Name That Tool….. | Tools In Action

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comp56Member since Sep 2014Feb 19, 2015 1:38 PM CT

gonna start this with a tool some may know and some may not…..

without cheating can anyone name this tool?

hint: it is actually 2 in 1

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madman_usMember since Sep 2014Feb 19, 2015 1:59 PM CT

mini log splitter 😀

NERemodelingMember since Aug 2014Feb 19, 2015 3:30 PM CT

some sort of cutter or chisel to be used with an anvil?

Poisonfangs85Member since Feb 2015Feb 19, 2015 5:30 PM CT

A broaching bit?

RobertMcNjrMember since Dec 2014Feb 19, 2015 8:01 PM CT

First thought when I saw the picture was “I have no idea what that is” then I started thinking and to me it’s either a chisel or splitter. Maybe an oversized heavy arrowhead? lol…

Poisonfangs85Member since Feb 2015Feb 19, 2015 8:23 PM CT

I’m on the edge of my seat! WHAT IS IT?!

BigmikezMember since Jun 2013Feb 19, 2015 8:31 PM CT

No idea comp..

comp56Member since Sep 2014Feb 20, 2015 8:07 AM CT

it is called a hardy or hardie, and the hole is found on anvils so it is known as the hardy hole…….so NER was close……..

http://www.anvilfire.com/21centbs/anvils/hardy_holes.php

NERemodelingMember since Aug 2014Feb 20, 2015 12:09 PM CT

Yahoo! 🙂

You got any good anvil projects going on, comp?

Poisonfangs85Member since Feb 2015Feb 20, 2015 10:36 PM CT

I need to pick up a vise with one of those, so I can yell “Nobody messes with my Hardy Hole!” And mean it.

That was fun!

comp56Member since Sep 2014Feb 21, 2015 7:23 AM CT

i’m sure in the past hardy hole meant something totally different….

regopitMember since Feb 2013Feb 21, 2015 11:54 PM CT

Name this Tool what is it used for

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NERemodelingMember since Aug 2014Feb 22, 2015 12:08 AM CT

I’m guessing it belongs in a “regopit”

Phew. That’s a doosie… it looks like a thing-amajiggy filter valve for some serious pipe. Maybe steam or gas. Possibly water

Stumped on this one!!!

comp56Member since Sep 2014Feb 22, 2015 12:23 AM CT

I have repaired this type of tool before can’t remember model but it’s a hydraulic pipe tapper.
it basically breaches or drills into different size pipes…..

regopitMember since Feb 2013Feb 22, 2015 12:51 AM CT

comp56 wrote:
I have repaired this type of tool before can’t remember model but it’s a hydraulic pipe tapper.
it basically breaches or drills into different size pipes…..

Man your good. Used this to tap live gas mains a many a times.

madman_usMember since Sep 2014Feb 22, 2015 12:58 AM CT

good job NER

NERemodelingMember since Aug 2014Feb 22, 2015 1:04 AM CT

madman_us wrote:
good job NER

Not me this time.. thats all comp

Nice one by the way, comp! That’s one pretty specialized piece of equipment

madman_usMember since Sep 2014Feb 22, 2015 1:09 AM CT

NERemodeling wrote:
Not me this time.. thats all comp
Nice one by the way, comp! That’s one pretty specialized piece of equipment

ya was more to the first name the tool picture 😛 forgot to quote

NERemodelingMember since Aug 2014Feb 22, 2015 1:29 AM CT

madman_us wrote:
ya was more to the first name the tool picture 😛 forgot to quote

Ahhh.. well in that case, thank you sir!

comp56Member since Sep 2014Feb 22, 2015 1:39 AM CT

only cause I’ve worked on one, never used one

Conductor562Member since Nov 2011Mar 4, 2015 9:13 PM CT

Sorry, late to the party. Anvils and even some vises have a hardy hole. About every company uses a different size hole as well, there isn’t really an industry standard, especially with european models.

I actually found a 7/16″ hardy to fit my little Shop King vise!