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Tool is stamped "Red Devil 417" and has double sided jaws... Attached ImagesMiller Syncrowave 200
Reply:Looks like it's designed to hold tubing for flaring or something.America Needs AMERICA'S Oil!!!"Global warming is the greatest scam in history ...There is no run away climate change. The impact of humans on climate is not catastrophic. Our planet is not in peril."--John Coleman, Founder of The Weather Channel
Reply:One side of the jaws seem to be for crimpring they don't touch.Miller Syncrowave 200
Reply:I was thinking it's a swaging die for doing wire rope. I've also seen hose repair swages that look similar, but the holes look too small for that..No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:Looks like a wire terminal crimper to me, they wouldn't have to touch.There is no failure...only feedback
Reply:Have four of em from my father-in-laws tool chest I inherited..he was a "telephone,wireline,electrician" in the day when all the "big oil companies" had their own telephone and power service..have a bunch of the brass connectors of all sizes also..used to splice and connect wires. ( thats what I was told anyway). hope that helps
Reply:Just guessing, but by the look of it I would assume it is a tube flaring  and swag-crimping combo tool. The locking clip would hold it together while you flared the tube end with something. I am ruling out a straight out swaging tool because once you pressed the swage there would be no reason to have the locking clip continue to hold it. But the middle double holes definitely look like they may do a crimp for wire. The outer holes would be for the tube flaring.Last edited by Ed.; 03-23-2010 at 04:42 AM.Miller Auto Invision 456 + S-62 wire feederC6240B1 Gap bed lathe16 ft3 air compressor16 speed pedestal drillHafco BS-912 Bandsaw
Reply:Thanks for the ideas, JayRay I bet you're right that was my guess.Miller Syncrowave 200
Reply:Originally Posted by Ed.Just guessing, but by the look of it I would assume it is a tube flaring  and swag-crimping combo tool. The locking clip would hold it together while you flared the tube end with something. I am ruling out a straight out swaging tool because once you pressed the swage there would be no reason to have the locking clip continue to hold it. But the middle double holes definitely look like they may do a crimp for wire. The outer holes would be for the tube flaring.
Reply:Originally Posted by JayRayHave four of em from my father-in-laws tool chest I inherited..he was a "telephone,wireline,electrician" in the day when all the "big oil companies" had their own telephone and power service..have a bunch of the brass connectors of all sizes also..used to splice and connect wires. ( thats what I was told anyway). hope that helps
Reply:Originally Posted by B DTool is stamped "Red Devil 417" and has double sided jaws...
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Reply:Looks to me like a gripping tool of some kind, not a swage.  (1) It would be silly to have the serrations visible on the surfaces of the recesses on the dies of a swage which are always highly polished, and (2) the larger die recesses requiring higher force would always be closer to the hinge than the smaller holes in a multi-recess swage.It doesn't look like a flaring diel.  I presume BD would have shown us any flaring bevel.  Also there is no reason for pairs of recesses in a flaring die.My guess is a tool for gripping cable or tubing to hold it in place while some other operation is performed on the bitter end.  Still doesn't explain the double recesses or the placement of the larger recesses.awright