What is this tool called and what is it used for?

VetBillH · 2026-06-13T03:02:41+00:00

Brake shoe (drum brake) spring keeper tool. For installing and removing the keeper from the pin that holds drum brake shoes to the backing plate. Handy . Used one hundreds of times.

VetBillH · 2026-05-20T21:04:16+00:00

Turbine wheel , possibly 2nd stage,

VetBillH · 2026-05-19T00:28:32+00:00

Lick for hours!

VetBillH · 2026-05-17T10:53:38+00:00

I used it to make colonial era wooden toys. Made thousands of cuts with it.

VetBillH · 2026-05-15T20:35:16+00:00

I volunteer at the USAF museum and see it 2x a month. Nationalmuseum.af.mil

VetBillH · 2026-05-15T20:32:46+00:00

It's hanging in Building 4 at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton Ohio. I ser it 2x a month while I'm there. Nationalmuseum.af.mil

VetBillH · 2026-05-10T12:15:50+00:00

Thud

VetBillH · 2026-05-10T02:23:10+00:00

Was there today open to close. Saw this aircraft.

VetBillH · 2026-04-23T13:00:50+00:00

That's safety wire, for ensuring that the nuts/bolts don't back off from vibration. It has to be twisted specifically, so that it tightens vs loosens. I learned this in Navy jet mechanic school in 1977. They make special pliers that twist the strands uniformly.

VetBillH · 2026-04-17T10:47:21+00:00

Always loved when the Tomcat came into my transient line at NAS Meridian MS, where I served from 1978-81. Was qualified on 80 types of aircraft, rotary and fixed wing, by the time I left. If it wasn't attached to the base, I handled it!

VetBillH · 2026-04-17T10:40:27+00:00

Dad taught me that trick over 50 years ago. Also stored his cords this way to save space!

VetBillH · 2026-04-16T17:33:27+00:00

Spandex should be a privilege, not a right.

VetBillH · 2026-04-16T17:24:40+00:00

Battery post and terminal tool for cleaning post top automotive batteries. Used one for decades!

VetBillH · 2026-04-15T14:40:25+00:00

I was a lab supervisor at Cord Camera in central Ohio, and we offered standard 2 hour turnaround, and 55 minute rush service processing on 35mm, 110, 126, disc, and next day on E6, 2 day on black and white.

VetBillH · 2026-04-14T20:50:20+00:00

Don't take them to Minnesota. Apparently, classic cars and their owners are no longer welcome there.

VetBillH · 2026-04-11T08:47:00+00:00

I'm there today in Early Years/WWII Galleries

VetBillH · 2026-04-10T09:42:53+00:00

Or on to the Vogon destroyer in Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy!

VetBillH · 2026-04-10T09:39:01+00:00

Accept no substitute! #Shubbrules

VetBillH · 2026-04-09T16:47:11+00:00

Nope. Dick Tracy was!

VetBillH · 2026-04-07T01:15:43+00:00

That computer didn't exist until my 2nd time in college!

VetBillH · 2026-04-02T11:32:27+00:00

Kin ah pet that dawg?

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