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Title: ID the mfr of this TOOL?? Post by: WBear2GCR on May 18, 2011, 11:40:24 PM Hi can anyone ID the manufacturer of this tool? It is a wire stripper. I have one. Would like to find another... mine is getting a bit worn out now. Oddly enough I missed one on epay that appeared with the wrong application shown, about a month and a half ago: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&item=300537324837+&si=ChVTSfAnb6wKf16QLFB2dBMxKOY%253D&viewitem=&clk_rvr_id=233378258780 I'd be interested to know who made it. If you have one for sale, i'd be interested in acquiring it too... _-_-bear Title: Re: ID the mfr of this TOOL?? Post by: KJ4VOV on May 19, 2011, 07:43:16 AM I won't bet the bank on it, but you might try Allen Bradley to see if that's one of their tools.
Title: Re: ID the mfr of this TOOL?? Post by: W2PFY on May 19, 2011, 11:05:28 AM I thought it was a flare gun ??? ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: ID the mfr of this TOOL?? Post by: WBear2GCR on May 19, 2011, 11:25:20 AM Allen Bradley is very unlikely... this is almost certainly an import of some sort... I got this one about 20+ years ago, and it was not new when I got it at the swap meet in LA... Would love to have another, this one is on its last legs, the mechanism that makes it spin is a ratchet wheel in the handle and most of the little plastic ratchets are broken, so it hardly spins now... doesn't seem like a practical thing to repair since it is a sealed mechanism where the ratchets are - would be so much nicer to find a twin... _-_-bear Title: Re: ID the mfr of this TOOL?? Post by: Jim KF2SY on May 19, 2011, 12:03:03 PM Bear, It could have been made by Abeco. A UK company. ZB Tools Ltd. Corporate Offices, 12 Market Place, Woburn. MK17 9PZ Milton Keynes, England. Email - info@zbtools.co.uk Website: www.zbtools.co.uk ZB Tools Ltd. Global Marketing & Technical Assistance KW16, Kordin Industrial Estate, Paola PLA 3000, Malta. Tel - (+356) 2166 5847 Fax - (+356) 2166 2827 Email - info@zbtools.co.uk Website: www.zbtools.co.uk http://www.zbtools.co.uk/ Title: Re: ID the mfr of this TOOL?? Post by: K5WLF on May 19, 2011, 03:28:32 PM You might be able to get in on this sale, Bear.
http://picclick.com/Manual-wire-wrap-tool-AB-300537324837.html Title: Re: ID the mfr of this TOOL?? Post by: WBear2GCR on May 19, 2011, 04:00:04 PM tnx - that's a pointer to the ebay auction that I posted... Title: Re: ID the mfr of this TOOL?? Post by: WBear2GCR on May 19, 2011, 04:13:08 PM Bear, It could have been made by Abeco. A UK company. ZB Tools Ltd. Corporate Offices, 12 Market Place, Woburn. MK17 9PZ Milton Keynes, England. Email - info@zbtools.co.uk Website: www.zbtools.co.uk ZB Tools Ltd. Global Marketing & Technical Assistance KW16, Kordin Industrial Estate, Paola PLA 3000, Malta. Tel - (+356) 2166 5847 Fax - (+356) 2166 2827 Email - info@zbtools.co.uk Website: www.zbtools.co.uk http://www.zbtools.co.uk/ Bingo! Good one Jim! Looks like it is the same company. I emailed them, we'll see what they say. Maybe they have "spares"? One can hope... _-_-bear Title: Re: ID the mfr of this TOOL?? Post by: WB6NVH on May 21, 2011, 10:27:56 PM Is it a wire wrap tool or a wire stripper? The eBay one says it's a wrap tool but it looks identical to the item inquired about.
Title: Re: ID the mfr of this TOOL?? Post by: WBear2GCR on May 22, 2011, 12:16:37 AM Stripper. I think I said that it was improperly classified in the auction... _-_-bear Title: Re: ID the mfr of this TOOL?? Post by: WBear2GCR on May 24, 2011, 04:36:25 PM Well, no response from my email of enquiry... looks like if you move the "company" to Malta, you have taken the funds and gone on vacation? Oh well, but for a single "spare", just one part sitting in a little teeny tiny bag on a shelf... :( Whaaaaaa! _-_-bear |