[TheForge] Two odd tools to be identified

[Bruce .]

Okay, as suggested, I have posted photos of these strange beasts at:

http://www.shutterfly.com

Look for "sign in" in tiny print in the upper right, click that, then
use the usual
"blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.org" and
"anvil"
to gain access.

and look for "Two Tools" under "My Albums (1)"


On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Bruce . <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:
> They're both steel or mostly so (BS content).  Impulse purchases at
> the flea market, bought at separate booths, so probably unrelated to
> each other.
>
> Is there still a way to post photos?  These are kinda hard to
> describe.  Last I heard, there was a problem with the photo site.  If
> any of you recognize either of these "finds", let me know.
>
> 1)  Think "C-clamp" to get you started.  The back of the C is a 1/2"
> rod, 5" long.  There are three "arms" from this, rather like a capital
> "E", except the center arm is mobile so may be anywhere on the rod.
> The top and bottom "arms" are firmly attached to the back rod,
> possibly by peening.  The top and center "arms" each have one
> incisor-like tooth at the end, that won't quite meet.  The center
> "arm" (the mobile jaw of the clamp) is completely mobile, sliding up
> and down the rod or rotating about it.  The bottom "arm" supports the
> screw, which is pretty much like the screw on any C-clamp, except that
> it ends in a flat.  This flat impinges upon a slight hollow in the
> back side of the center "arm."  There's a trademark stamped (?) onto
> the arms:  A "W" inclosed in a diamond.  The bottom arm is marked "Pat
> June 815" or possibly "...813"
>
> All in all, this thing could function as a C-clamp, but those two
> teeth would bite anything they clamped onto, which is probably the
> point.  I don't know whether the swiveling of the center arm (i.e.,
> the lower jaw of the clamp) is intrinsic to the function, or merely an
> artifact of the use of a round rod as the back of the clamp.
>
> 2) An acme screw, 5/16" OD x 9 TPI, with a 3"-long wooden handle (&
> ferrule) on one end, and a swivel pad (just like on a C-clamp) on the
> other.  The screw passes through a cast-iron part that has a
> slot(~5/8" high X ~1/4+" wide), the opening toward the handle end.  A
> thumb screw intersects this slot, so apparently this entire device was
> to be clamped onto a metal rod perhaps 1/4" thick X 1.125" high max --
> lest it interfere with the handle.
>
> So clamped, turning the handle would push the swivel pad up against
> some absent something.
>
>
>
> --
> Bruce
> NJ



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Bruce
NJ