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Started by Stoney, October 12, 2011, 11:46:54 AM

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Stoney

October 12, 2011, 11:46:54 AM

This came out of the Greenbrier Alabama Blacksmith shop.  Both jaws move in opposite directions.
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Papaw

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October 12, 2011, 07:54:15 PM
I guess for holding a piece of plate or beam while welding?
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gibsontool

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October 12, 2011, 11:38:28 PM
I would think it could  be an assembly clamp or a clamp for bending somthing after it comes out of the forge

john k

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October 13, 2011, 02:35:54 AM
Hanging on the wall like that, I would use it to hang an iron tire for a wood wagon wheel, for measuring, but not sure the why of the vise part. 
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