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Offline rustyric

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What is this strange circular thing ?
« on: June 10, 2018, 04:24:32 PM »
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Offline international3414

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Re: What is this strange circular thing ?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2018, 04:42:00 PM »
first thought,something to do with the hatting industry?????
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Offline rustyric

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Re: What is this strange circular thing ?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2018, 04:59:07 PM »
Should of said its footprint brand. Looks as though it clamps on something
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Re: What is this strange circular thing ?
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2018, 06:40:03 PM »
maybe a battery lifter       
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Re: What is this strange circular thing ?
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2018, 07:11:49 PM »
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maybe a battery lifter   

Would only be useful on a completely dead battery.
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Re: What is this strange circular thing ?
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2018, 11:14:27 PM »
Well it ain't a nutcracker or a saw set so I give up.
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Offline rustyric

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Re: What is this strange circular thing ?
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2018, 01:14:47 AM »
A primitive mitre clamp ?
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Offline amecks

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Re: What is this strange circular thing ?
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2018, 07:18:16 AM »
Reminds me of a compass or dividers - with some pointed sticks clamped in it could mark out a circle or measure/mark lengths. 
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Offline rustyric

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Re: What is this strange circular thing ?
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2018, 10:30:32 AM »
What about a tennis racket clamp ?
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: What is this strange circular thing ?
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2018, 12:04:08 PM »
"Classic Coke can" is, well, just so obvious that I won't say it.  I just won't.

That's a head scratcher for sure.  Whatever it clamped came in varying sizes, since the halves could be closer together/farther apart, with those slots at the center.
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Offline bill300d

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Re: What is this strange circular thing ?
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2018, 06:21:22 PM »
Reminds me of a clamp on handle for a rod or pipe.
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Offline Spartan-C

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Re: What is this strange circular thing ?
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2018, 07:42:37 PM »
Wonder if it has something to do with band instruments? Musical? No?

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Re: What is this strange circular thing ?
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2018, 09:05:45 PM »
It looks like a clamp for holding/joining pipe. I imagine a clamp like that would have been quite useful before modern fittings made plumbing connections easier.   
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Offline Catch22!

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Re: What is this strange circular thing ?
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2018, 12:27:18 AM »
I am always amazed at this forum.  Plumbers Clamp wow.

Here is another picture of one.

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