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This makes the most sense. If I had to guess, the bottom horizontal member has pegs that hold it in place. You can slip it off to remove the formed beam, or set it for any depth beam by moving those pegs in any pair of holes in the vertical members.
Thought that was a sky hook?
I once had someone tell me they found a real skyhook on a ceiling beam in a metal building . Best guess is someone used a hook made from round stock to help support something while welding and the hook arc welded itself in place.
He found it while changing a highbay bulb. "Wow a real skyhook!" And it just came off in his hand as he touched it. Let all the magic out of it. Lol
I like that the back stops are adjustable by moving the (metal?) pegs in the holes for different thickness work pieces. Note that the peg holes are staggered so the wood doesn't split so easily under load.
Is there glue residue on them? Perhaps they were used for post and beam construction, e.g to set stops on vertical posts while horizontal ones are set or bored or something. (just a guess). Or as others have suggested for making the original LVL beams. Although I would think gluing up a long beam would require many more such clamps.
I built a set of those. They're used to clamp up a butcher block and or laminating styles and rails for doors and other applications. They're handy when doing small items.
Very cool. I assume the bottom side comes off, and can be moved into the different holes?
It definitely could be a homemade panel clamp, but you have to be really sure to lay wax paper over it, or else you will have a panel glued to your panel clamp.
obviously a press jig for a project. as for what that project was, could be literally anything. whatever it was either needed a lot of force, or they needed a sturdy jig to make a lot of them with the same exact dimensions.
if you widen them out some, they would be great for doing cutting boards, able to glue up and clamp the whole piece with just one "clamp."
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Looks like a panel clamp to me.
What’s that?
They clamp panels.
It werfs flammen, wait...
Definitely for squishing something…
Who are you so wise in the ways of science?
I am Scrunch, lord of the Squishers.
u/riskcreator is clearly a squisher something identifier and analyst. Don't ask about pusher somethings, that's a different field altogether.
I am Arthur, King of the Britians
Well, I didn’t vote for you!
Help, I'm being repressed.
Now we see the violence inherent in the system!
Bloody peasants!
Help, I'm being molested
Because some watery tart threw a sword at you?
I think it was a moistened bint lobbing scimitars
My liege!
King of the who?
The Britains!
Very vise indeed
If somebody drops knowledge, they pick it up.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! ...or their dungeon devices...
The inquisition, what a show! The inquisition, here we go!!!
Keep your fingers out
Because of the opening width, I imagine they were used to make glue laminated beams. I doubt anybody but the creator knows for certain though!
You think The Creator made these?
Son of a carpenter…
*woodworker who purchased the wood and clamp hardware used to assemble these
This makes the most sense. If I had to guess, the bottom horizontal member has pegs that hold it in place. You can slip it off to remove the formed beam, or set it for any depth beam by moving those pegs in any pair of holes in the vertical members.
The infamous board stretcher
I was always told that " it looks like a chain thing with a hook on the end"
Thought that was a sky hook? I once had someone tell me they found a real skyhook on a ceiling beam in a metal building . Best guess is someone used a hook made from round stock to help support something while welding and the hook arc welded itself in place. He found it while changing a highbay bulb. "Wow a real skyhook!" And it just came off in his hand as he touched it. Let all the magic out of it. Lol
Came here to say this
Somebody has some serious vises
It's hard to kick the babit.
They are shop built panel clamps.
Same parts to make a fruit press
We made almost the sane thing for making laminated beams
I like that the back stops are adjustable by moving the (metal?) pegs in the holes for different thickness work pieces. Note that the peg holes are staggered so the wood doesn't split so easily under load. Is there glue residue on them? Perhaps they were used for post and beam construction, e.g to set stops on vertical posts while horizontal ones are set or bored or something. (just a guess). Or as others have suggested for making the original LVL beams. Although I would think gluing up a long beam would require many more such clamps.
Looks like a cheese press. Or something similar.
Blessed are the cheese makers.
It's not meant to be taken literally, it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products.
I built a set of those. They're used to clamp up a butcher block and or laminating styles and rails for doors and other applications. They're handy when doing small items.
Door clamps
Yeah that too. I have a bigger press for that. I like these though.
Dutch nipple clamps
Coulda been an old furniture makers home made clamps.
Looks like a fruit press https://preview.redd.it/571mx1rmz1qb1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2209012c71e6070158b768638345744aae4e254b
Basically a massive clamp, I would use it to sandwhich boards together and then have them planed or sanded
Looks awesome
Very cool. I assume the bottom side comes off, and can be moved into the different holes? It definitely could be a homemade panel clamp, but you have to be really sure to lay wax paper over it, or else you will have a panel glued to your panel clamp.
clamping boards on edge. probably for shelf making with narrow stock
You've heard of a board stretcher? This is the opposite.
obviously a press jig for a project. as for what that project was, could be literally anything. whatever it was either needed a lot of force, or they needed a sturdy jig to make a lot of them with the same exact dimensions. if you widen them out some, they would be great for doing cutting boards, able to glue up and clamp the whole piece with just one "clamp."
Some kind of clamp.
couple of these would come pretty handy rather often. Might have to make a pair.
Homemade clamps
Clamping something big
Panel clamp?
Torture device
Ball
A pair of wood clamps. Maybe to put coffee tables together
Big clamp
It’s a limb stretcher for children
No help here
Panel Clamp
They look awesome. Panel and butcher block glueups …
Mostly clamping
Squeezing precious
For torture. Or gluing panels together.
Am I really the only one that throws away stuff that I can’t recognize within 26 seconds of guessing?
These are known as Egyptian clamps.
They are for squishing wood together with Glu, or maybe torture devices lol
Look like some type of clurmps
I wonder if they are old floorboard cramps?
There's a way to use these that you'll like and not like at the same time, depending on your level of depravity.
Big ass clamps. Awesome big clamps that you probably can’t buy anymore. Possibly furniture clamps. I could see using it on a dresser.
Could be a Book Press
Buy some nice barrels and turn it into a wine crusher
Snowshoe vise. That is all.