I bought a box of old pipe threaders at an estate sale today and this thing was in with:
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/gpritch/tools/leifstools012_zpsea6871f2.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/gpritch/tools/leifstools013_zps2fce103b.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/gpritch/tools/leifstools014_zps11ed49cf.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/gpritch/tools/leifstools016_zps2dd594bd.jpg)
It's clearly not home made, but there is not any marking on it at all. Any ideas?
That is an interesting ( guide/holder/clamp), but sure never seen one before. Good pics, but you got me scratching my head.
I think if the bent pieces on the ends were turned like the one on the left in this picture:
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/gpritch/tools/leifstools012_zpsea6871f2.jpg)
I think it would clamp to the edge of a bench or table...but then what?
Yeah, I tried and tried to decide a use, and I got nuthin'
I think that is a saw vise.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Vintage-No-22-Cincinnatti-Tool-Co-Saw-Vise-Clamp-/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/$(KGrHqUOKpwE6Vrq+(RJBOsfZHLvSw~~60_3.JPG)
I've never heard of a saw vise, but Papaw must surely be right!
It holds the saw in place so you can sharpen and set the teeth.
Nice find! I have never seen one like that. I have one but it is a lot different. No idea which box I put it in so no picture
brand new in the box WOW bob w.
Quote from: Papaw on June 07, 2013, 07:31:20 PM
I think that is a saw vise.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Vintage-No-22-Cincinnatti-Tool-Co-Saw-Vise-Clamp-/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/$(KGrHqUOKpwE6Vrq+(RJBOsfZHLvSw~~60_3.JPG)
That certainly looks like it. Now I can sharpen and set my saws LOL
Thanks, Papaw!
Quote from: Papaw on June 07, 2013, 07:31:20 PM
I think that is a saw vise.
I'd concur. I've got a Stearns vise (I think it's Stearns) that's almost identical in design. I believe they were intended for carpenters doing a quick touchup on the saw while on the job. Clamp the vise to a sawhorse, hit the saw with your file, go back to work. The serious saw vises, for major tuneups, are much larger/heavier.
Like this, then:
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/gpritch/tools/leifstools2001_zps47270f6d.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/gpritch/tools/leifstools2002_zpsf1699886.jpg)
Because my saws are in really bad shape.
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/gpritch/tools/leifstools2006_zps0b4b9195.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55/gpritch/tools/leifstools2007_zps3b2d9b33.jpg)
Just kidding. I'll have these professionally restored someday.
In the top photo, imagine turning the entire unit upside down,which puts the center below (and the ends above) the bench top. This will raise the saw up to a more useful height in many cases, and leaves a continuous section of the saw accessible (as shown, the clamp could interfere near the center, leaving two shorter strips). This also works with a bucksaw, where the blade is narrow, and you need the teeth to be above the bench top for clearance. With the saw blade coming up from below, only the teeth and a narrow section of blade are exposed, stabilizing the work, and leaving a continuous section open between the arching ends, which clear the teeth. It should work with ANY width blade less than bench height.
Pritch, you got the vise mounted upside down. With that much distance from the teeth of the saw, the vise is practically useless.