New Tools (To Me...and you?)

[antman213]

Recently picked up some tools at a thrift store but I've never seen these before. Have you?
Some appear to be German made so that could be why.

1st up is some "Smalcalda" snap ring pliers, seem to be very nice

2nd is a Standard Crecent Adjustable but with a feature I've never seen before. Some sort of locking tabs. Unfortunately these are locked up and I've already buggered up the pin trying to remove it. If you have any recommendation...please let me know.

3rd are some unidentified snip cutters, these have a very strange upper blade that is a sliding cutter. It runs on a sort of rack gear.

Anyone know anything about these?

 

[antman213]

Anyone know what the shear/snips would be called? I'm not sure where to start in researching these

 

[RTM]

Around here, those could be for cutting crate banding, those SS bands that explode like a snake when you cut them. Does the rack gear create a hold down when you cut, to hold the band after the cut?

https://www.grainger.com/category/packaging-shipping/strapping/strapping-tools/tools-for-steel-strapping/cutter-tools-for-steel-strapping

 

[Tostal]

I have a few Smalcalda pliers.
Iirc, Smalcalda is Czechoslovakian (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993).

~T.

 

[RTM]

This might be an early brother to your cutter

Meister & Schlingensiepen : Edition 1928 : Meister & Schlingensiepen : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

182 p., illus., 23.2 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

I wonder if the rack driven cutter is to give more of a shearing action, like an arm paper cutter.

This might be even closer

Werkzeug-Katalog : Tool Catalogue : Lohmann & Co. : Lohmann & Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

230 p., illus., 20.1 cm, tool catalog

archive.org

 

[antman213]

It operates much like a power unishear made by stanley or bosch.

 

[humber2]

The Crescent is pre 1960 and features the locking device.

From memory only 8, 10 & 12” versions were so produced.

Maybe a soaking in penetrating oil followed by manipulation of the thumbscrew with a large pair of curved jaw vice grips will be productive.

 

[antman213]

The Crescent is pre 1960 and features the locking device.

From memory only 8, 10 & 12” versions were so produced.

Maybe a soaking in penetrating oil followed by manipulation of the thumbscrew with a large pair of curved jaw vice grips will be productive.

I'm starting the soak tonight.
Do you know if the fastener is threaded at the tip or only near the head? Reason being is I may need to replace it pending damage

 

[Tostal]

Do you know if the fastener is threaded at the tip or only near the head? Reason being is I may need to replace it pending damage

The few thumbwheel pins I've removed (on makes other than Crescent) were threaded only near the head i.e. just below the screwdriver slot.
A couple of suggestions - 1) ensure there's no staking of the surrounding metal locking the pin in place,
2) it might help if you try try shocking the pin before trying to loosen it e.g. by placing a screwdriver (one you don't care about) in the pin slot and giving it a couple of sharp taps with a hammer. You might also try loosening the pin by hitting the thumbwheel sideways using a soft faced hammer.
These pins aren't usually very tight, it's likely there's just a bit of corrosion so soaking is a good step.

~T.