Can you identify this tool?

Last night while poking round in my sheddy place with St Michael, the patron saint of Journey Persons :wink:, I came across this tool which I bought in 1974, and wondered if anyone else has one.

Together we decided that I was the only person in the world who had ever bought one, and maybe seeing if anyone else can identify it would be a way of telling!

No Gumby, we all know that the black and green machine in the background is MY Domino, included by chance :rolleyes: , but it does add scale to the pic! :D :D :D

Cheers,

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It's for removing the write protection tab on Betamax cassettes.

It is a chatter tool.... for creating chatter once the conversation has dried up.

Nice try silent, but not even close! Was the betamax invented in 1974?

Cliff, it's use was vaguely connected to the conversation pit, but still no cigar!

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Is it something for the cats?

It is a paint tin lid remover with a built in torque gauge to allow you to judge just how old that tin of paint from the back of the cupboard really is.

Sorby are good at tools that look like that.

Its an early Robert Sorby bowl gouge!:roll:

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Originally Posted by Wongo

Is it something for the cats?

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Well no, but it's interesting watching their eyes while applying it to them! :oo:

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It is a soldering iron with a bi-metallic temperature gauge.

How about a screw driver with a depth gauge?

Is it missing the little wheel with the painted spiral & the magnetic axle?

The pointy bit is designed for pain, and the brackety thing to stop it going to far. But just what you would jab with it is beyond me.:?

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Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Is it missing the little wheel with the painted spiral & the magnet axle?

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No, but what a great flashback that's given me!

There is a fine wire loop that comes with it to help threading the shiny silver thing, and that's the only clue I'm going to give!

Cheers,

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Ar-huh. I've got it, here is the clue from another thread....

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Originally Posted by silentC

I think you're scraping the bottom of the barrel now, Mr Wong :p

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It is a barrel bottom scraper. :2tsup:

Looks far to complicated to be a bag or bale tier, but is that closer?