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Offline oldgoaly

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No idea what it is.
« on: May 05, 2018, 12:58:01 PM »
pics show everything, can not throw it away never know when you might need it! Got to be part of something but what?
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: No idea what it is.
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2018, 03:25:06 PM »
"part of a zig-zag rule" is too obvious, so I won't say it  :smiley:

It could be something like the simple clamps guitarmakers use when gluing the purfling on a guitar/other instrument.  Stewart MacDonald's current versions look like this:

but they were traditionally made by the craftsman, looking more like this:

I've seen some discussions of making your own that refer to hole saws for cutting out the "jaws."  I imagine, before power tools, that the jaw shapes were more varied, chosen by the fastest manufacturing method; as the Stewart MacDonald picture shows, you need a lot of them.
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Re: No idea what it is.
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2018, 04:00:18 PM »
I will have to try that see how they work.
Thanks Bill!
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Re: No idea what it is.
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2018, 06:09:29 PM »
Dealing in old tools, this type is the kind I am used to seeing.  I have not posted a photo in awhile.  I must be doing something wrong.  I got it to insert as a link, but not as just a photo.

http://www.wvtools.com/images/ebaystore/162482f.JPG
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Offline lptools

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Re: No idea what it is.
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2018, 06:28:36 PM »
Nice!!!!!
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« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2018, 07:00:42 AM »
Yes it works!   going to clean it up a little since it has a good use!
But here it is in action, note the clean workbench..... for me that's clean!
this isn't my main workbench just a small one in the shed with pedal and treadle tools. The piece being held down will be a strip of trim for a Penthouse bar radio from 1934, still need to find the liquor bottles, found some shot glasses, and of course the radio needs capacitors. Never plug in a old radio!

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Re: No idea what it is.
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2018, 09:10:16 AM »
Quote from: oldgoaly on May 07, 2018, 07:00:42 AM
Yes it works!   going to clean it up a little since it has a good use!
But here it is in action, note the clean workbench..... for me that's clean!
this isn't my main workbench just a small one in the shed with pedal and treadle tools. The piece being held down will be a strip of trim for a Penthouse bar radio from 1934, still need to find the liquor bottles, found some shot glasses, and of course the radio needs capacitors. Never plug in a old radio!

You might like this group if you haven't already found it. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/712743252141034/?fref=nf
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