What is this tool???

[Ohighway]

What is it? What's it used for?

 

[FONSguy]

String mop squeezer. Ya hang it in a bucket.

 

[SiliconTi]

Used to squeeze water from a mop.

 

[Ohighway]

Duh...of course. ...thank you !!

 

[highvoltage_]

It's missing the handle, which would go in the blue holder shown in the bottom photo.

 

[kwayde]

First pic looks like some sort of ill-conceived cheese grater.

 

[bowtie427ss]

My antiquity would have me call it a wringer.

 

[Quadman2]

My antiquity would have me call it a wringer.

As in the old-time washing machines...the "wringer".

I remember my mom mentioning getting her arm caught in one.


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[Bobcat]

As in the old-time washing machines...the "wringer".

I remember my mom mentioning getting her arm caught in one.


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Arm or tit?

 

[usedto]

That's a wife's home exercise machine.

 

[hugo454]

record cleaning machine?

 

[loopstick]

One of the first things you learn in the military. Then once you've convinced them that you're smart enough they introduce you to the buffer.

 

[Quadman2]

Arm or tit?

Arm. With a small scar to show for this event.


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[TomD62]

One of the first things you learn in the military. Then once you've convinced them that you're smart enough they introduce you to the buffer.

Lighting the can of wax on fire to melt it into a liquid really improved the shine of the barracks tile floors.

 

[loopstick]

Lighting the can of wax on fire to melt it into a liquid really improved the shine of the barracks tile floors.

I never heard that one.

 

[highvoltage_]

As in the old-time washing machines...the "wringer".

Different construction. The washing machine wringer used two pinch rollers:

 

[kryten79]

way back they were unaffectionately called manglers referring to their uncanny tendancy to pull in fingers, arms, hair

 

[oldflame]

Coincidently, my Honey used that galvanized squeezer with our old rag mop, just yesterday, when cleaning the basement floor in her art room.

QUOTE="kryten79, post: 15919144, member: 212961"]way back they were unaffectionately called manglers referring to their uncanny tendancy to pull in fingers, arms, hair[/QUOTE]

The "mangler" that Mom used in the 50's & 60's was an almost five foot wide machine that would heat & press laundry items against a fabric covered roller for quick ironing of larger things like bed-sheets. I don't remember ringer washers being called manglers, but that could well be the case.

 

[kryten79]

Your mom's sounds way fancier than what I remember on Grandma's back porch!

(Looking at the post from the OP, I think it really is a mop squeezer with some parts missing)

 

[kwayde]

way back they were unaffectionately called manglers referring to their uncanny tendancy to pull in fingers, arms, hair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangle_(machine)