What is this

[john in la]

Found in the bottom of a box of tools.
Squeezing the spring loaded handle moves the blade looking thing on top.
I call it a blade but it is not sharp. Front face is 90 degrees to the side.
Any idea what it is.

 

[scootergmc]

It's a Bernzcutter

 

[SPMN]

Found in the bottom of a box of tools.
Squeezing the spring loaded handle moves the blade looking thing on top.
I call it a blade but it is not sharp. Front face is 90 degrees to the side.
Any idea what it is.

It's a poor excuse for a tin snip. I've had one in my tool box for years & have no idea why I keep the darn thing.

 

[Keith True]

Bernzcutter. Used for nibbling formica.I have one my dad had in his formica toolbox for probably 50 years.I don't think I ever saw one marked metal though.

 

[moresmoke]

Bernzcutter. Used for nibbling formica.I have one my dad had in his formica toolbox for probably 50 years.I don't think I ever saw one marked metal though.

They had different cutters that went in them. Dad had one, 3or 4 different cutters with it.

 

[Phill Tibbetts]

It's also called a nibbler, works good on round stovepipe. That's what we used ours for.

 

[rrlund]

Bernzcutter. Used for nibbling formica.I have one my dad had in his formica toolbox for probably 50 years.I don't think I ever saw one marked metal though.

That made me chuckle. There's a drag queen that goes by the name of Formica.

 

[used red MN]

There's a drag queen that goes by the name of Formica.

I’m glad someone on YT can keep us informed on drag queens!

 

[rrlund]

I’m glad someone on YT can keep us informed on drag queens!

 

[a49deere]

Bernzcutter. Used for nibbling formica.I have one my dad had in his formica toolbox for probably 50 years.I don't think I ever saw one marked metal though.

My father did a lot of Formica, can't see that "nibbling Formica". That looks like it would make a mess of Formica! JMHO

 

[Keith True]

Dad bought it for that,and used it for around 50 years.He used different methods for making the regular cuts,That was used for trimming in tight little corners.I used it three years ago when I built my own counter.I had to nibble the formica to fit around a chimney black.Years ago he would cut the long runs on a table saw,and curves with a sabre saw.Then about 25 years ago he got a Rotozip and he could really fly with that.He also got a slitter to make the strips for the edges.The place that sold him the slitter also sold him the Bernzcutter at the same time.Up until then he had been nibbling with a file.That was in the early 70's.

 

[a49deere]

Dad bought it for that,and used it for around 50 years.He used different methods for making the regular cuts,That was used for trimming in tight little corners.I used it three years ago when I built my own counter.I had to nibble the formica to fit around a chimney black.Years ago he would cut the long runs on a table saw,and curves with a sabre saw.Then about 25 years ago he got a Rotozip and he could really fly with that.He also got a slitter to make the strips for the edges.The place that sold him the slitter also sold him the Bernzcutter at the same time.Up until then he had been nibbling with a file.That was in the early 70's.

That sounds all old school! A trim bit on a router takes care of all that, and that was the seventies too! The exact reason my dad couldn't hear!!

 

[john in la]

Thanks
The bottom of a box full of other tools I will never use sounds like a good place for it.