bench hand grinder but what for?

[skipskip]

Kind of a complicated grinder, turns left and right and up and down.

the holders are odd oval shapes

designed to clamp over 2 inch wood.

help!

DSCF3746 by Skip Albright, on Flickr


DSCF3743 by Skip Albright, on Flickr

[lptools]

Hello, Skip. The part that looks like the vise , or clamping mechanism, leads me to think saws, or planer , or moulding knives. Just a guess. Regards, Lou

[kwoswalt99]

Here's a similar machine. http://farmallcub.com/rudi_cub/www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/McCormick-Deering%20Implement%20and%20Attachment%20Manuals/McCormick-Deering%20Hand%20and%20Foot%20Powered%20Mower-Knife%20and%20Tool%20Grinder%20Manual/index.html

[skipskip]

Interesting, so it may be for more than one kind of sharpening.

wish I could read the patent dates on the top

[turnnut]

the clamping looks about right to hold a mower cutting bar to sharpen, and like the ad states, change the stone.

the mounting clamps are like the ad also shows, to clamp it to the mower wheel, used for field dressing the cutter bar.

yup, long days in the fields.

[mikeswrenches]

Here's a thread from 2011 that's quite interesting. I didn't know there so many different ones.

http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=1724.0

Mike