Patent ID: 7836740

Claim:
A press to straighten solid axles of model cars by blows from a hand tool, comprising: two mutually cooperating identical jaws, each of said jaws having a rectangular shape, a thickness, a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, a mating surface, a centered half channel transverse upon said mating surface, said half channel having two opposite flared ends oriented in the direction of the blows from a hand tool, the diameter of said half channel being less than one twelfth of the thickness of said jaw, one dowel extending above and perpendicular to said mating surface, one hole extending perpendicular to and completely through said jaw and into said mating surface; each of said dowels having a length above said mating surface approximately that of said thickness of said jaw, and a smooth cylindrical shape with a flat end rounded upon the perimeter opposite said mating surface fitting into one of said holes; said holes having a smooth cylindrical shape to contain said dowel; said dowel and said hole of each of said jaws being symmetrically arranged along the longitudinal axis of said mating surface and equally spaced away from said half channel; and, said dowel of one of said jaws aligning with said hole of the other of said jaws, said jaws closing together, and said half channels cooperatively confining an axle inserted through one of said flared ends.