Mystery tool

[Peter Wood 5Participant @peterwood5]

[Peter Wood 5Participant @peterwood5]

 

When i returned from holiday yesterday I found this tool ( and two similar ones) on my doorstep.

Can anyone tell me what they are used for.

 

Peter Wood

Edited By Peter Wood 5 on 14/04/2018 12:21:05

[David George 1Participant @davidgeorge1]

Used many things like these they are inspection or machining jigs for difficult to hold parts.

David

[Martyn GroganParticipant @martyngrogan32924]

I don’t know but they look similar to what I have in mind to make to drill the holes In the drillpress to convert ml7 gears to fit the ml4 lathe

[JourneymanParticipant @journeyman]

The bit with the red handle is a pretty standard toggle clamp:

Available from Axminster for the princely sum of £6.96. The OP's version is in use on some kind of fixture no idea what that might be for!

John

[John ReeseParticipant @johnreese12848]

Salvage the base plate and the clamp. Bin the rest.

[larry phelan 1Participant @larryphelan1]

Not sure about the rest,but the clamps are well wort saving [or well wort the money[I have several of these in my workshop,and they are seldom idle. Until you start using them,you wont know what you,ve been missing.!

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Neil

[Peter Wood 5Participant @peterwood5]

Thanks for the info. Not sure what I will use them for but I will hang on to them now.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

As the attachment looks like the back of an instrument or clock I suggest it was just that and it held the front plate for some machining operation, possibly modifying a small batch outside of the main production.

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