We need help identifying this tool

[PCOIC Member]

None of the members of the Perry County Old Iron Collectors have been able to identify this old "tool". Does anyone know what it is and/or what it's purpose may be? I have attached pictures. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[RPH]

A very early concept in the automation of flat washer manufacturing. My guess.

 

[Short Round]

I cannot but I guess a spring winder.

 

[crguy]

Look it over carefully for identifying marks.

Not a spring winder.

 

[ex-x-fire]

Any patent #s on it?

 

[PCOIC Member]

There are no identifying marks, just the word "patent".

 

[Zeke]

I think something is missing there. The rectangular receiver maybe accepted a tool of some sort. Little too beefy to be an apple corer.

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

Years a ago I worked at a place that used something almost similar for banding bales of cardboard to send for recycling. Not sure if that's what it is.

 

[Lee Celtic]

Could it be a gunsmiths tool..? maybe for reaming the primer cap out of a shotgun casing brass ready for reloading.

Looks like it's geared for speed not torque..

 

[t4runner]

I think its a tool for tightening up flat metal banding used in shipping or then again maybe not.

 

[gdocktor3]

It's a conversation piece is what it is.

 

[KEH]

Not a reloading tool. No way to hold shell.

KEH

 

[Alchymist]

Double geared konkorkinator.

 

[L.Cheapo]

Almost reminds me of a hand held version of the machine that connects the two ends of a chainsaw chain together by compressing/turning the rivets of the master link.

 

[Provincial]

Is the working part (the "bit" if it was a drill) sharpened like a drill or does it look like it forms a head or rolls the end of a rivet?

It looks like the pivot point for the handle is adjusted by that screw in order to move the "bit" away from the rotating holder. This would indicate that it was used for objects of varying thickness.

Is it easy to remove the rotating holder?

 

[Zeke]

What I find interesting about the holder/receiver is the wedge cut out.