Coin for scale.
This tool thing came with new door handles. There were no instructions about what to do with it, and it was not needed for the installation of the door handles.
Any ideas?
What is this thing?
Coin for scale.
This tool thing came with new door handles. There were no instructions about what to do with it, and it was not needed for the installation of the door handles.
Any ideas?
17 Comments
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 176d
Copy paste:
tilt-a-whirly-gig • 9mo ago
Two tools in one.
The one end is pokey. That's for releasing handles from leversets. You poke into a hole on the side of the handle and it pushes a spring loaded latch out of the way enough to remove the handle. (This is the style of the majority of commercial and many residential leversets)
The other end has the "hook" bit. Some leversets have rings that are threaded on the inside but the outside is round. They need to be tightened, but there's no flat side to put a regular wrench on. (It can be done with vise grips or channelocks, but that leaves scars) Instead, they will drill a small hole in the ring and you can hook the tool onto that hole and tighten/loosen the ring. That tool is properly called a "hook spanner wrench". 10
https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/1kok7qd/thingy_that_comes_with_door_handle_kits_about_7cm/
mycatsays@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 176d
Wow - thanks! Very informative.
quoll@lemmy.sdf.org · 13 pts · 176d
fun fact: echidna penis has 4 heads (the awesome dude on the coin)
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 176d
It clearly says 5
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 176d
What is that coin?
Noite_Etion@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 176d
Australian 5 cent coin.
truthfultemporarily@feddit.org · 7 pts · 176d
Why does it have werewolf claws on it?
FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 10 pts · 176d
'Straya, cunt
Noite_Etion@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 176d
It's an Echidna, they just be that way.
Lembot_0006@programming.dev · 2 pts · 176d
Yes, what is that coin?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 176d
It appears to be a 5 cent (pence?) coin from Australia.
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 176d
We don't use pence. It's just 5 cents.
LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 176d
Thanks for asking this, I was wondering the same thing, this week, when changing door handles, too!
IcyEcho@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 176d
It looks like a small C spanner.
There should be a nut or something else you need to turn with a notch or series of notches cut into the outer face which this will grab onto as you pull it around the part.
twelvety@fedia.io · 1 pts · 176d
Definitely a C-spanner. The sort of thing that's used to adjust a motorbike shock's preload.
This looks cheap and disposable, possibly supplied as part of a kit for something rather than bought as a standalone tool.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 176d
Could it be used to unlock the door? Or if they're lever handles is there a set screw one could loosen to adjust the tilt?
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 176d
Looka like it's for screwing down the escutcheon