No One Knows What This Tool Is !??? (Formerly WTFT?)

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As mentioned earlier it looks a lot like a wire twisting tool. The kind used in a drill to twist electrical wires together before installing a wire nut, or one that could be used to twist safety wires.
 
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This would not fit even two 14g wires. I don' see the point of twisting one wire. Maybe square wire for jewelry but that seems implausible?
I feel like the hex could be for a rotational driver but may just be a mounting lug that allows indexing in 6 positions.
 
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Wire twister seems logical (I think the same thing). I don't think its for safety wire, but something of similar gauge.

Safety wiring typically involves constraining multiple fasteners. The tool RWM posted only looks like it could be used to twist a length of paired wires once (meaning: a full length of wire only). With safety wire pliers: you can let the downstream length of wires dangle out of the jaws so you can twist them later after running thru the next fastener in line.
 
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Yes. You cannot pass wires out the back of the device. The pin and spring would be in the way. You can't see it in the photos but there is a coil spring around the pin that opens the clamp when you release the toggle.
 
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projectnut said:
As mentioned earlier it looks a lot like a wire twisting tool. The kind used in a drill to twist electrical wires together before installing a wire nut, or one that could be used to twist safety wires.
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I just read through this thread after getting tagged by Ray in one of his replies.

My first thought was a quick clamping pin vise rather than the common threaded cap and collet type. Maybe for a production shop. The hex shank is throwing me off though. It makes little sense if the tool is used in a stationary task. It implies rotation.

I was really leaning toward wire twisting tool as well...but it seems too precisely and well made for such a task. And it doesn't seem like you could easily clamp two or three wires on the fly in a junction box with that tool with a drill attached to it. You would need a third hand making this tool a bit of an unsuccessful experiment rather than useful.

Finally, the tools it came with, it doesn't seem to pair well with those. If this came in a grab bag of tools, I don't know that I would associate it with them. I wasn't there for the unboxing though.

With all that said, I'm kind of back to stationary tool. I was thinking it could be useful for model making, soldering, maybe brazing of fine tools, jewelry of that sort.

EDIT: couple more thoughts...is the hex shank turned and milled into the bottom half of the tool? Or is it pressed into the part? The only other possible use, I could see is a special built tool grinding fixture? That would explain the hex for indexing, as suggested by someone else.
 
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Thanks for chiming in! I was thinking about a soldering fixture for earrings but the hole is too large for an earring post!
It could certainly be a production tool for some type of soldering. I will try to get some more info from the seller but I doubt he knows.

It is very hard to determine if the hex is press fit or was machined in place. Close examination suggests the latter but not definitively. Why would that matter?
 
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