Needs Pictures: 0
Results 1 to 12 of 12
Thread: Old vise or clamp help please!
-
2nd June 2018, 03:06 PM #1
Old vise or clamp help please!
In a $10 box of rusty tools this vise or clamp resided.
No stamp or mark of a maker that I can find.
I have no idea of its use.
Neither the screw vise section nor the free pivoting rectangular 'hoops' have recesses for screws or bolts.
My old McPhersons catalog have no such clamps listed so I'm totally lost. Any ideas?
IMG20180602135612-1296x2304.jpgIMG20180602135553-1296x2304.jpg
IMG20180602141005-2304x1296.jpg
IMG20180602141019-2304x1296.jpgLast edited by dubrosa22; 2nd June 2018 at 03:12 PM. Reason: more photos added
-
2nd June 2018 03:06 PM # ADSGoogle Adsense Advertisement
- Join Date
- Always
- Location
- Advertising world
- Posts
- Many
-
2nd June 2018, 03:28 PM #2Woodworking mechanic
- Join Date
- Jan 2014
- Location
- Sydney Upper North Shore
- Posts
- 4,472
I believe they are similar, in concept, to pipe clamps but use a rectangular length of wood, located in the hoops, between each clamp end.
-
2nd June 2018, 05:30 PM #3
The threaded gizmo is new to me, but they look a lot like shoring clamps, used in pairs to connect two overlapping timbers to prop construction work. Google [shoring clamps].
Cheers,
JoeOf course truth is stranger than fiction.
Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain
-
2nd June 2018, 06:05 PM #4Woodworking mechanic
- Join Date
- Jan 2014
- Location
- Sydney Upper North Shore
- Posts
- 4,472
Here’s a photo of a similar setup
172830CE-92F5-407C-923D-E0B5F29B3F6F.jpeg
-
3rd June 2018, 05:49 AM #5
Thank you to the Woodworkforums.com Brains Trust!
Yes, shoring clamps (or at least pipe clamps using a shoring clamp functionality)!
The examples all seem to have a fixed angle on the anchor points whereas mine are hinged but I see that the notches in the beam would lock them down in theory.
I'll give them a go one day when I get a chance.
-
3rd June 2018, 08:14 AM #6
Google "antique wooden bar clamps" and you will find many examples and variants of them.
Mobyturns
In An Instant Your Life CanChange Forever
-
3rd June 2018, 08:39 AM #7
Thanks I have to put these use now. Very cool.
-
3rd June 2018, 12:01 PM #8
Mcjings have similar clamp heads that fit on a plank. Very handy if you need extra long clamps. I got 2 sets a few years back to clamp up a queen size bed. That pair of clamps are a tad over 2m. Pipe clamps would be too bendy at that length.
Regards
John
-
4th June 2018, 08:32 PM #9
I just accidentally found these cabinet makers clamps in the 1879 Stanley Rule & Level catalogue:
IMG_20180604_193017.jpg
Very similar design
-
5th June 2018, 11:48 AM #10
I have had a set of these for years... I would think the ones I have may be Blacksmith made. I wish I had a pair of them as it would be a good set.
-
12th June 2018, 12:24 AM #11Senior Member
- Join Date
- Mar 2006
- Location
- West Chermside
- Posts
- 119
It is a type of sash clamp that is fitted to a timber beam . The timber beam needs to be a size that fills the width but allows the sides of the loops to sit at around 45 degrees away from the centre . The timber beam is notched at intervals of less than the length of the thread on the head of the clamp. The loops are adjusted to their desired position and when tension is applied the loops will lock firmly in their notches (if they are deep enough and slightly angled). The beauty of these clamps is that even though they act in compression, the sides of the loop do not need to be overly heavy as their load is in tension. It's a nice find,
All the best.
-
12th June 2018, 06:53 AM #12
Thanks for the very detailed reply labrat - much appreciated
V
Similar Threads
-
Panel clamp, sash clamp, pipe clamp, steamed clam-ps?!
By gatesy in forum WOODWORK - GENERALReplies: 2Last Post: 10th June 2018, 12:03 AM -
F clamp or bar clamp instead of expensive hold fast.
By woodhog in forum HAVE YOUR SAYReplies: 2Last Post: 4th November 2014, 07:51 AM -
Record QR Bench Vise as a Tail Vise...which size?
By seanz in forum THE WORK BENCHReplies: 2Last Post: 12th September 2013, 06:47 PM -
BENCH VISE and TAIL VISE
By FenceFurniture in forum THE WORK BENCHReplies: 0Last Post: 29th April 2012, 11:13 AM