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it looks to be an old fender repair tool. Like a hand anvil for knocking out dents.
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does the right(looking at it)end slide into the other one..........or is it just machined down to look that way?
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The number on it makes me think is was some specialty metal working tool or some form anvil. IJ6O8-4 is what I can read.
Maybe even part of some large industrial machine like a railroad engine or some machining tool?
I hope it is not part my SL that fell off!
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the left square end.......looks like it is made to fit into a the square hole i have seen in some big blacksmith anvils. they had many attachments that did that on anvils. something like theses: http://anvils.co.uk/products/list/42
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I have one of those...it's a meat tenderizer...got mine free with my set of Ginsu knives...the knives were cheap enough but the freight was outrageous.
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It looks like a bucking bar used in aircraft riveting. Probably made for some special situation.... I have a bunch of them that look similar which came from an aircraft factory in San Diego...
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boat builders used a tool like that to clinch nail planks onto frames in wooden boats nails were hammered from the outside,thru the wood and bent over on the tool inside the hull
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it is a bucking bar I saw a pic posted on another sign bbs,so i guess you could say I cheated on this one,Jim was right,... here is a picture of a new one,....
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Thanks all for the ID on this curiosity. Do you think "bucking bar" is a reasonable name for a device to oppose when banging on a rivet? I'd think "hard head" might be more appropriate
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