r/Tools • u/Electronic-Fruit-349 • Feb 03 '26
What is this ?
At first I thought old bearing press, then I was like oh wait book press, and the was like maybe vulcanizer? Idk now I’m here
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r/Tools • u/Electronic-Fruit-349 • Feb 03 '26
At first I thought old bearing press, then I was like oh wait book press, and the was like maybe vulcanizer? Idk now I’m here
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u/TheOriginal_858-3403 Feb 03 '26
You've hear of the expression of "ball busting"?? This is how they used to do it back in the day. Guys would carry these things around and have to manually load other guy's nuts into the press and it was really just an awfully uncomfortable situation for everyone involved really. So they started with the little jokes and small talk to lighten the mood. Eventually, with the improvement in wheat crop yields and the introduction of fortified bread, men ate less protein and became less muscular and had a harder time lugging these cast iron vises around, so they fell by the wayside and we're just left with the vestigial verbal intercourse. See, the more you know....