Can /diy/ tell me what this tool is for specifically?
Hint 1: It's made by a company named "Egerton"
Hint 2: It's likely 20+ years old.
Hint 3: It's likely used in carrier telecommunications.
I really have no idea, and would like to know. I reckon it's some sort of old school crimper or punch.
Probably a cable terminator, ones we use now are more like a big staple gun looking thing though
>>988770
what sort of cable are we talking? I was thinking it is some sort of coax compression fitting thing..
>>988775
Coax is still used to some extent, mostly there's more modern variations of it depending on the application- feeder types which uses a full copper sheath to carry signals up to the antennas and waveguides which channel microwave.
That tools well before my time though so at the moment I'm just guessing its a cable terminator for some type of connector which isn't very common anymore.
>>988766
it looks like a chain splitter to me. a tool used to remove the pin from roller chain. think bicycle chain / motorcycle chain.
I've terminated a lot of cable, coax, fiber and heliax but I've never seen anything like that used for telecommunications
>>988766
its a bicycle chain pin remover i think
>Ive worked in a bicycle store for 4 weeks and had to mount dismount some chains
![Egerton[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/3WvBaow.jpg "Egerton[1].jpg")
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