Recent content by shinytules

Thanks guys. How about this one? Weird tap wrench? Can't figure out the other end.

Thanks, can't seem to find anything similar in the UK

Anyone know what kind of lift this is?

Yeah [emoji15]. He tig welded his initials on most tools as he always said you couldn't put anything down for too long in a ships engine room. I figure I'll make something if I ever need it. These have me stumped. The opposite of pullers? Pushers? To drive bearings of shafts? I have a...

Bingo! Need a pic of the frame.

This is probably one of my favourites - I know what it is as he told me about it. Can't think of a situation where I'd need it, but some of the tools he had were basically there because...well imagine being stranded on the North Sea in winter, with the captain looking at you - it's best if you...

I'm gonna use that green handled one for doubling up tig filler rod to increase size - I'm chuffed to bits with that, thanks guys! [emoji4]

You guys also call cavity wall ties 'safety wire'? I wondered if you meant something like this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_wire

Never seen one like it though. I'll see if I can find a screw to fit in the hole, to find out if it adjusts the torque. But how to measure it?

Ah, I see - I think this is one of those US/UK translation things - over here, rebar is this: Those things you picture we call cavity wall ties. Make sense - thanks!

The body is aluminium, I wouldn't dare strike it. And that hole in the end - there's a screw thread in there... something missing, maybe an adjuster screw? I think it's a navy tool, and has 1972 engraved on it

As in, for securing bolts in place? Looks too small for rebar.

Hi Folks, First time posting, although I've been hanging around for a while. I've been meaning to ask for some help identifying some of my Father's tools, and just got round to sorting through some of them this weekend. He was a marine engineer by trade, starting his career in the merchant...