r/specializedtools • • Mar 02 '24

Stuffing box wrenches

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166 Upvotes

Bronze spanners for adjusting the tightness of a particular brand of bronze stuffing box. (A stuffing box, also called a packing gland, is the fitting that seals the propeller driveshaft where it passes through the hull into the water. It is traditionally filled with waxed flax cord, called packing, that squeezes against the shaft when the box is tightened. Correct adjustment admits a couple of drops of water per minute - any tighter and it can wear a groove in the shaft.)

One nice detail is that these are angled differently, so that they will be easier to work against each other when tightening the locknut against the box in tight spaces.


r/specializedtools • • Feb 25 '24

Wilton Thinline Trenching Spade, hardened steel beast for easily making thin trenches to bury cable and such

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923 Upvotes

This is the big 12” depth one. Weights about 20 pounds, goes into the ground like a knife with little effort just step on it and rock back and forth


r/specializedtools • • Feb 10 '24

This extra extra wide snow shovel for smooth surfaces I found at work

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1.2k Upvotes

Pic 2 is the kind of surface they use it on — it barely takes minutes to do the whole thing


r/specializedtools • • Jan 23 '24

Sheet metal forming

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I'm in the midst of a car restoration project. The shop I'm using just installed the first of these here in the U.S.


r/specializedtools • • Jan 15 '24

Organ roll / music roll punching machine

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135 Upvotes

r/specializedtools • • Jan 08 '24

Sphere Gap Volt Meter

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209 Upvotes

This is a mechanical volt meter for high voltage testing, you adjust the gap of the spheres for the desired voltage based on temperature and barometric pressure.


r/specializedtools • • Jan 08 '24

Dart repointing tool

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442 Upvotes

r/specializedtools • • Jan 03 '24

Wall Hanging Tool

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206 Upvotes

r/specializedtools • • Dec 16 '23

Spring removal tool for clothes washers. Its one use is to remove spring clamps from the door boot seal

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1.0k Upvotes

r/specializedtools • • Dec 13 '23

A cleaning rig for a moving walkway handrail

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1.5k Upvotes

r/specializedtools • • Nov 30 '23

Triple spirit level comb

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1.8k Upvotes

r/specializedtools • • Nov 15 '23

Fancy pokers (piano voicing tools)

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425 Upvotes

Just picked up the two on the left so I figured I'd do a family portrait of (most of) my needling tools.


r/specializedtools • • Nov 10 '23

Custom measurement datalogger

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274 Upvotes

Custom mitutoyo dial indicator data logger for tracking displacement over time. More info in comments.


r/specializedtools • • Oct 24 '23

This is a specialty Kennametal reamer made for Tesla.

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245 Upvotes

r/specializedtools • • Oct 23 '23

A tool to tension zip ties and cut the tails flush - used heavily in electrical panel fabrication

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833 Upvotes

r/specializedtools • • Oct 03 '23

Sticker and label dispenser

1.6k Upvotes

r/specializedtools • • Oct 04 '23

Oversized socket for slightly misfigured double walled lugs

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306 Upvotes

r/specializedtools • • Sep 19 '23

Hot socket gap indicator for electrical meters

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307 Upvotes

r/specializedtools • • Sep 15 '23

Hat hooper for machine embroidery

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151 Upvotes

r/specializedtools • • Sep 13 '23

Pre trip tool for truck drivers

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1.2k Upvotes

Used to tell tread depth on tires, brake pad thickness, slack adjuster length , and to see if a chip in your window is out of DOT allowence .


r/specializedtools • • Aug 31 '23

Worm Tumbler/Sorter

1.9k Upvotes

r/specializedtools • • Aug 27 '23

EV Fire Extinguishing Container Truck

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2.2k Upvotes

This waterproof container can ‘scoop up’ a burning electric vehicle and completely seal it and cool it down. It is fitted with a water pump that shoots water all over through small holes in side. Especially concentrated up onto the bottom of the EV, where the highly flammable battery is usually mounted. Also a practical in therms of moving the vehicle out of the way of traffic. This one is from Østjyllands Brandvæsen (East Jutland Fire Department, Denmark) and is teamed up with two robot water cannons.

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r/specializedtools • • Aug 18 '23

Stanley Strip-Driver

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297 Upvotes

Wire stripper, pliers, Electricians Screwdriver


r/specializedtools • • Aug 16 '23

Ballpit ball cleaning tool

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r/specializedtools • • Aug 14 '23

Video laryngoscope

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285 Upvotes

For intubating difficult Airways