Antique chainbreakers

Bob

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My son picked up the DEERE version reasonably at a flea market a few years ago, and I recently found the IHC version laying in the dirt of a shed floor, all rusty, at an estate sale. I got the seller to throw it in a box of other stuff I was buying.

I sandblasted it and painted it.

I find it interesting to see two companies' concepts of a tool for the same purpose.
 

Well, I guess the little one that I bought new in 1975 when I was competing in off road motorcycling will be an antique along with me soon.
 
Looks like they changed it enough to get around patent rights. Always was a handy tool for the flat chain.
 
Hi Bob;

That's totally unfamiliar to me. What is it for, and how does it work. I Googled it, but it didn't clear up anything for me. The chainbreakers I saw pictured for sale didn't look anything like those in your photo, and they were for bicycle or motorcycle chains. Is that what those were for?

Stan
 
(quoted from post at 18:44:05 08/24/14) Hi Bob;

That's totally unfamiliar to me. What is it for, and how does it work. I Googled it, but it didn't clear up anything for me. The chainbreakers I saw pictured for sale didn't look anything like those in your photo, and they were for bicycle or motorcycle chains. Is that what those were for?

Stan

Those are for the older flat chains used on ag equipment
 
Here's a couple of photos for those who have asked how they work.

I also noticed the slots are larger in the IHC version. I'm GUESSING it's older and they are wider to accommodate malleable chain.

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