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Offline amecks

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Some tools from a friend's workbench...
« on: October 16, 2016, 06:33:10 PM »
Check these out...
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Al

A clamp of some sort.  Jeff calls it an O clamp as opposed to a C clamp... or is it really a nutcracker!?  No maker's marks.  Nicely made.


A short chain with two T handles that interlock to pull together.  The inside of the chain when looped is no more than about 3 inches.  No makers marks.

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Re: Some tools from a friend's workbench...
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2016, 08:40:35 PM »
How does he use the chain carrier?
It's elegant.
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Re: Some tools from a friend's workbench...
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2016, 07:22:11 AM »
From an old(ca.1904) Tower & Lyon catalog.
These were described as Tower's Perfect Twisters or improved chain nippers and were used around a prisoners wrists to control him.

Tower's were a bit different from those shown but the use was obviously the same.

The other piece looks like a nutcracker to me.

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Re: Some tools from a friend's workbench...
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2016, 07:42:53 AM »
Some pretty cool things in that catalog!
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Re: Some tools from a friend's workbench...
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2016, 07:46:40 AM »
Nippers!  Never heard of them but when my wife and I were looking at them we felt they were creepy.  But we thought it was something to do with farm animals.

The clamp is almost certainly a nutcracker.  The shape is that of a walnut.  The cone shape on the end of the screw and corresponding dimple in the cast part seem perfect for holding a nut in place.

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