🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Solid Brass Tool

[Reverend B*IKE*]

It Max open is about 1/2 inch. I think I got this at a tag sale
It does not work as a sheet metal bender very well.
Picture is in next thread!

 

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[Reverend B*IKE*]

It Max open is about 1/2 inch. I think I got this at a tag sale
It does not work as a sheet metal bender very well

 

[releventchair]

Hmm. Paint or fuel hose clamp?
(Bronze tools we used to not create sparks.)

 

[ARC]

I am thinking something along the lines of a cobblers tool... saddle makers tool... something to do with leather it feels like.

 

[Fourman110]

I'm leaning towards sheet metal bending pliers.

 

[ARC]

I'm leaning towards sheet metal bending pliers.

Op stated it does not work well for that.

 

[Almy]

My grandfather was a machinist in a railway car repair shop. He made custom tools for his particular work. Some of his were steel and some brass. The pictured tool gives me the impression as being such a custom tool for a specific job. The jaws look like they will be parallel when they are about a quarter of an inch apart and the handles would be just open enough to easily grip when the jaws are parallel. So I'm thinking this was for holding some specific item about 1/4" thick. Might never be able to find out what it was.

 

[Reverend B*IKE*]

The pictured tool gives me the impression as being such a custom tool for a specific job. The jaws look like they will be parallel when they are about a quarter of an inch apart and the handles would be just open enough to easily grip when the jaws are parallel. So I'm thinking this was for holding some specific item about 1/4" thick. Might never be able to find out what it was.

Almy, You were dead on, i got a chance to measure the parallel space. Was just like you mentioned 1/4 inch. So that explains why they didn't work will with sheet metal? Duh

 

[Blackfoot58]

My uncle installed furnaces for decades. He had several similar “Pilers” with various jaw lengths. They were for creating flat seams in galvanized ductwork. Similar ones are used when installing copper roofing panels.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Here is a similar pair that I found for sale on eBay. You find them with different configurations. Yours have 90 degree jaws. They were made also with 45 degree and 180 (in-line) jaws.