No Points Awarded, What is It?

I found this tool in a box from long ago and can not remember what it's for.
Google Lens was no help (it's not a pinball target) so hoping someone can give me a clue. :wink:

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Turns out it is a:
Lisle 55000 Fuse Puller

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:thinking: So I take it you're not accepting whatchamacallit or thingamajig? :grin:

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Umm, not yet, maybe later.

Here's another view.

The weird part is that the end that looks like it's meant to hold something looks like it's very poorly designed to do that very well. Odd...

Any measurement marks on the other side we're not seeing?

No marks of any kind at this point in it's lifecycle.
Not to say there never was, but it seems to be mostly a two position device.
"Ready" with the "jaws" closed, and "In Use" when you pinch it with your fingers and the "jaws" force open the doohicky you're repairing.

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That's what it is!

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Do you have bicycles? Might it be for separating a tire from a rim?

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Don't think so, it's a little small for that.
It might be more of a gauge for setting something to a specific gap. :thinking:

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Where's the second metal notch gone in your alternate view photo? The first one had two metal bits sticking out at one end (opposite end to the red thing-a-majig's :slight_smile: ).... ?

EDIT - Ahhh... they're squeezed together...

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But no measurement markings...

Yeah, I guess operationally they're not really in the right order.
First picture is mid contraction, second is fully reset, and I don't have one of the fully activated with the red finger pads actually touching each other.

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Naw, you got to think digital. 0 or 1. :wink:

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https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/

I wish you would not have put that thing on here. It is driving me nutz. I know I have seen it somewhere before.

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Is it a shoe sizing / fitting device for fairies? :joy:

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I used that thing as a mechanic.

This is a vintage automotive fuse puller and tester. It is designed to remove glass cylindrical fuses like these

Fuse boxes didn’t have much room to get behind the fuse to remove it. Some guys used a screwdriver to pry them out, which sometimes spread the clips the fuse pops in to. Other times the glass would break, falling on the floor of the car to be stepped on by people driving with bare feet or tracking the glass shards in the house on the bottom of their shoes.

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The original photo does look like one end could be used as a bottle opener...

I asked some friends of mine and one believes it is a tool used to remove vinyl siding

I can also confirm that this is what the tool is. My dad was an auto mechanic for over 50 years.

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They are thinking of the SideSwiper, similar but not the same. I have one of those.

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