Modern Vespa

I think the numbers indicate different thickness of whatever may be inserted in the slots.

Indeed it is.

For measuring spoke gauge? Opps I type too slow.

I don't know if this will qualify as a mystery tool but take a look.

Ferule crimper.

No.

Here's another:

The Vise-Grips have special jaws to grab damaged hex nuts and bolt heads.

Locks to a hex fastener. Doesn't damage like regular Vise Grip with teeth.

I am way to slow to respond...

Scribe? I don't see a scribe point, but the construction seems consistent with various scribes I've seen used over the years.

EDIT: I'm probably wrong, but I'll leave my answer up regardless.

It's for grabbing rounded off nuts and bolts. I also use it to hold chisels because they have that same hex shape.

Tuning wrench for a stringed instrument?

Close... it's a violin-maker's purfling channel cutter. There is a very sharp knife blade closely spaced to the black guide piece. Purfling is the narrow, decorative set of strips around the perimeter of the top and back of the body of a stringed instrument. The tool is used to cut two closely spaced slits parallel to the edge of the body, and then the waste between them is removed with a narrow chisel.

I want to play too!

What's this?

A tee-handled tool! (snicker)...

What's it made of?

Is it part of the Kaiser Permanente colonoscopy kit?

Interesting. Looks a little simpler than the one we used in the Schwinn shop I worked at for 18 years.

Skate key? Maybe it's for tightening strings on a harp.

Slotted head screw-driver?

Steel. I also own one made of nylon polycarbonate .

It's a mystery to me too... inherited.


Any ideas?

An ice anchor of some type?

Those silver triangles feel like really dull blades. I'm totally guessing but I'm thinking it's for cutting foam board. So if you ran that over a piece of foam it would cut a "bend point" in the board or possibly making 2 45 deg angles to make a 90 degree seam?

It's a kerfing tool used in the building of ductwork. They come in different colours for different cuts. This one is "The Red Tool" for making Vee Grooves.

http://www.northwaysmachinery.com/product_detail.asp?ItemNumber=Amcraft%202100%20Red%202%20inch%20Kerfing%20Tool

Oh cool! I wasn't too far off, thanks!

The tool I posted is a M.U.T pin splitter and straightener.

It is used for resetting the split on 20 to 100 amp stage pin connectors. There are holes in either side of the Tee handle that allow you to straighten bent 20 and 60 amp pins. The newer polycarbonate model has a wire brush in one end of the tee handle to clean the pins.

My sash windows have hemp rope and lead weights in the side channels. You must have some new fangled windows there.

BTW has anyone got a tool for retrieving the lead weight when the hemp rope breaks??????

Depends on how far the weight falls. I've had good luck with a wire coat hanger if it's not too far down.

whats this? forget the yellow lines .... i have no clue ...

Hmm, does the piece holding the metal plate with the holders swivel or move in another manner? It's hard to get a feel for the depth. Some sort of antique drafting table add-on?

I like this game; it's just fun to think about what it could be used for.

Isn't that one of the toys/tools from 50 Shades of Grey?

I got another one.

Scrotum scratcher.

Kinda looks like a key extractor. But I've never seen one exactly like that.

No and no.

Usually it's take the whole case apart with pry bars and screw driver at that point. New sash rope. Nails.

Yeah my house is almost 100 years old.

The end looks like it's supposed to interface with a ratcheting type of gear. That said, I can't imagine WTF it is or how it's used.

I seem to remember using something like that to clean out grooves in something. I killed those brain cells decades ago.