I believe these are spoke nippers - fit between the rims and nips off offending protrusions. Just my thoughts.
Tom Witkop Rockville, MD
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:34:52 -0500 Harvey M Sachs <sachs@erols.com>
writes:
> Trying to figure out the use of an ELDI tool I found recently.
> Closely
> resembles the classic ELDI or VAR pliers-type chassis, two iron beam
> about
> 7" - 8" long, with pivot bolt located to give high leverage/small
> jaw
> opening. Flat-wound spring between the handles to hold it open.
> The Jaws
> are the puzzling part:
>
> 1) don't open but maybe a cm or so (1/2")
> 2) Working ends are replacable little cylinders, with concave faces
> and
> fairly sharp lips.
> 3) When closed, the faces are offset front-to-back from each other
> instead
> of lining up. Buck-tooth by a mm or two.
>
> Well, it works for clamping aluminum ferrules on cables to prevent
> fraying,
> but it's way to heavy-duty for that. I'm not sure that it would
> open wide
> enough to do the initial push to set chain pin, or why I'd want the
> offset
> faces for that. Wouldn't be for making lead shot, since the concave
> faces
> aren't as deep as hemispheres -- and they are offset.
>
> Couldn't find it in Third Hand -- but sure was fun looking.
>
> harvey sachs
> mclean va
>
>
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