Hey Ken, a friend found this in an old tool box that belonged to his Dad who is long dead. I was wondering if you or any of the readers of your great blog had any idea of what this is for?
With the right "fingers" in the end it can be use to install, uninstall, snap rings and spring clamps. Basically it's the original version of snap ring pliers. I've seen, and used, many many of these. The notched arch in the middle is so you could lock it in any tension position without having to hold it.
It's a clamping device. The jaws have pivoting heads to allow for wider settings while remaining parallel. The curved piece between the handles is the ratcheting lock. Take your two pieces together, set the clamp, squeeze hard. Thumb latch release on the upper handle. It was probably made for a specific type of work, maybe a production line tool, as it has limited opening capacity. Looks like it's mostly made out of stamped metal to keep it light and keep the costs down.
My first guess is an old Linemans Scotch lock tool. The Weather Proof connectors had to be squeezed flat or they would warp and not make the correct connections in the splice. The may be a stretch but it does resemble the older models before they simplified them. Oh, and the crimp pressure was also impairative as well.
No. Those ends are riveted on. I have two sets of the K-D Tools snap-ring pliers (bought in the 1980s) and other than requiring new tips now and then, they still work very well.
Snap ring pliers. Designed to expand and hold snap rings so you can get them over the end of a shaft. They come in an endless variety of configurations. This is one I don't remember seeing before. Mine do the same thing but the have different "nose ends" for different purposes.
That's a Hose-Pinching Tool, the Ratchet holds it Closed. You use it to 'Plug' a Gas line when you change a Filter. That looks like a 'K-D' Brand Tool. American-Made, Old-School. K-D made a lot of Odd little Tools like this; I'm a Jet Mechanic, and have more than a Few older things like this, that are Not made anymore.
Those are snap-ring-pliers. That pair is missing the two pointy spikes on the nose. The curved ratching piece is to hole the pliers closed while inserting or removing the snap ring. That pair is for an internal snap ring and is in the fully closed position.
It is to pinch shut a hose. Use it on a radiator hose to not drain all your coolant when replacing a part, or on a rubber fuel line when replacing a filter, etc.
Looks like a vintage pair of replaceable tipped snap ring pliers to me, sans tips. Maybe the tips are rattling around in the bottom of the tool box somewhere.
Career auto mechanic and can confirm those are for clamping hoses shut. I'm fairly sure they still sell that same design; https://www.amazon.com/3pcs-Hose-Pinch-Off-Pliers/dp/B086JSQQC9/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=XM9OHXSOPUSH&keywords=hose+pinch+off+pliers&qid=1644006684&sprefix=hose+pinch+off+pliers%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExTldMTUY5N0JFSDAmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAxMjUxMTUxNzc0OTNEV1ZFRE9FJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA0MzMzMjMyQkJTM0tEOU42TVJBJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
I have a Gear Wrench version of these on my boat, to pinch off the water lines to the motors to prevent hydrolock, in case I break down and need to be towed.
This is not a hose clamper, it's a nutcracker. It's non-functional for leftie commies, because none of them have any nuts. Conservatives would use it on RINO's, but them have no balls either. Basically, a useless ball buster.
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I spent about 15 years working in the professional photo-finishing industry; left that career behind when I saw the writing on the wall at the '89 Photo marketing convention where the future of digital photography and printing was debuted. I can say with out a doubt that the pliers are hose clamp pliers, every photo lab back in the day had at least one pair. When you had machines for developing film or paper, both using several types of chemicals that were either gravity fed or circulated through pumps, these pliers were necessities.
It's an adjustable pincher for temporarily clamping hoses.
ReplyDeleteWith the right "fingers" in the end it can be use to install, uninstall, snap rings and spring clamps. Basically it's the original version of snap ring pliers. I've seen, and used, many many of these. The notched arch in the middle is so you could lock it in any tension position without having to hold it.
ReplyDeleteIt's a clamping device. The jaws have pivoting heads to allow for wider settings while remaining parallel. The curved piece between the handles is the ratcheting lock. Take your two pieces together, set the clamp, squeeze hard. Thumb latch release on the upper handle. It was probably made for a specific type of work, maybe a production line tool, as it has limited opening capacity. Looks like it's mostly made out of stamped metal to keep it light and keep the costs down.
ReplyDeleteHose clamp
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fish hook remover.
ReplyDeleteHose pinch off pliers
ReplyDeleteIf I was gonna guess, it looks like a type of locking pliers.
ReplyDeleteMy first guess is an old Linemans Scotch lock tool. The Weather Proof connectors had to be squeezed flat or they would warp and not make the correct connections in the splice. The may be a stretch but it does resemble the older models before they simplified them. Oh, and the crimp pressure was also impairative as well.
ReplyDeleteA crimping tool; set it to the required width (gap) with the lockable ratchet.
ReplyDeleteThey are coolant hose pinching pliers. Or use them to pinch off any hose you don't want to damage.
ReplyDeleteLooks like it is used for pinching off a hose. Maybe like a heater hose or vacuum line
ReplyDeleteBackwoods Okie
Hose pinch pliers.
ReplyDeleteK-D Tools snap ring pliers... should be some tips for it
ReplyDeleteNo. Those ends are riveted on. I have two sets of the K-D Tools snap-ring pliers (bought in the 1980s) and other than requiring new tips now and then, they still work very well.
DeleteHose pinch pliers. Likely K-D Tools brand.
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I can remember seeing a set of those in my dads toolbox. I'm thinking they are snap ring pliers, the type with removable tips.
ReplyDeleteIt is a hose pinch off plier.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a locking snap ring pliers, the upper end is not clear, but there seem to be screws to hold inter-changeable tips
ReplyDeleteI used them for clamping off radiator hoses back in the day
ReplyDeleteRatcheting clamp for squeezing off vacuum or pneumatic hoses on car engines.
ReplyDeleteI would use it to crimp a small engine fuel line while I fussing with the carburetor.
ReplyDeletepete
Used to clamp hoses off. Automotive heater/radiator
ReplyDeleteSnap ring pliers. Designed to expand and hold snap rings so you can get them over the end of a shaft. They come in an endless variety of configurations. This is one I don't remember seeing before. Mine do the same thing but the have different "nose ends" for different purposes.
ReplyDeleteIt's a tool for pinching off vacuum and fuel lines.
ReplyDeleteThat's a Hose-Pinching Tool, the Ratchet holds it Closed. You use it to 'Plug' a Gas line when you change a Filter. That looks like a 'K-D' Brand Tool. American-Made, Old-School. K-D made a lot of Odd little Tools like this; I'm a Jet Mechanic, and have more than a Few older things like this, that are Not made anymore.
ReplyDeleteIt should be able to accept two "points", one on each tip. If so, it's a circlip snap ring pliers. - Allen.
ReplyDeleteIt is called a line clamp.
ReplyDeleteI use them when I do brakes. It keeps the fluid from leaking out when disconnected.
Steve in KY
Hose clamp....to clamp OFF hoses.
ReplyDeleteI think it's an antique emasculator. Anyone in the family an old cattle or pig farmer?
ReplyDeleteThat thing the size of big bolt cutters is enough to make you squeak in a higher pitch!
DeleteIt's a washing machine hose clamp. Used to pinch rubber hoses while changing a water pump.
ReplyDeleteIt's a hose clamp so you can remove a hose without the fluid pouring out.
ReplyDeleteParallel Jaw Pliers.
ReplyDeleteIt's a hose clamp-- use on a fuel line when removing a carb
ReplyDeleteIts for clamping hoses, like a radiator hose. Won't cut or damage the hose like regular vice grips will
ReplyDeleteHeater hose clamp.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a lock ring tool. Maybe a piston ring expander.
ReplyDeleteUsed to pinch off hoses before you disconnect them...
ReplyDeleteIt's a clamp for rubber hose, mainly automotive heater hoses.
ReplyDeletesend it or a picture to Lyle Peterson, Mr Pete:
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He's a retired shop teacher, huge catalog of machining videos, and runs a regular what's this weird tool series. He'll know- or a reader there will.
Reminds me of vise-grips. An early model, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteits for pinching the fuel line
ReplyDeleteLook's like a primitive vice-grip
ReplyDeleteThose are snap-ring-pliers. That pair is missing the two pointy spikes on the nose. The curved ratching piece is to hole the pliers closed while inserting or removing the snap ring. That pair is for an internal snap ring and is in the fully closed position.
ReplyDeleteHose clamp pliers to clamp off a rubber hose
ReplyDeleteLooks like a ring expander for putting on piston rings
ReplyDeletePiston ring pliers?
ReplyDeleteI think it may be hose clamp pliers is there a groove d9wn the center of the jaws if so thats what they are.
ReplyDeletepliers to clamp off a hose...
ReplyDeleteIt is for clamping hoses shut. Fuel lines, coolant hoses, that sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a heater hose clamp. Definitely a keeper considering its history.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to see the jaws opened, but it looks like a sheet metal crimper, used to shrink sheet metal for chimney pipe
ReplyDeleteold snap ring pliers
ReplyDeleteAutomotive locking rubber hose clamp plier.
ReplyDeleteSome sort of precursor vice grip?
ReplyDeleteIt is to pinch shut a hose. Use it on a radiator hose to not drain all your coolant when replacing a part, or on a rubber fuel line when replacing a filter, etc.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a piston ring compression or removing tool, the ratchet arc is to hold tension
ReplyDeleteLooks like a vintage pair of replaceable tipped snap ring pliers to me, sans tips. Maybe the tips are rattling around in the bottom of the tool box somewhere.
ReplyDeleteThat's a tool to pinch off a hose. By the size of it I'd say a car's radiator hose.
ReplyDeleteHose pinch off pliers, automatic locking and ratcheting.
ReplyDeleteWhen you go to get pierced for barbells this it the tool the fella grabs your nipples with to pull them taught so he can make a better hole.
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Thank you Ken and all the commenters, you guys are the greatest!
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ReplyDeleteHere is something similar. Looks the same, but different maker.
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Pain compliance enforcer love tongs?
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ReplyDeleteIf'n y'all use that to clamp my hose shut you gonna have to fight off this mad dog's bite. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteThat is for keeping your old lady's trap shut when you by more race car parts. Well-used, from the looks of it.
ReplyDeleteCareer auto mechanic and can confirm those are for clamping hoses shut. I'm fairly sure they still sell that same design; https://www.amazon.com/3pcs-Hose-Pinch-Off-Pliers/dp/B086JSQQC9/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=XM9OHXSOPUSH&keywords=hose+pinch+off+pliers&qid=1644006684&sprefix=hose+pinch+off+pliers%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExTldMTUY5N0JFSDAmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAxMjUxMTUxNzc0OTNEV1ZFRE9FJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA0MzMzMjMyQkJTM0tEOU42TVJBJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
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DeleteI have a Gear Wrench version of these on my boat, to pinch off the water lines to the motors to prevent hydrolock, in case I break down and need to be towed.
I saw those on my wedding night. She clamped it on and my balls fell off 3 days later.
ReplyDeleteThrow them away ASAP.
Looks like an original pair of vise grip pliers
ReplyDeleteLooks like an original pair of vise grips
ReplyDeleteSnap ring pliers
ReplyDeleteAn elegant weapon from a more civilized age.
ReplyDeleteLooks like an Amazon delivery box that someone opened.
ReplyDeleteThis is not a hose clamper, it's a nutcracker. It's non-functional for leftie commies, because none of them have any nuts. Conservatives would use it on RINO's, but them have no balls either. Basically, a useless ball buster.
ReplyDeleteVia OldNFO: "That one is a locking hose clamp for radiator hoses Mike. I've seen my grandfather use one before to seal off a radiator."
ReplyDeleteThat is an alternative tool to replace a cock ring.
ReplyDeleteIt's used to clamp the doo-doo to make......oh you know........
A device useful for encouraging little Antifa soyboys to tell you details of their next ‘direct action.’
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ReplyDeleteAll the peeps that are saying Hose Pinch-off Pliers are 100% correct.
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It's used to pinch off heater hoses on a vehicle. I have two of them in my tool box from back in the Seventies and still use them occasionally.
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ReplyDeleteHose clamp off pliers. Those look like snap on or blue point brand.
ReplyDeleteLocking adjustable snap ring pliers. They usually had an assortment of different tips.
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I spent about 15 years working in the professional photo-finishing industry; left that career behind when I saw the writing on the wall at the '89 Photo marketing convention where the future of digital photography and printing was debuted. I can say with out a doubt that the pliers are hose clamp pliers, every photo lab back in the day had at least one pair. When you had machines for developing film or paper, both using several types of chemicals that were either gravity fed or circulated through pumps, these pliers were necessities.
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