Another day, Another what is this?

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I found these old clamps in one of the box's of recently donated tools.

Not sure what they are for, how old they are.

Any help is gratefully received.



A member thought they were used to hold table tennis nets "Back in his youth"
As he is in his 90's it was a few days ago.

 

[Paul.]

They are part of a folding mangle, I have a couple somewhere that came from one that I dismantled probably fifty years ago, and it was ancient even then. Cant remember exactly what part of the mechanism they came from but it was a clever idea, looked just like a small table, then undo a few clamps and the top spins over to reveal the mangle.
When I go to the workshop later I'll see if I can find mine.

 

[Paul.]

From the internet, not quite the same as the one I destroyed but you can see it has similar clamps

 

[Pete.]

Wow, well spotted Paul. I was going to suggest that they were bench mounts for an old articulated lamp.

 

[Pond frog]

Wow again, the pool of obscure knowledge on this forum is amazing.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@The_Yellow_Ardvark All you need to do now is find your mangle.

@Paul. Very well spotted/identified there, Paul

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@slim_boy_fat



No I don't.

I have one, but with no clamps.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Wow again, the pool of obscure knowledge on this forum is amazing.

This is why this place is so good.

 

[wookie]

A member thought they were used to hold table tennis nets "Back in his youth"
As he is in his 90's it was a few days ago.

I'm not as old as he was but I remember table tennis nets, the clamps weren't half as robust as those.

As much as I usually hate upcycling old tools into modern tat they would make very nice clamp on a shelf lights with the right light fitting added. Thanks for the idea @Pete.

 

[wookie]

Okay since that one has been solved, what's this for ?

 

[Alan Reynolds]

It's a drill sharpening device that screws to the bench beside the grinder. It's quite complex but I have the instructions somewhere if you want a copy.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

As said.
Bench top drill sharpener.

 

[Eric the chicken]

Maybe someone should explain to those members under 50 what a mangle is!

 

[brightspark]

Okay since that one has been solved, what's this for ?

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its a cheap copy of a reliance drill sharpener pretty hard to master using them but good once you get away with them

 

[wookie]

It's a drill sharpening device that screws to the bench beside the grinder. It's quite complex but I have the instructions somewhere if you want a copy.

I considered that then kinda discounted it as I couldn't see how it would fit on a grinder, I never thought of bench mounting it, doh!

If it's not too much trouble I wouldn't mind seeing the instructions.

It's something we found at work when tidying up, not sure if it'll ever get used at work so if it's getting thrown out I'll grab it if anyone one here would find it useful.

 

[Seadog]

It's all pretty obvious in use. Generally they're set to grind on the side face of the wheel. For badly graunched drills I would grind by hand and then finish in the jig. You don't want to be using too much pressure on the side of a grinding wheel.

 

[bricol]

Got mine on an arm that swings around to present the drill in the usual way to the wheels, rather than the side. Works well, but I have to admit, the Lidl self-contained drill sharpener I couldn't resist some time ago gets more use with the smaller bits.

 

[Pete.]

Okay since that one has been solved, what's this for ?

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Throwing in the bin. That way you won't have to go to the trouble of learning to use it only to throw it in the bin when that skinny top bit with the little bolt sticking out of it snaps off.

 

[wookie]

You don't want to be using too much pressure on the side of a grinding wheel.

I was taught to never to use the side of a bench grinding wheel, I'll stick to sharpening them by hand, I'm reasonably okay at it for the most common sizes I use 3mm to 12mm, less than that I tend to just get a new bit and bigger sizes might take me a couple of goes to get it right. I used to work with an old boy who could sharpen bits perfectly, the 1/16" bits he did would fly through stainless like it was cheese.

Throwing in the bin.

As much as I dislike seeing anything thrown out I will now not be saving it from the bin if/when the boss decides to sling it then.

@Alan Reynolds don't bother with the instructions, the consensus is it's not worth the trouble.

 

[zzr1200]

Maybe someone should explain to those members under 50 what a mangle is!

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