Ok so this tool thing showed up in my toolbox and I don’t even remember where it came from. I dug it out today and me and my dad have been arguing about what it is for a few hours now. It has the letter “k” stamped on one side and “u-80” on the other side. It looks like the handle may have been longer at one time. Any info is appreciated.
What is this thing? Help settle a debate
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Musicinabottle
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It's something I'd never use in a million years. What do you and your pops think it is?
dmcintosh
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Looks like a ball joint separator.
I thought something with a ball joint, but it has a rubber piece on it which I wouldn’t think you would not want to beat on. I thought maybe if the handle was longer you could stand up and kick it under something to pry something off of the ground. My dad had some off the wall idea. He thinks it slid under an anchor on a floor and a small engine with a piece of pipe on it with slide over this as a mount.
Alchymist
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Perhaps to remove flooring or decking?
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.............and your idea?
I didn’t mean to make it look like his thought was a bad one. I just though it was a little bit of a stretch. We got it out because we were going to try to use it to break a bead on some aluminum rims I am wanting to scrap.
I'd go with flooring - decking idea, here's one I made for dismantling pallets. A neighbour also used it to remove sub flooring in his basement, after a flood.
To break that bead, you can put a 2 X 6 on it and drive up on it. That will take down the most stubborn beads.
To break that bead, you can put a 2 X 6 on it and drive up on it. That will take down the most stubborn beads.
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6768rogues
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Looks like a pickle fork that was adapted to some task other than separating ball joints and tie rod ends.
This^^^^^
To remove vintage all steel American classic hub caps?
ford33
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Looks like a tool for prying or lifting flooring. The rubber pad protects the existing floor. Only a guess.
I'm going to say it's used to remove 1 3/16" shank collar tools. . . maybe in mining tools ?
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It's kinda simular but the color is way off. I don't think that's it.
Ding ding............... I think we have a winner! As I said, I'd never use it in a million years!
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moon_tanner
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That's a rare gunner's pick and the only thing we used to win the Battle of Ushant.
turbowoodworker
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It is a demolition tool, removal of flooring etc. The weight allows it to be swung like a maul under the next board, then leveraged up.
