Subject: What the heck is this tool?>

From: [email-masked] (Guy Burnham)
Date: 15 May 1996 15:47:09 GMT

While looking over this guy's stuff last night, he showed me something
that I could not recognize. He did not know where it came from or what
it was.  It is hard to describe but I will try.  It consists of a
base which bolts to a bench or ??, a crank and gears, a wheel about 14"
in diameter that is turned very slowly by the crank and a sort of a
pliers arrangement mouned to the base at the rim of the wheel.  The
whell looks like it was made to have something clamped to it. The
"pliers" are actually fixed at the pivot to the base. One handle is
immoble and has a small roller wheel. The other handle has a flat chisel
blade that presses against the roller.  It looks like it was designed to
trim or form some round disk of metal or leather or ?? by clamping it to
the wheel and turning the crank while squeezing the handles together to
cut the edge.  Cant imagine what for though. 14" seems way big for pump
leathers 

What the heck is it??? Please reply directly by email as I can't check
notes very often. Thanks

Guy  [email-masked]

PS I figured it was worth $20 just for curiosity.  I think I'll hang it
on the wall and see if anybody can identify it. 

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Guy Burnham, Color LaserJet and Consumables Div., Hewlett Packard Co. Inc.
[email-masked]     208(396-3355)                  Boise, Idaho
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Guy Burnham, Color LaserJet and Consumables Div., Hewlett Packard Co. Inc.
[email-masked]     208(396-3355)

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From: [email-masked](Kevin Oliver)
Date: 17 May 1996 03:33:31 GMT

>From  the description, it sounds like an automatic watermelon peeler. 
<G>
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