clamp/ brad installer 4/17 /13

[amertrac]

could be to install 3/4 round moulding  on picture frames with brads. the top jaw is hard composition the lower has a semi soft pad

[amertrac]

[Branson]

could be to install 3/4 round moulding  on picture frames with brads. the top jaw is hard composition the lower has a semi soft pad

I used one of these in my grandfather's picture framing room in the '60s.  It's for pressing in the small finish nails that hold the picture and backing in the frame.  The corners of picture frames are somewhat fragile, and this devise keeps the corners from being knocked out by hammering the nails in place.  The bottom jaw is adjustable, as you see,  so that it matches the width of the frame and length of the nail used, and controls the depth the nail sinks into the frame.  Works really well.

[amertrac]

that's what I thought. but who ever made it did not think enough of it to put thier name on it.  bob w.

[Bill Houghton]

I got one of those recently.  I have previously used channellock pliers with a piece of cardboard on the finish side of the picture frame to protect it; works a treat.  I'll be interested, next time I have a picture to frame, to see whether this tool is better.

[Branson]

I got one of those recently.  I have previously used channellock pliers with a piece of cardboard on the finish side of the picture frame to protect it; works a treat.  I'll be interested, next time I have a picture to frame, to see whether this tool is better.

It isn't exactly quick.  My grandfather (and me) gave it up by the late '60s.  We went to a glazier's diamond pointer instead, and were just careful to brace the frame when using it.   Professional framers now use a very similar machine that shoots 3/4 inch long tabs to secure the picture in the frame.