I suspect Sheldon "old man" Brown is right, will try to purchase and check. This is a bit ironic since (a) last week I posted on my way of grinding them down, using a cut-off wheel, and (b) following Dale Brown's suggestion on that, I've acquired a second bench grinder, which now has a cutoff wheel for that job.
thanks, all who had ideas
harvey "thick" sachs
At 10:44 AM 12/12/2000 -0500, Sheldon Brown wrote:
>Harvey M Sachs wrote:
>
>>Trying to figure out the use of an ELDI tool I found recently. Closely
>>resembles the classic ELDI or VAR pliers-type chassis, two iron beam
>>about 7" - 8" long, with pivot bolt located to give high leverage/small
>>jaw opening. Flat-wound spring between the handles to hold it open. The
>>Jaws are the puzzling part:
>>
>>1) don't open but maybe a cm or so (1/2")
>>2) Working ends are replacable little cylinders, with concave faces and
>>fairly sharp lips.
>>3) When closed, the faces are offset front-to-back from each other
>>instead of lining up. Buck-tooth by a mm or two.
>
>It's a spoke-snipper-offer. Back in the bad old days of simple channel
>rims, the spokes would sometimes protrude past the ends of the
>nipples. They would need to be filed or ground down so as to not puncture
>the tube.
>
>This ELDI tool is s'posed to have the longer jaw rest against the edge of
>the nipple head, and the shorter jaw shears off the protruding end of the
>spoke. Never worked too well in my experience, I used to prefer a small
>grinding wheel in a hand-held electric drill.
>
>Sheldon "Maybe Harvey's Not As Old As I Thought" Brown
>Newtonville, Massachusetts
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