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In a box of miscellaneous tools, I found these. Can anyone educate me on the correct label and use of these "?"

Thanks! Eric


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Eric Bruns
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#11
I'd say that they are some really old style bar clamps or homemade bar clamps. I've never seen anything exactly like those before.
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They look like "shop-made" bar clamps but the bottom set has an extra piece on the bar -- could it be to separate two pieces being clamped?
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#13
So, the scale may seem off in the pictures. The little ones are about 1/2 inch and the big ones are about an inch. The longer bars about 18 inches.
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Hobbyists bar clamps
Mini Brass Hobbyist H.S. Precision Bar clamp | Antique 2 Modern Auction House (arnoldauction.com)
Worked for an architect (long since passed) that had a set for miniature and model making.  Seem to recall he also made some pretty sweet doll houses
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(11-02-2021, 03:31 PM)Wild Turkey Wrote: They look like "shop-made" bar clamps but the bottom set has an extra piece on the bar -- could it be to separate two pieces being clamped?

Shop made for sure.  An easy pattern to make.  The 'extra' jaw is likely just to be a moveable jaw that is pushed by the screw.  The pipe looks like it could be solid steel about 5/8" in diameter.

They should work for some things.
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#16
Excellent - thanks - all that makes perfect sense based upon the types of things my friends dad loved to make. Got a ton of big clamps, pipe clamps, etc. but was stumped by these. Who needs Google when I have you guys on Woodnet!
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(11-02-2021, 03:09 PM)EricBruns Wrote: In a box of miscellaneous tools, I found these. Can anyone educate me on the correct label and use of these "?"

Thanks! Eric

I've got about a dozen that look almost like copies of the small ones, they were purchased years ago, but right now I can't recall the name. They're not used all that often, but for small work they sure come in handy at times. Mine are made of brass.
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