What is this item, (Pipe/Tube Cutter)?

[CAWORK]

Good Afternoon

I am not sure if this is in the right category of forum, so if not could the Moderators please post it in the appropriate forum.

I have come across the following item pictured, but am unsure exactly what it is.

I suspect some sort of Pipe/Tube Cutter, and if so, what sort/type of pipe etc?

There has been a suggestion it is for cutting scaffold tubes, but there is no way it will go through those.

You can see an 'L45' marking on the object although there was another marking that has all rubbed/rusted away.

Regards

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Scaffold tubes are generally cut with either an angle grinder, Stihl saw (you can get metal cutting blades for them) or a recip saw. They have very thick steel walls. Those three replaced the ubiquitous hand powered hacksaw many decades ago. Never seen a scaffie cut a tube with a tool like that, ever

Your item looks very like the sectional cast iron pipe cutters that Record used to sell for cutting cast iron water pipe. The threaded bit with the turn buckle are used to increase the pressure on the cutters as the cut progresses

 

[Burnerman]

Its a cutter for salt glaze or cast pipes, I think.
John

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Ah, that could be it! I'd forgotten about salt glaze pipes which were once such big business (there were about 5 works within 6 or 7 miles of where we are)

 

[bernardgreen]

John is right, cutter for pipes, Tighten the strap so that the discs are pressing hard against the pipe then a sharp but hard hit on the strap and the pipe will ( should ) be cut with a clean cut.

 

[Burnerman]

That’s right, but best to score through the glaze first!
Other items on display are a Record T bar sash cramp and a rat tail file, an old sheet of galvanised steel and whatever that plastic thing is on the left.
John

 

[Stivino]

It's a link cutter. It's mainly used for cutting cast iron gas/water mains in situ.
You can add or remove links to make the chain longer or shorter depending on the size of the pipe.
It enables you to cut all the way round the pipe in confined spaces as only the chain has to pass under the pipe.