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Lufkin tool

Started by blackoak, November 04, 2018, 11:03:43 AM

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blackoak

Got this in a box of goodies from a local auction. It is marked Lufkin so I assume it has something to do with use with a tape measure, but how and why. Only one of the arms is moveable


lptools

Hello, Blackoak. That is most likely a Lufkin N0. 584 Clamp Handle. Regards, Lou
Member of PHARTS-  Perfect Handle Admiration, Restoration and Torturing Society

blackoak

That is it. I guess it is for gripping the steel tape for pulling it out for your measurement

oldgoaly

maybe a helping hand for those long 50-100 foot tapes?
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gibsontool

I have a couple of those around here some place. Now I finally know what they are for.

Yadda

You might say I have a tool collecting problem....

J.A.F.E.

They are still available but you might want to sit down before pricing one.

https://www.industrialhardware.com/584-037103453143-up.html

All my taste is in my tools.

Northwoods

Holy cow! 
It would only make sense to have one if you were working production and used it all day long.
The ORIGINAL Northwoods.

Bill Houghton

For a good deal less, you could get any number of soft-jaw quick-release clamps that would do the work.

Redneck Albertan

In a past life I was a surveyor. We used those clamps to hold on to the chain (steel tape). The chainman at the front used the tension handle to put the proper tension on the chain so the measurement was accurate. Now everything is done electronically.