A friend found this in his shop and wondered what it was designed to do. It's like a nut driver, but 31/32"!! And a square nut! I can't imagine a tool that size being able to obtain enough torque for that size nut. May not even be automotive. Any ideas? thx, .bjb
Obviously a driver, I'd say for some specialized job of some sort. Who knows what. Wood boats are like that, I have a few hand tools for wood boats any car guy would look at and say 'wtf is that', lol.
Try the Garage Journal. Those guys work with all kinds of tools and are really good at id'ing weird stuff.
WAG......some metal grain bins are bolted together and use square nuts on the inside. Maybe an installation tool? Since you're in KS it's a thought
I'd guess for recessed shower valves. Here's a link to a thread on the Garage Journal: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/31-32-socket.317901/
It's a doohickey. We had several around the ranch that were used for keeping dust off of the workbenches. A farm tool that may not have been seen by you city folk.
Some good guesses here! Since it's a big square nut with very limited torque, mine is some sort of adjustment for lash, sort of like a steering box.
How about for an old school drum trap to open the clean out...... Got one of these in my house still. All copper!
@210superair First rule of plumbing is @#$ runs downhill. Third rule is leverage is good! I can't see a small handle being used for that! P.S. Just found out they make torque pipe wrenches!
What ever square nut it was made to tighten or remove didn't require much torque. You don't put much leverage with your wrist on a nearly 1" square bolt head. I'm guessing it is an assembly tool, place the square nut in the tool, hold it against the hole the bolt is shoved through and tightened with some kind of battery driven tool. The grain bin nut holding driver sounds like a strong possibility to me.
OK, that was fun. I've got two more. The pliers do not appear to be homemade. Looks like a factory piece.
Top one will hold on even if one lets loose? Bottom one, for turning flywheel? Then there’s, do the two work together?
Used to have to work alongside plumbers on powerhouses. They had a slightly different order in their rules. "First rule of plumbing is, payday is on Friday". "Second rule of plumbing is, shit runs downhill". "Third rule of plumbing is, don't chew your fingernails". Your "leverage is good" sounds right. I've seen those guys hook 2 ton come-a-longs to a 5-foot-long pipe wrench for 8-inch pipe.
Lol, if you need that much torque to open a drain cleanout you'd better lay off the Wheaties and spinich! My drum trap is all copper. Over tightening it would be a bad thing and very easily done. Like brass fittings on old boats. Maybe that driver was for cleanout access. Maybe not. I dunno.... But I do know not everything in plumbing needs that big ol wrench! Lol.
Agree! I guess that second one is also a quick handle for something specific. Fairly light due to construction and vertical handle, not super hot (molten glass would tear it up quick). Very dimensionaly stable due to small change between open and closed. Something for working tile, maybe?
Torque Hammer..........................Click to enlarge the small print The Torque Hammer can also be used for other purposes such as controlling the force used when hammer and dolley sheetmetal work is done and also for installing rod bolts.
When I was a teenager me and my buddies worked at the local pizza joint. Whenever we hired a newb, we'd send them to pick up the 'bacon stretcher' at other restaurants. When they'd get back from the first place they'd of course say 'they didn't have a clue what I was talking about, they've never heard of a bacon stretcher', then we'd send um to the next place, until they figured it out, lol.
Mystery solved! We had our drain lines at work snaked by a plumbing company yesterday, and I showed the dude that tool, and he said that's a cleanout wrench for sure, one of a set of different sizes. Old though, and he had a kit like this, and said that's what they use all nowadays...
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