Unknown Vintage Contraption
Feb 20, 2023 11:51:26 #
I'm adding this photo of the 1/4" grove in the flat channel lined up with an obstruction. I don't think it is meant to bend anything. But I could be wrong.
And I wonder what the grooves in the channel are from.
And I wonder what the grooves in the channel are from.
Feb 20, 2023 12:01:48 #
RainierView wrote:
Good guess, but it would have to be something small and smooth to go thru the channel that the groove is only 1/4".
The channel could be a holder or alignment mechanism. Do the attached jaws close or open?
Feb 20, 2023 12:22:38 #
It's a soft-copper tubing bender used for bending tubing without causing it to crush like when being bent by hand.
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Feb 20, 2023 12:46:10 #
In pictures # 3-4 does the plug sitting on this thing fit the thredded hole ??? In pictures # 5-6 there is a small 1/4 inch plug that could be for a drain. In picture # 7 does the square block, by the threadded hole, come out ???
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Feb 20, 2023 13:14:41 #
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Feb 20, 2023 14:32:35 #
14kphotog wrote:
In pictures # 3-4 does the plug sitting on this thing fit the thredded hole ??? In pictures # 5-6 there is a small 1/4 inch plug that could be for a drain. In picture # 7 does the square block, by the threadded hole, come out ???
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I don't think the plug is sitting ON it. If it was, it would have fallen off (top left of image 6 on page 1.
I'll guess that the plug is IN it.
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Feb 20, 2023 16:29:41 #
47greyfox wrote:
The channel could be a holder or alignment mechanism. Do the attached jaws close or open?
No it is solid as is the piece with the spring in it.
The holder can rotate if the bolt is loosened but it's frozen and I haven' had time to mess with it, but I will.
The channel swivels a little.
No it is solid as is the piece with the spring in it
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The holder can rotate if the bolt is loosened
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The channel swivels a little
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Feb 20, 2023 16:35:44 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
It's a soft-copper tubing bender used for bending tubing without causing it to crush like when being bent by hand.
At first I thought it was a tube bender but couldn't see how that would work.
Please explain how it would work with the channel being straight and lined up with an obstruction? I'd love to know. And do you know what the threaded hole for?
Feb 20, 2023 16:56:37 #
Imagine a company making something so sturdy and complex without putting any words or numbers on it.
Feb 20, 2023 17:59:39 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Imagine a company making something so sturdy and complex without putting any words or numbers on it.
Someone pointed out the '2X' on it. What it means is a mystery.
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Feb 20, 2023 18:21:43 #
RainierView wrote:
At first I thought it was a tube bender but couldn't see how that would work...
Every tube bender I ever saw had a channel that was curved to fit the round profile of the tube. Each bender only fit a particular tube size. This thing has a rectangular channel cross section.
I'm thinking that the threaded hole is not an oil reservoir, but takes a threaded pin to mount it on something. There seems to be a oil reservoir covering bolt with a square head (similar to the oil drain on many small engines).
I'm curious about the slot in the large cylinder that has the shaft attached to the long handle running through it. If you didn't need access to that shaft it could easily have been run through the large cylinder without any slot. So something must go through that slot.
Feb 20, 2023 19:37:00 #
Feb 20, 2023 19:59:52 #
RainierView wrote:
No it is solid as is the piece with the spring in it.
The holder can rotate if the bolt is loosened but it's frozen and I haven' had time to mess with it, but I will.
The channel swivels a little.
The holder can rotate if the bolt is loosened but it's frozen and I haven' had time to mess with it, but I will.
The channel swivels a little.
If the bolt that fastens the holder assembly into the adjustment slot in the main block could be loosened, would it permit the holder assembly to be rotated 360°, and line up the slot in the bar with the slot/groove in the main block?
Feb 20, 2023 20:01:01 #
Equus wrote:
looks a bit like an early steel strapping machine
I thought that at first but I don’t see the purpose of the slot for a strapping tensioner.
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