Way OT - Identify old hand driven mechanism

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duckfarmer27

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• Sep 26, 2018

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Google foo has not helped me matching images. My brother stumped me with this old 'tool' that was in a barn collection of wrenches, gnawers and bludgeons. Looks to fasten to bench/table with the clamp. Lever on end swings much like a lathe collet closer. Crank turns a 'not cutter'. As it is mechanical and this forum has more knowledge than anyplace else I know - what is this thing?

On edit - should have mentioned absolutely no markings anywhere on this.

Thanks.

Dale

 

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rwilliams

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• Sep 26, 2018

• #2

It may be an old shotgun shell crimper, for over shot wad roll crimps

Bob

 

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duckfarmer27

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• Sep 26, 2018

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Bob -

Thanks - a 6 minute answer! I'm not a reloader and as far as I know nobody in the family ever did. Funny thing my brother wondered if it was for reloading shells and me (the smart mechanical engineer brother) says no way.

Now to go eat some humble pie and tell my brother he was right.

The education continues.

Dale

 

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Bill in PA

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• Sep 26, 2018

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rwilliams said:

It may be an old shotgun shell crimper, for over shot wad roll crimps

Bob

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This.

I have a couple of 10 gauge ones.

Bill

 

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john.k

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• Sep 26, 2018

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I think you can still buy these machines new from eastern europe.

 

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James H Clark

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• Sep 27, 2018

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Looks like a bottle capper to me, left over from the days of prohibition but what do I know.

JH

 

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Frizzen

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• Sep 27, 2018

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No doubt, paper shotgun shell roll crimper. Today they roll crimp modifies plastic shells in a drill press in the same way, just held differently.

 

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L Vanice

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• Sep 27, 2018

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Yes, I used to use one to reload old-style paper 12 ga. shells. There was a companion tool that cut the damaged ends off paper shells that had been reloaded and fired too many times. The shells got shorter each time you trimmed them, so you adjusted the inside wad thickness to compensate.

Larry

 

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art.h

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• Sep 27, 2018

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If your lucky it may be from an 8 bore or if really lucky a 4 bore.