Name That Tool

Is it to press in wrist pin bushings?

Is it to press out wrist pins?

@Stercorarius You are close enough, it does have to do with wrist pins, but it is specialized in a manner somewhat unique to Porsche…

Porsche tool number P9500. Short name; Wrist pin tool. Long name; Wrist pin spring clip (circlip) installation tool. It is a tool that is very specific to it’s task and is used in the assembly of Porsche air cooled engine piston sets. Any authorized dealer or their master mechanic, approved to work on engines, is required to have one. Any Porsche dealer authorized to perform certain levels of service is routinely sent tool packs along with a bill. There is no argument of price, and the dealer just strokes the check. These tools are expensive for what they are; so much so, in some cases, that some enthusiasts produce their own copies, or have a machine shop do it for them. The tool is also nearly a requirement for the piston assembly process. You could install the spring clips without the tool, and the older engine clips are thin enough to not be an issue, but if you slip, especially on newer engines with thicker clips, that puppy becomes a bullet shooting across the shop. Having it makes the process easy and painless. The tool itself can be found on Porsche numbered tool catalog lists and generally is available through the dealer network. There are a few sources outside of the network, but they wouldn’t be of the discount type. It is also very rare to find one on the used market. As KnarlyCarl put it; one of those buy once, cry once tools. Mine may sit in a drawer forever unused, in it’s obscurity…

Hint#1 was just a nudge in the general direction.

Hint#2 was a direct push towards brand and vehicle model number that could be used for an image search that would have revealed the name and use of the tool from a post on a different forum. Porsche uses model numbers on all vehicles and the one that would have given the answer was the 993. The Boxster in that thread is a model 986S.

Hint#3 manufacturer tools are numbered in many instances, such as in the case of Porsche and Ferrari. Their catalog ordering numbers however are completely different.

Hint#4 a pointer towards the bottom end of the engine.

Hint#5 an attempt to get someone to think about the size and shape of the part it is used on.

Hint#6 the number of cylinders or pistons, the number of items in the engine it was used on.

Hint#7 a push back towards tool/vehicle brand.

I had some other hints ready, but they were getting on towards the obvious…

Your turn…

JMG wrote:

@Stercorarius You are close enough, it does have to do with wrist pins, but it is specialized in a manner somewhat unique to Porsche…

 

Porsche tool number P9500. Short name; Wrist pin tool. Long name; Wrist pin spring clip (circlip) installation tool. It is a tool that is very specific to it’s task and is used in the assembly of Porsche air cooled engine piston sets. Any authorized dealer or their master mechanic, approved to work on engines, is required to have one. Any Porsche dealer authorized to perform certain levels of service is routinely sent tool packs along with a bill. There is no argument of price, and the dealer just strokes the check. These tools are expensive for what they are; so much so, in some cases, that some enthusiasts produce their own copies, or have a machine shop do it for them. The tool is also nearly a requirement for the piston assembly process. You could install the spring clips without the tool, and the older engine clips are thin enough to not be an issue, but if you slip, especially on newer engines with thicker clips, that puppy becomes a bullet shooting across the shop. Having it makes the process easy and painless. The tool itself can be found on Porsche numbered tool catalog lists and generally is available through the dealer network. There are a few sources outside of the network, but they wouldn’t be of the discount type. It is also very rare to find one on the used market. As KnarlyCarl put it; one of those buy once, cry once tools. Mine may sit in a drawer forever unused, in it’s obscurity…

 

Hint#1 was just a nudge in the general direction.

 

Hint#2 was a direct push towards brand and vehicle model number that could be used for an image search that would have revealed the name and use of the tool from a post on a different forum. Porsche uses model numbers on all vehicles and the one that would have given the answer was the 993. The Boxster in that thread is a model 986S.

 

Hint#3 manufacturer tools are numbered in many instances, such as in the case of Porsche and Ferrari. Their catalog ordering numbers however are completely different.

 

Hint#4 a pointer towards the bottom end of the engine.

 

Hint#5 an attempt to get someone to think about the size and shape of the part it is used on.

 

Hint#6 the number of cylinders or pistons, the number of items in the engine it was used on.

 

Hint#7 a push back towards tool/vehicle brand.

 

I had some other hints ready, but they were getting on towards the obvious…

 

Your turn…

Well this may be fast or it may take a while. Yes this is a grinder wheel, but what kind/what is it designed for? It isn’t cheap.

it is a carver

comp56 wrote:

13 minutes ago, comp56 said:

it is a carver

Very similar design to one. Different application, and sold as a different product. You might be able to use it as a Carver but it costs more than a Carver.

JMG wrote:

7 hours ago, JMG said:

Hint #7 Dealer master mechanic may be required to keep one in his kit, even if he never gets to use it. :ph34r:

Tricky ninja there, i was picking up on the hints on different threads, but completely wrong work for me to be remotely interested in its use…..

Stercorarius wrote:

23 minutes ago, Stercorarius said:

Very similar design to one. Different application, and sold as a different product. You might be able to use it as a Carver but it costs more than a Carver.

I know what it is if it isn’t a carver?….a hoof trimmer

comp56 wrote:

46 minutes ago, comp56 said:

I know what it is if it isn’t a carver?….a hoof trimmer

Yep, real nice trim-tec wheel with replaceable carbide blades. I believe it is now your turn.

okie dokie…..

same thing might be easy may not be…

The original cordless tech… Is that circa 1910, or earlier?

comp56 wrote:

okie dokie…..

 

same thing might be easy may not be…

 

JMG wrote:

16 minutes ago, JMG said:

The original cordless tech… Is that circa 1910, or earlier?

+/- 3 months…lol not really sure to be exact but it’s older than me…..

comp56 wrote:

25 minutes ago, comp56 said:

+/- 3 months…lol not really sure to be exact but it’s older than me…..

Does is chuck into a brace?

It is an early 20th century circumsicion tool.

Stercorarius wrote:

Just now, Stercorarius said:

It is an early 20th century circumsicion tool.

Such a deep thinker….:rolleyes:

I was wondering if it was for reaming pipe or  something with wood

hint #1

starts with the letter H

I have no clue what it is but I can tell you it’s not made for sitting.

Do you have the other tool that it is normally paired with?

actually I don’t…….I’m guessing you know what it is now…..

I do, but I had a different name for it, and I cheated to find it’s real name… -_-

Which took me down that rabbit hole for many hours and I ended up surfing through Norris planes currently for sale…

@comp56 Since no one else took a shot at it today… The name I had for your tool was “spoke tenoner”, but that, as it turns out is just one of it’s many possible uses. The name I found for it after searching for what I thought it was, is Hollow Auger, which is what I might have associated more with the well drilling industry.

JMG wrote:

14 hours ago, JMG said:

I do, but I had a different name for it, and I cheated to find it’s real name… -_-

Which took me down that rabbit hole for many hours and I ended up surfing through Norris planes currently for sale…

 

@comp56 Since no one else took a shot at it today… The name I had for your tool was “spoke tenoner”, but that, as it turns out is just one of it’s many possible uses. The name I found for it after searching for what I thought it was, is Hollow Auger, which is what I might have associated more with the well drilling industry.

you are correct, Hollow Auger is the proper name or at least that is what my father called it, the other part that usually goes with it is a spoke pointer…..

Alrighty then… Here we have a tool made for Woodcraft Supply, back before the days of the Internetz…

This is more of a What is it used for?… as it would take me much too long to dig the receipt out of the tax files to find what they actually called it twenty five years ago.

knife sharpener guide

Nope, sorry. This is another one of those tools that was designed for a single use. Probably why it did not stay in their catalog for very long.

JMG wrote:

3 hours ago, JMG said:

Alrighty then… Here we have a tool made for Woodcraft Supply, back before the days of the Internetz…

 

This is more of a What is it used for?… as it would take me much too long to dig the receipt out of the tax files to find what they actually called it twenty five years ago.

Blade sharpener ???

Foneguy wrote:

On 1/13/2017 at 6:38 AM, Foneguy said:

Blade sharpener ???

It “is” a tool that is used on another tool. :ph34r:

Another picture for size comparison…

I’m clueless

Looks like it has a hinge? 

KnarlyCarl wrote:

11 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said:

Looks like it has a hinge? 

Yes, it is hinged, but that doesn’t necessarily affect it’s primary function…

And it’s primary function is only part of the process…:ph34r:

It’s not used on paint…:ph34r:

JMG wrote:

19 minutes ago, JMG said:

It’s not used on paint…:ph34r:

It never crossed my mind….in fact, nothing about this tool has crossed my mind LOL 

Any more hints?

JMG wrote:

21 minutes ago, JMG said:

It’s not used on paint…:ph34r:

it looks like it has two slotted screws that hold a file or something in place, and you pull that across a piece of wood…?? 

KnarlyCarl wrote:

1 minute ago, KnarlyCarl said:

it looks like it has two slotted screws that hold a file or something in place, and you pull that across a piece of wood…?? 

top of the page: tool used on another tool…

It’s an old tool, think of old methods… :ph34r:

This tool is in one of those better idea classes that always seem to end up being somewhat mediocre at their intended purpose. Any woodworker who starts making furniture using the old methods would have found a simpler way, with existing tools, to do the job that this item does. The process of maintaining some hand tools require multi-step processes, and the tool that this one is used on is king in that department and requires some skill mastery in it’s own right. It’s not the easy button of tools, but when looking for the absolute best finish results, it kicks the shit out of using sandpaper.

All the hints rolled into one… :ph34r:

I have no idea, planer blade sharpener?

Is it a cabinet scraper sharpening jig? Or an adjustable scraper holder?

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BMack37 wrote:

19 minutes ago, BMack37 said:

I have no idea, planer blade sharpener?

albert.amantea wrote:

9 minutes ago, albert.amantea said:

Is it a cabinet scraper sharpening jig?

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I was assuming JMG meant that it doesn’t sharpen any knives at all from his previous post…. does that include the two above as well?

KnarlyCarl wrote:

 

I was assuming JMG meant that it doesn’t sharpen any knives at all from his previous post…. does that include the two above as well?

A cabinet scraper is not a knife in any form. It is basically a rectangular piece of steel with a drawn burr meant to smooth the surface of wood.

Here’s an image of one:

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@JMG is it used to fill pens with ink?

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Jronman wrote:

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albert.amantea wrote:

Just now, albert.amantea said:

Spark plug gap gauge

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correct. guess it was a little too easy then

Jronman wrote:

correct. guess it was a little too easy then

Jronman wrote:

correct. guess it was a little too easy then

albert.amantea wrote:

2 hours ago, albert.amantea said:

Is it a cabinet scraper sharpening jig? Or an adjustable scraper holder?

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Correct. It is used in the process of sharpening a scraper. Specifically it is used to debur and square the edge prior to polishing the edge.

Your turn….

JMG wrote:

Correct. It is used in the process of sharpening a scraper. Specifically it is used to debur and square the edge prior to polishing the edge.

 

Your turn….

Nice one JMG, i’ve learned something!

I await your submission, @albert.amantea!!