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Offline john k

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What was it used for
« on: January 25, 2014, 08:45:11 PM »
I posted this long ago, and no definite ideas came forth.   It is about 15 inches long, cast iron.   Looks like it was screwed to a wall, with the handle hanging down.  For compressing, a spring?   With something tightened through the keyhole slot?   Something about the size of an apple.  So, what is it?
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Re: What was it used for
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2014, 06:52:28 AM »
Beer can crusher.
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Re: What was it used for
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2014, 08:18:53 AM »
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Beer can crusher.
I can see it used for that!!
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Re: What was it used for
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2014, 11:44:31 AM »
It doesn't look like it would crush them flat.  With most can crushers you wind up with a thin aluminum disc.  I think it was for something else...unfortunately I don't know what.

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Re: What was it used for
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2014, 01:04:43 PM »
Maybe for old style tire tube patching, possibly missing the piece that pressed flat against the small flat circle on the base??
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Re: What was it used for
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2014, 04:46:40 AM »
The slot looks like it would take wing nut - maybe it passes through and is turned 90o to lock a (missing) piece in place..
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Re: What was it used for
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2014, 07:34:09 PM »
I don't think this is it, but it is a surprisingly similar device, hints at other possabilities ...

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Re: What was it used for
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2014, 08:42:05 AM »
It is a bench clamp that holds a carpenter's saw for sharpening and setting the teeth.
I run across them in old homesteads with a barn or outside workshops.
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Re: What was it used for
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2014, 10:00:15 AM »
I dont think it us a saw vise - mine looks like this:


I am in the can crusher camp.

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Re: What was it used for
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2014, 08:23:54 PM »
It looks very similar to a leatherworking press I saw. If so there would be a interchangeable top die, to press in patterns.

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Re: What was it used for
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2014, 05:18:37 PM »
Looks like a coil spring compressor of some kind. Like a valve spring compressor, you could compress the coil and the slot on the top would allow the shaft to fit through.
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Re: What was it used for
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2014, 04:02:06 AM »
15" long, but what diameter is the hole? what is the travel height? kind of looks like a ~3"dia. X ~10" high Spring could fit?
hole looks oblong allowance for travel arc of handle, how deep is the top retainer?  maybe a side view with ruler could help.
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