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Title: Mystery object
Post by: WozzA on 08.07. 2019 03:18

I was recently given a box of old tools, & I can not identify this item.. 
The slots in the rotating drum indicate some type of bender / puller ?  & the other side has a set of pincher type cutters..   any ideas?   *????*

Title: Re: Mystery object
Post by: Brian on 08.07. 2019 05:37

Its a strapping machine Wozza. You know that flat strap they use to bundle up stuff.

An old one though, havent seen one quite like it before.

Title: Re: Mystery object
Post by: Greybeard on 08.07. 2019 09:10

Nah, that's a camel castrator.

Title: Re: Mystery object
Post by: duTch on 08.07. 2019 10:23

 

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  Its a strapping machine Wozza. You know that flat strap they use to bundle up stuff.

An old one though, havent seen one quite like it before.

 That wossa my first thought too....but just couldn't figure where the strap went.... *conf2*

Title: Re: Mystery object
Post by: bsa-bill on 08.07. 2019 11:51

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That wossa my first thought too....but just couldn't figure where the strap went.

Would suggest the tape goes into one of the slots in the crossed slotted end short shaft (struggling to describe the part as you can tell)

Title: Re: Mystery object
Post by: RDfella on 08.07. 2019 12:31

Hate those things. Use mine very infrequently and so can never remember which way the strap goes in the machine. Usually end up getting it wrong with the result the cutter cuts the strap before the crimp instead of after and I have to have another go. End up with a pile of wasted strap and crimps for every successful tie.

Title: Re: Mystery object
Post by: WozzA on 08.07. 2019 15:33

Thanks Gentlemen...  looks like a strapping tape doer upper it shall be..  *wink2*
GB... I knew it wasn't a castrate machine.. Dont they use a razor blade & a good set of teeth.  *shh*   *doh*

Title: Re: Mystery object
Post by: Greybeard on 08.07. 2019 18:41

Quote from: WozzA on 08.07. 2019 15:33

GB... I knew it wasn't a castrate machine.. Dont they use a razor blade & a good set of teeth.  *shh*   *doh*

I'm glad you asked me that. They actually use two house bricks slammed together. "Doesn't that hurt?"; you ask.  Not if you keep your thumbs clear.

Title: Re: Mystery object
Post by: Joolstacho on 08.07. 2019 22:20

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/921/5OsYC1.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pl5OsYC1j)

'Nuff said.

Title: Re: Mystery object
Post by: muskrat on 09.07. 2019 09:45

Only in  ‘stralia” *roll*

Title: Re: Mystery object
Post by: muskrat on 09.07. 2019 09:48

Work out a way to use it as a tie down for the Beeza.
Not that it will ever be in a trailer.
Cheers

Title: Re: Mystery object
Post by: duTch on 09.07. 2019 12:37

 

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Only in  ‘stralia” *roll* 

  *ex*  no 'l/L' in 'Straya'   *rant*  *smile*