What is this tool?

[supernova]

Hey everyone. Happy Thursday! I work in maintenance in a polyurethane fork truck tire and wheel factory, and when I walked back into the maintenance shop and over to my bench, and had this Nash machine tool laying on it. Apparently they cleaned out the desk of a fired engineer, and laid this tool on my bench. But, none of us know what this tool is, so I'm asking the gj collective, what the hell is this tool, and what does it do? It looks like a weird sort of prying tool, but Idk...

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[rlitman]

It's a chisel holder.

 

[mackie232005]

It’s a Chisel Holder



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[JRC3]

It’s a chisel holder.

 

[Sunset_Z28]

We use those where I work to hold stamps when marking steel castings. Beats the hell out of smashing your fingers.

 

[Toold_up]

Do you happen to work in Boulder City NV?

 

[GirchyGirchy]

It's also for holding punches, not just chisels.

 

[Strouty]

I use them for letter and number stamps too.

 

[Old Man Roger]

At first they seem like a great tool. A handle that keeps your hand away from the punch while you hit it with the hammer.

The problem arises when you take the punch out of the holder, the side of the punch will be all marred up from the pinch bolt.

It moves around when you hit the punch with the hammer, this can make the side the punch sharp enough to cut your hand during normal use.

If I have something that really needs a lot of hammering, I will use the handle, but I will have to smooth the punch with a sanding disc when I'm done.

 

[CGT80]

Is this not Garage Journal? The tool needs modified and upgraded ! An aluminum or brass tip that freely spins, might fix the issue.....or does the other side also cause burrs?

Cool tool! That is one I don't have.

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[rlitman]

I think just the screw tip causes burrs. A brass screw would work well. That's basically what you have in a hood strut clamp.

 

[Old Man Roger]

My guess is a brass tip wouldn't last more than a few wacks of the hammer.

 

[ttpete]

I got one with an SO chisel and punch set about 50 years ago. I think I used it once. Still have it.

I kind of grew up using hammers helping my dad and grandfather build garages and sheds. I didn't hit my fingers after a while and still don't.

 

[Harix]

It's a tool for a tool.

 

[sberry]

Replacement for Vise Grip as a holder.

 

[rlitman]

Replacement for Vise Grip as a holder.

Pretty much. That's why I never bought one. Though to be fair, vise grips tear up punches and chisels even more. That's why I generally just hold my punches and chisels with my gloved fingers, and have learned how not to miss.

 

[supernova]

Ahh, that makes sense since we used to used letter and number stamps on our steel parts and cast iron castings. We use engravers now. But I'll pass on the info. Thanks to the gjers! What a great community!!

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[supernova]

Do you happen to work in Boulder City NV?

Nope, I'm in central Iowa.

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[silverj53]

Nope, I'm in central Iowa.

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Thombert?

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[IMCA38]

Recently, another thread talked about “gimmick” tools produced by Craftsman over the years. The Pocket Socket was one of the tools mentioned. Someone there mentioned that they work nicely for holding punches and chisels. Since it has a moving jaw instead of the screw tip, I suspect it wouldn’t be as rough on the sides of the tool.

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[PelicanPines]

You screw that on your "tool" ... then smack it with a hammer... hard ...

 

[supernova]

Thombert?

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Yep. How are u familiar?

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[2oolhound]

I got one with an SO chisel and punch set about 50 years ago. I think I used it once. Still have it.

I kind of grew up using hammers helping my dad and grandfather build garages and sheds. I didn't hit my fingers after a while and still don't.

Yep, you only hit your hand so many times, then you learn to perfect your aim.

The only time I remember using a chisel or punch holder was for driving out hydraulic ram pins using a 10 lb. sledge hammer you swung like Micky Mantel swung his bat and the hand you might hit wasn't your own. In this case a piece of rebar was welded to the drift (punch). Or hammering in stakes for concrete footings etc., again with a 10 lb'er. Anytime you use a 4lb or less one hand hammer you better learn to hit the mark and hit it hard, none of this tink tink tink love tap ****.

Anytime I see tools like this I have to wonder, is this work we're doing or is it some kind of entertainment pass time thing we're engaged in where we don't even need work cloths because we weren't really planning on getting dirty or anything. Intellectuals are taking over the work force and tool industries selling us tools we don't need.

 

[ttpete]

Yep, you only hit your hand so many times, then you learn to perfect your aim.

The only time I remember using a chisel or punch holder was for driving out hydraulic ram pins using a 10 lb. sledge hammer you swung like Micky Mantel swung his bat and the hand you might hit wasn't your own. In this case a piece of rebar was welded to the drift (punch). Or hammering in stakes for concrete footings etc., again with a 10 lb'er. Anytime you use a 4lb or less one hand hammer you better learn to hit the mark and hit it hard, none of this tink tink tink love tap ****.

Anytime I see tools like this I have to wonder, is this work we're doing or is it some kind of entertainment pass time thing we're engaged in where we don't even need work cloths because we weren't really planning on getting dirty or anything. Intellectuals are taking over the work force and tool industries selling us tools we don't need.

In 1940, my dad and grandfather built a house from scratch without the use of power tools with the exception of a cement mixer to put the footings in. Neither one was a professional carpenter. That included wiring, plumbing, and driving a shallow well. I learned from them. Money was scarce back then, the real Depression didn't end until the war began.

 

[2oolhound]

As tough as things were back then it was always tougher for the generations in front of us (and they were sure to tell us as they were cracking the whip).

The sad thing is it's been 25 years since I smashed like hell against a big hand held chisel so I'd be tempted to try one of these tools if I was faced with the task today (only until I took a few practice swings to get the coordination back of coarse)