
Doug?

See rec.crafts.textiles.sewing for an example of what I can do on a
half night's sleep with the assistance of a few hundred milligrams of
Seroquel, and my reply to your post in rcm.

Gimme a clue where/how to do that. Google brings up about 3,000 hits
on "rec.crafts.textiles.sewing"

Searching RCTS for " in 2005 shortens the list.


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