I found the cached original post with a Google search at
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:_2oG4UEIzMYJ:www.papawswrench.com/vboard/showthread.php%3Ft%3D7850+tool+talk+206,721&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a&source=www.google.comI suppose most of the old posts can be found in Google's cache. I wonder how long they will
be available? The wayback machine also has the old pages cached but they are two years
behind posting them. If I had enough space on my server I could host the original posts there
but I don't.
The patent for the wrench is on DATAMP at:
http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?number=206721&typeCode=0Here's a text only version of the first page of the forum. I couldn't find the second page.
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02-17-2011, 04:02 AM
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Quote:I found you listed on the antique wrench site while
researching my new find. Can you
identify this, as a wrench or fence tool? Pat Brown - NM
Guy named Pat Brown sent me pictures of a tool he needs an ID on. He
thinks it may be a fencing tool. I did some digging, but came up
empty.Attached Imageswrench 002.jpg (56.2 KB, 115 views)
wrench 005.jpg (56.6 KB, 114 views)
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02-17-2011, 04:57 AM
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Very strange looking tool! What does it look like when it is in the open
position?
It appears to be a locking ratchet type clamping tool. Any marks on it at
all?
Are the inner Jaws both concave, as they appear, but are hard to see in
the picture? How long is it? I'm trying to envision it working on a chain
link, or barbed wire fence, but cannot see it yet.
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02-17-2011, 05:56 AM
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Really cool item.Looks like as you squeeze the handles the center closes
to grip something and the outer jaws spread to expand something. The outer
jaw length looks to be adjustable. Not a clue what it is
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02-17-2011, 06:21 AM
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All I have is the two pictures. No other info provided by the
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02-17-2011, 10:45 AM
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Strange one there.
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02-17-2011, 02:17 PM
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Looks like it's going to hold something apart. and expander.
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02-17-2011, 02:20 PM
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Maybe it grabs a joint of pipe by binding inside and outside? Looks to me
like the inside jaws spread outward and the outside jaws close
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02-17-2011, 02:29 PM
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surely that thing must have a patent if for no other reason just to tell
us Johnny come latelys what it is. stranger and stranger.
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02-17-2011, 03:59 PM
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Stan Schulz e-mailed that what I have is the GIFFORD
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http://www.datamp.org/patents/search...d=25321&set=13 ) pat. Aug. 6,
1878. patent number 206,721 .
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02-17-2011, 04:01 PM
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Welcome to Tool Talk, Pat!
Stan Schulz found the patent-
It is an axle nut wrench! Applied: Jun. 20, 1878
Granted: Aug. 06, 1878
Quote:This is one of those axle nut wrenches that clamps the nut to
the wheel, so they can be turned off and back on to the axle as a
unit. The center pieces clamp on the axle nut. The outer pieces are
then clamped against the inner rim of the wheel hub.
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