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That's a chain breaking tool used for industrial and motorcycle chains. It pushes out the pins, but bends the plates, unlike our chain tools. It's on-topic time-wise; I have one in the garage I bought back in the sixties when I was into motorcycles.
At 04:40 PM 05/12/2008 EST, FujiFish1@aol.com wrote:
>Is this an on-topic tool? What is it used for, and who made it?
>
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>It came to me in a lot of all vintage bike parts and tools. When you
>squeeze the two handles together, the jaws open wider. What looks like a
drive pin
>is much too large in diameter to be able to push out a traditional bicycle
>chain pin. The holder for the upper handle threads in and out with
tension,
>and the upper handle is captured, but slides laterally as needed, like to
>avoid installed parts that are in the way. My pics are too dark, even
after
>brightening them up, so you can't see that the teeth on the jaws look
kind of
>like a rhombus or diamond shaped cable cutter.
>
>What is this thing? If you know, but it is decidedly off-topic, please
>email direct, and keep it off-list. Thanks for the help...
>
>Ciao,
>Mark Agree
>Southfield MI USA
John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada