Odd Craftsman C clamp - with rollers ??

[Sudsy]

Could it be part of a larger tool ?

[Bill Houghton]

Yes, it could be and almost certainly is part of a larger tool; I just don't know what tool.  Not likely a leather working tool...

Any part numbers?

[Sudsy]

This last bit is all we know
She dug it up in her backyard so we know it's not carbon steel (it would be a block of rust)

[Chillylulu]

I have a couple of thoughts.... maybe they'll spark some better ideas from some of the other members.

1. My first thought was that it was some part of a sharpening jig, the kind you roll at a set angle along a sharpening stone.

2. My 2nd thought is that it clamps to a bench, with the wheels up.

3. That Craftsman lettering is from around the 1950's.  I'm mostly looking at the "S" with the flat top & bottom, like a backward "Z".  For example, AA has a picture of a JH Williams made Craftsman 8" adjustable wrench with that lettering with "PATD IN USA".  The patent date was 1955. I suppose that could put that adjustable into the 70's?  I'll need to check the catalogs.

Chilly

[bill300d]

1966 power tools catalog. Number 14

[Bill Houghton]

Purty ingenious: so you can mount that one in the middle of your bench and clamp two items at the same time, as long as the total length of the two items clamped is enough less than the total bench length.  Not sure how often that would be useful, but clever.

[bill300d]

Not sure how often that would be useful, but clever.
Probably why that's the first one we seen.

Better get digging to see if you can find the other two pieces Sudsy.

[Chillylulu]

It could be used by itself, like a bench dog.  I'm thinking about a woodworkers bench, with an end vise.

Chilly

[turnnut]

 I think that the original owner was frustrated with it and threw it out the door of his shop. 

[lptools]

I like it!!!!!! Nice find!!!!! Regards, Lou

[OilyRascal]

I'm with Turnnut

[john k]

I read the description, but if I had it, or rather two of them, would use it for the rollers as an outfeed table off my table saw.   Just clamp them to a sawhorse.

[Bill Houghton]

I wonder why the pads roll?  I can see that the pads on the other parts need to roll, but aren't the pads on this one just the fixed point against which the screws on the other parts push?

[Sudsy]

Once again this place comes through !

[lptools]

You might want to rotate the workpiece for alignment, or for nailing, before applying full pressure with the clamping end. Just my one cent, Lou