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Offline Stoney

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What is it
« on: October 12, 2011, 11:46:54 AM »

This came out of the Greenbrier Alabama Blacksmith shop.  Both jaws move in opposite directions.
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Re: What is it
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2011, 07:54:15 PM »
I guess for holding a piece of plate or beam while welding?
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Re: What is it
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2011, 11:38:28 PM »
I would think it could  be an assembly clamp or a clamp for bending somthing after it comes out of the forge
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Re: What is it
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2011, 02:35:54 AM »
Hanging on the wall like that, I would use it to hang an iron tire for a wood wagon wheel, for measuring, but not sure the why of the vise part. 
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