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What is this Simplex tool?
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bigcaddy
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looks like some kind of cable tensioner for telephone lines
redwrench60
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Coil spring compressor.
white500xl
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Simplex, was a manufacturing company who specialized in heavy duty jacks and tools for the industrial world. They made railroad jacks for the railroad industry. My grandfather left me two very heavy duty jacks, that would lift a house off of it's foundation. He also had one of those tools that you have pictured. What he used it for was to rig it between the rails, and pull them together to the correct distance, and spike down the rail to the wooden tie.(you would have to have something very stout to move rail obviously).You might be able to use that puller/expander tool to work in the automotive repair field. I have seen the time in my repair of a damaged frame, that a tool like that would be pretty handy to spread or pull a frame back to specs. The L&N railroad along with many roadnames used these on track gangs.Hope this helps.
Thedroid
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We use those to adjust a burner pipe in a cement kiln.
redwrench60
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That thing must be bigger than I think in the pictures.
Outlawmws
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That thing must be bigger than I think in the pictures.
I don't think so, that looks like spiked chair mat it is setting on, so maybe 1/4" spacing or so? I'd say the threaded shaft is under an inch.
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clark_nicholas
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Simplex also makes fire alarm systems and sprinklers maybe some kind of tool for that
I don't think so, that looks like spiked chair mat it is setting on, so maybe 1/4" spacing or so? I'd say the threaded shaft is under an inch.
It's at my Dads but just guessing from when we took the pics yesterday I'd say it's approx 18"-20" long. We were talking after I posted and he did mention that my Grandpa worked for the railroad at one point.