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Title: Anybody no what this is?
Post by: fresh on July 20, 2012, 03:01:09 PM

 THE BACK SAYS , G.M. C.O. INC. U.S.A. PAT. APPLIED FOR.

That's all I got.  Thanks.

Title: Re: Anybody no what this is?
Post by: aDawn on July 20, 2012, 05:24:57 PM

What happens when you turn the handle? (assuming that's a handle)

Title: Re: Anybody no what this is?
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on July 20, 2012, 06:36:34 PM

GM Company made lots of hand tools. I ran a Google image search with the patent inscription you posted and it came up with a lot of hand tools, but none exactly like yours. The picture is very blurry, so it is hard to tell what the function of this is. Can you try taking a better picture in brighter light?

Title: Re: Anybody no what this is?
Post by: Rauville on July 20, 2012, 06:53:01 PM

Look's like a "hand operated valve / seat grinder"to me.

Apparently this eBay seller has the same idea.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANTIQUE-VALVE-GRINDER-TOOL-/350581349729?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51a046dd61 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANTIQUE-VALVE-GRINDER-TOOL-/350581349729?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51a046dd61)

Title: Re: Anybody no what this is?
Post by: greenacres on July 20, 2012, 09:18:47 PM

Lol, now that's a new one to me. ;D