What is it..

[billwood437]

Found this in a box of .50 tools.
Couldn't pass it up for that.
It reverses for more options.

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[PelicanPines]

Crimper... i think .

 

[RStewart]

What does the stamped label say? Can't make it out on this scrappy computer.

 

[billwood437]

What does the stamped label say? Can't make it out on this scrappy computer.

looks like a picture of a lineman on a pole. Think it say klein but didn't have a magnifying glass. need to clean it up still.

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[Dingleburry]

A crimper for the aluminum things on steel cable?

Then flip it over and you got single crimps for when you braid the cable back into itself?

Just a wild guess

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

I’m guessing a press for molten lead making sleeves for old lead coated cable that was used in the telco industry. Made by Klein tools.

 

[blaker]

A crimper for the aluminum things on steel cable?

Then flip it over and you got single crimps for when you braid the cable back into itself?

Just a wild guess

This if not should be

 

[billwood437]

A crimper for the aluminum things on steel cable?

Then flip it over and you got single crimps for when you braid the cable back into itself?

Just a wild guess

I was thinking the same.

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[2oolhound]

It's for flaring brake lines and other tubing. I had one in the 70's. It grasps and holds all those sizes and the conical flaring tool fits over to flare the end you leave sticking out a bit. It's a little faster than the 2 square bar type with the swivelling lock bolt. It uses the same flaring part as the other kind.

 

[billwood437]

Found it on eBay
Vintage M Klein and Sons 2 Wire Splicing 132-15Crimper Lineman's Tool Reversable

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[billwood437]

It's for flaring brake lines and other tubing. I had one in the 70's. It grasps and holds all those sizes and the conical flaring tool fits over to flare the end you leave sticking out a bit. It's a little faster than the 2 square bar type with the swivelling lock bolt. It uses the same flaring part as the other kind.

I thought that when I first pulled it from the box. the double side didn't make sense though.

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[2oolhound]

Guess I should have looked closer. I'm always thinking of that one I had, wondering where it ended up. But yes, the double holes is the catch. I also ran into a blue point threader that looked very similar at the flea market in the summer. It was pretty big though.

 

[joe_padavano]

It's for flaring brake lines and other tubing.

No it's not. Look closely at the first photo. The holes are "double", exactly like the crimp shown in later posts in this thread.

 

[6PTsocket]

It is a crimper for wire rope. As has been pointed out, it crimps those aluminum things. The single crimp is for ball ends. Sometimes, instead of making a loop on the end of the wire, the wire is passed through a hole in the fitting and stop is crimped on the end to prevent it from pulling out. The wire only goes through it once so only a single crimp is needed. I have a couple of crimpers but they are the smaller clamp type. That pliers can do big stuff as well.

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[billwood437]

I was also thinking it would possibly be good for making rivets at a blacksmith forge. hold the round bar while rounding over the head.

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[notlob]

old Klein linesmans' splicing/crimping tool -

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-M-Klein-and-Sons-Wire-Splicing-132-15-Crimper-Linemans-Tool-Reversible/122789101256?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D41376%26meid%3D38d377b6ec9941b59927a7fadeca4d7e%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D261058215326&_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850

 

[ttpete]

It's for making splices on overhead electrical transmission lines. You need two of them. The splice sleeve looks like a double tube. You slide it on one wire and then slide the other one in from the other end. Then you clamp one tool on each end of the sleeve and twist in opposite directions until it looks like a candy cane.