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Jal5
03-05-2016, 05:02 PM
This probably is not reloading tool but thought I would ask you guys first. Only designation on it is
R-62223 .DET-1
When the jaws close all the way it barely fits my index finger to the first knuckle. Good old steel some rust cleaned up on the wire brush wheel

Any ideas?http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160305/a321b29cc2fa3d6b7d82d09aef3d8ff7.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160305/8d5e9fc5f532f24ab2eaf9ba5fc7157d.jpg
Mk42gunner
03-05-2016, 07:07 PM
Kind of reminds me of a mainspring vise, except it doesn't close far enough.

Robert
Jal5
03-05-2016, 07:14 PM
Not any vise I have ever seen. Does not have any real tension in the jaws. I think it's a measuring tool maybe?
Pipefitter
03-06-2016, 09:17 AM
My guess would be some kind of coil spring compressor.
Jal5
03-06-2016, 10:40 AM
Maybe but for some smack kind of spring?
Petrol & Powder
03-06-2016, 11:23 AM
I'll go with some type of spring compressor. The small head on the thumb screw makes me think there's not a lot of tension involved.
Jal5
03-06-2016, 12:25 PM
True there is really no tension which made me think of a measuring device but there is no marking on it to quantify a measurement. This is a pretty old tool too
mdi
03-06-2016, 01:41 PM
I don't think it's a measuring device, at least not very precise. Coarse threads and large machining tolerences. I go for a specialized clamp of some sort...
Petrol & Powder
03-06-2016, 09:26 PM
Could it be some type of counter-weight that clamps on the beam of a large scale?
Jal5
03-14-2016, 01:34 PM
One of my friends remembered that his dad had a bunch of these using them on the bench to hold small bits. the squared off part slid the whole tool into a groove cut into the bench. He had all sizes of this type of vise.

Joe
fourarmed
03-15-2016, 11:59 PM
It can't be to hold drill bits because it won't close far enough.
Mica_Hiebert
03-16-2016, 12:34 AM
Seems like I've seen one of these used as a safety device for setting conibear traps.
Jal5
03-16-2016, 06:46 AM
To hold small pieces of the material being worked on
PaulG67
03-16-2016, 07:24 AM
It seems designed to hold something specific. Mica Hieberts idea of a safety device for a spring trap is the right direction. If not for a trap, for something with a spring.