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What Is It? for 7/22/12

Posted July 22, 2012 12:00 AM
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07/22/2012 5:43 AM

Giant can opener, crimper, cutter, I dunno .
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07/22/2012 8:12 AM

That might be the tool the dentist used on my teeth the other day, except I think the one he used was bigger.

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07/22/2012 4:21 PM

Where is Solar Eagle?
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07/22/2012 5:03 PM

From the way the shadows are falling, it would be easier to identify if it were turned 1/4 of a turn clockwise.

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07/22/2012 9:08 PM

It's two pieces, the one on the left is an older cutting head off the machine next to it....The machine is for cutting large pieces...on the old unit on the left you can see the chain drive, and on the new one the cutting blade....a shot in the dark

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07/22/2012 9:13 PM

Implement from the new movie Saw 27, do you want to play a game?

Massive can opener or maker?

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07/22/2012 10:21 PM

Sheet metal cutting or edging machine.

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07/23/2012 12:01 AM

Can opener. Not sure what type of can though?
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07/23/2012 1:33 AM

It looks to me like a machine for cutting the top off 44 Gallon drums or similar....
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07/23/2012 1:47 AM

Swaging machine. 'N here's another -

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07/23/2012 1:57 AM

I'll wager its a swager, or have a flutter it's a cutter

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07/23/2012 6:05 AM

Good grief....

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07/30/2012 11:20 AM

nope . the rollers in the OP photo are not removable , i wager' its a sheetmetal cutter , or sheetmetal circle cutter , unless the bottom post is right that its a leather cutter

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07/23/2012 2:10 AM

edge trimmer?

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07/23/2012 4:22 AM

It's a rotary sheet metal cutter, if the heads are changed it can set the edge of a strip of steel in an angle or a joggle to join sheets together or a mountain of other things if you had the formers, this I know cause I had one.

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07/30/2012 11:18 AM

could also be a sheetmetal circle cutter but we cant see the rest of it

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07/23/2012 5:12 AM

A flesh magnet...!

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07/24/2012 11:06 AM

Sheet metal seam roller.

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07/26/2012 8:40 AM

Many were close - it's a leather cutter.
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