NewValker
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« on: April 26, 2020, 03:40:21 PM » |
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 Cleaning out an old toolbox today and found 10 of these. Spring loaded, squeeze it and the jaws open. Not much closing pressure. The toolbox came from my father, and everything in it is old, like 40s thru 60s old. Thanks, Craig |
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2020, 03:50:41 PM » |
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Oxy-Acetylene flint spark igniter, without the head?  Otherwise, some kind of quick clamp (for some particular purpose). Was he in a specific trade? |
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Crackerborn
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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2020, 03:52:00 PM » |
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Clamp for glue dry up. If the jaw ends were pointy for outside corner mouldings.
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Skinhead
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« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2020, 03:53:12 PM » |
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Looks like the spring from a clothes pin.
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2020, 04:06:06 PM » |
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Looks like the spring from a clothes pin.
Bingo, it sure does. I remember the wood snapping off with age and use, and only the clamp remained. The size in the pic is unclear without reference. |
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« Last Edit: April 26, 2020, 04:08:20 PM by Jess from VA »
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Gavin_Sons
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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2020, 04:22:16 PM » |
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NewValker
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« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2020, 04:27:46 PM » |
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I just measured them, 7 inches long, 3 1/2 at widest.
Also checked for pointed jaws. The one I showed had flat jaws. They are broken off. All the others were pointed.
I think Crackerborn got it!
Guess it makes sense, Dad was a mechanic, but dabbled in woodwork also.
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Craig
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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2020, 05:51:24 AM » |
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It was awhile ago and now its going to bug me but I had that same tool and wondered what it was for untill I bought something and it came with it. Now the only problem is I forgot what I bought  Well maybe awhile from now I will remember and post it. It came with blue triangular pieces of plastic that served as jaws, still dont remember what it came with though. |
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« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2020, 02:38:24 PM » |
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I still have mine. They are used to keep the pistons in drum brake wheel cylinders when doing a brake job. Back then (?) we only rebuilt wheel cylinders if they were leaking.
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NewValker
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« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2020, 02:52:27 PM » |
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Ah-ha! And that’s why they were in his garage toolbox and not with the rest of the woodworking tools!
Thanks Ross
Craig
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« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2020, 03:59:11 PM » |
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da prez is correct. I still have them because I still use them. We always rebuilt the cylinders and they held the pistons in place until you got around the car to them. I still prefer to hone the cylinders, but, in these days of modern litigation I usually just replace them. But its hard to find some.
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Crackerborn
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« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2020, 12:49:05 AM » |
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That is why the pointy ends of the clamp are ground flat? They were repurposed for drum brakes? In my box of seldom used tools I have a clamp that holds onto the piston body with threaded wing nuts that hold the actual pistons in place. It has been a year or two since I needed to replace any shoes but I remember knocking that clamp off while getting the springs in place. The simpler version would be less likely to get in the way. Since I have lots of those miter spring clamps, I will have to remember this the next time I do a brake job on the Norton.
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« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2020, 03:40:53 AM » |
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I still have mine. They are used to keep the pistons in drum brake wheel cylinders when doing a brake job. Back then (?) we only rebuilt wheel cylinders if they were leaking.
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