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treimers

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So I turned up the what-the-hell-is-that-thing
and this old pipe wrench today...

any clues on the whatzit
pipe wrench is neat.
never seen a reversible 4 way... .

looks like the whatever has three legs perhaps with magnets.
the adjustments i don't get, and the lefthand side is a coil spring like you'd find on a drill driver bend-around-a-corner extension.
 

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I don't think that's so surprising Zeke, Especially with almost everything being made for R&R rather than rebuild these days. I've seen a lot worse for "Watzit" posts. I think we will see more and more of these types of posts from people that have never actually rebuilt anything down to the last nut and bolt...
 
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Thanks guys --

As it happens, I'm not that young - I'm 50 ...

But my background in repairs and tools is more from a
homeowner/woodworking background, not to mention 35+ years
as an amateur radio operator (KA4LFP for those who care)
and electronics/network/computer engineer.

My mechanical skill level is such that if it's bolted onto the outside of my car engine, I'll take it off and fix/replace it as needed.

But I don't have the time or skills to do serious engine work internally, and nor do any of my friends.
I'm not surprised that I didn't recognize a hone, since no one I know among
my fellow car-repair folks does that level of rebuilding work on an engine.

Likewise, I'd be surprised if very many people on here know what the inner workings of voice-over-IP is on something like Skype or Vonage, or how
to neutralize a pair of 6146 tubes in a 25,000 watt Class AB amplifier.
Literally hundreds of thousands of my associates in my profession do know all about VoIP, and tens of thousands of hams know exactly how to tune up a 1500 watt transmitter that uses a pair of 6146 tubes (even today, there are a lot of us who love boat-anchors. One of my favorite radios is close to 80 years old)

It's just about what your background is and where you're from in life..

Thanks to the Internet, a whole lot of people now have the ability to pursue a wider variety of interests ---

You might end up being a ham operator someday, and I may decide to
totally trash a lawnmower engine by trying to rehone the cylinder
(trust me, that lawnmower would probably never run again ;-)

:D
 
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Heh --
I just noticed "Radio Ron" W4RON is a member here...

Ron absolutely will know how to balance a pair of 6146s -- if he doesn't turn his nose up because they're too new for his boatanchor collection! :D
 
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like they said its a cylinder hone, you use them to break the glaze that builds up from stuck rings iirc
i haven't needed one is a long time; cars are built so well its almost funny
ive heard stories of trucks in the junk yard with 400000 miles and still have the original crosshatching(what the hone accomplishes)
 
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Its fine treimers... Id much rather help out a fellow who would like to identify a tool over listening to people whine about the COO of it.

I had a HAM operator living behind me at one point... He ALWAYS interfered with our tv. Apparently, that is illegal to do. He never listened and has since added another antenna. I no longer live in that area, although I wish I could buy the house back.
 
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treimers said:
Heh --
I just noticed "Radio Ron" W4RON is a member here...

Ron absolutely will know how to balance a pair of 6146s -- if he doesn't turn his nose up because they're too new for his boatanchor collection! :D
Click to expand...

I'd like to hear from Ron on this matter. Let's get the HAM radio guys to hijack this thread and start talking about tubes (school trained Electrical Engineer...so I'm all about it :evil:)
 
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I meant to start that reply off with "no offense taken"..
so I'll say it now :D

I'm glad to learn what it is --
I am rather bad to post quickly about something, then realize that
Google is full of pictures if I'd just look...

Yes, it's quite illegal for him to do that --
Most hams I've met, but not all, are very good operators
and don't cause TVI. I caused it a few times around here, and at a neighbors house, climbed up and repaired all the bad weatherworn twinlead that was causing his antenna to be able to pick up the RF from my system so well.
Got him two more channels he'd only been able to see fuzz on.

Not all hams are nice people or technically capable - there's certainly tons of them out there far better than I am, as well.

You might also have had a CB'er back there with a 'big ole linner amplyfyer' -- we hams get blamed a lot for their operating habits and uncaring 'more power' kind of mindset.
 
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The pipe wrench is adjustable and re-positionable to the 4 sets of teeth on the head. Look at the head as a diamond and each side is a stationary jaw. The movable jaw can be turned 180 degrees and also set to the opposite side for the other two jaws.
 
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jagwinn said:
The pipe wrench is adjustable and re-positionable to the 4 sets of teeth on the head. Look at the head as a diamond and each side is a stationary jaw. The movable jaw can be turned 180 degrees and also set to the opposite side for the other two jaws.
Click to expand...

Yup, I grabbed it as soon as I saw that!

I know that someday, I'll need to be able to flip the function of the thing around in one of the other positions in order to be able to turn
the direction I want to in a tight spot...

After all, I have knuckles on both hands that I can skin up whenever
my hand slips off the bolt or the wrench.
Now I can do that from four different angles :D
 
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Sometimes I get stuck with what a tool is used for, about four weeks ago I bought a small tool box and I found what looked like a tiny one inch tool that looked like a pen, except it was filled with small points.

My first clue was the fact that it was from a retired tool & die maker so that was my starting point.

Then without much to go on by chance I was watching a machinist on youtube lining up two holes on a piece of steel and he was showing that very same line-up tool and how it worked.

I feel in many years to come some future young men and women will find this Forum and learn all the knowledge that we have passed on.
 
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I have used hones, so I knew what that was. The pipe wrench was obvious as well. But when I see VOIP, I think someone misspelled VOID.:beer:
 
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