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19-04-2019, 08:54
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 1,126
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
It looks as though it least temporarily was affixed to something via the circular ring of holes with witness marks??
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19-04-2019, 09:04
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#17
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always in motion is the future
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: in paradise
Boat: Sundeer 64
Posts: 18,956
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
My guess is a device to wind up the spring for the starter-cord of an outboard
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19-04-2019, 09:08
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#18
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Ranieri/Bari, S. Italy
Boat: Jeanneau 43ds
Posts: 641
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
i reckon it is for getting stones out of horses' hooves.
Andrew
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19-04-2019, 09:10
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#19
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: New York, New York
Boat: Dufour Safari 27'
Posts: 1,909
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
I think it is a tuning tool for the Turbo Encabulator! It might be used to adjust the dingle arm.
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19-04-2019, 09:12
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#20
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Campbell River, BC
Boat: Union 36
Posts: 160
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
Or maybe the previous PO just placed it there to play with the new owner? Kind of like the Halloween skeleton buried under my back porch...
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19-04-2019, 09:15
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#21
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 459
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
Quote:
Originally Posted by s/v Jedi
My guess is a device to wind up the spring for the starter-cord of an outboard
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yes- put winch handle in it to hold in lap-
I agree.
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19-04-2019, 09:16
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#22
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Alert Bay, Vancouver Island
Boat: 35ft classic ketch/yawl.
Posts: 1,982
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
Does that socket fit the nut on the front of the engine? If so could be a home built hand cranking system
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19-04-2019, 09:16
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#23
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Sussex, UK
Boat: Dufour 425 Grand Large
Posts: 9
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
Anything my Dad couldn't recognize was classified as a Manglewurzle so that's what it must be. Haha
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19-04-2019, 09:20
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Carolina beach NC
Boat: 1973 Cal Cruiser 35
Posts: 21
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
Its definitely a thingamajigger
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19-04-2019, 09:20
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: New York, New York
Boat: Dufour Safari 27'
Posts: 1,909
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
Are you able to ask the previous owner?
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19-04-2019, 09:32
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Bay of Fundy,Grand Manan,N.B.,Canada N44.40 W66.50
Boat: Mascot 28 pilothouse motorsailer 28ft
Posts: 3,256
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
Quote:
Originally Posted by s/v Jedi
My guess is a device to wind up the spring for the starter-cord of an outboard
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19-04-2019, 09:46
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Olympia, Washington
Boat: 1979 Mariner Ketch 32-Hull 202
Posts: 2,124
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
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Originally Posted by Nyaminyami
When I recently bought my boat I found this piece of kit amongst a miscellany.
It measures 180 x 170 x 45mm and has a square key on one side and a splined key on the other.
All steel construction. It weighs 5 kgs.
Could it be something to align/fit drive or propshaft to gearbox, or gearbox to engine?
I am loath to throw it away but also really don't like having redundant/useless kit aboard.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
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Maybe it was used to tighten or loosen that sometimes difficult to access castillated nut on a coupler, or flange, placed between the drive and shaft coupling, the nuts and sliding squares adjusted to accommodate supporting bars to keep it steady and not rotate. A 1/2" torque wrench or breaker bar then used to loosen or tension the nut.
Interesting tool though.
Cheers
SV Cloud Duster
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19-04-2019, 09:50
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#28
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Boat: Uniflite, 36 Aft Cabin, KNOT GUILTY
Posts: 27
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
If I recall correctly, a Birchwood 33 is a trawler. Looks awfully similar to a door locking mechanism.
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19-04-2019, 10:49
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#29
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Fairhaven Massachusetts
Boat: Bristol 40
Posts: 74
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
I see the word Top is etched in one of the faces close to an edge. A purpose made tool for sure. I would certainly keep it and one day you will realize what it's for.
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19-04-2019, 11:41
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#30
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Beaufort, NC, USA
Boat: Ta Chiao 56
Posts: 753
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Re: Can anyone identify this tool?
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Originally Posted by Chuck Hawley
OK, I am thinking it's a torque multiplier of some sort. Perhaps with a 3:1 or 4:1 gear reduction. Put the winch handle in one side and get a slower, more powerful drive for a socket on the other side. However, this would require a large arm to hold the frame of the device to keep it from turning. In other words, you need to restrain the outside from turning.
Chuck
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The square is female, not male, so it would have to be the driven side. Plus, there are no through pins on the plates to indicate that there are any gears within. From the overhead pic, it would appear that the socket is simply a 12 point socket, but I don't think the square drive is actually used.
The bolts with heads on opposing sides are threaded through stationary nuts (one is clearly welded in place), and the ends of the bolts appear to bear against the large pieces of machine key stock, which in turn appear to be attached via pin to either side of the socket in the center. It looks like it was made to make fine rotational adjustments via the 12 point socket. Hard to imagine why, though, maybe holding an engine crank in a precise position?
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