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Post by oregon on Oct 23, 2020 11:24:22 GMT -5
Well, the ad promised a dark & scary basement with some lapidary equipment.... who could resist?
Picked up a 10" lortone slab saw, the what I thought might be Foredom units turned out to be just dremels. Some lathe parts & tools made up for it. This machinist's tool box had a mix of lapidary parts and non lapidary tools in it. There's a pic of the bottom drawer, with a old Bill's slab grabber on the left, and an interesting looking piece of equipment on the right. The Delrin? Pins are beveled like a slab grabber and simply slide out of the holes to be arranged as needed. Twisting the knob opens/closes the jaws. Bit of machining there with bevel gears, and left handed threading....
Anyway, it certainly looks like a non-one-off piece of equipment, is it supposed to be a slab grabber? or something else? Anyone recognize it? no markings other than the bevel gear part number.
Couple other interesting old tools as bonus ID's if you recognize them.. pat'd sept 2-13, that might be a bit dated...
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Post by herb on Oct 24, 2020 9:54:26 GMT -5
Kind of looks like a slab grabber, but with the semi circle protrusion with the (screw?) hole on the base it would make it difficult to clamp in a vise. Might be a jig to use with a drill press?
As for the other tool, it says "eureka hosecoupler" on it so my guess is that it is a tool for coupling hoses ;-) but I have no idea how it would accomplish that!
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 24, 2020 16:30:47 GMT -5
oregon Hey I have that same model of slab grabber in the left of the top photo. It came with a parcel in an estate sale and I'm missing some parts to it. Could you PM me some photos of the entire unit so I can see what a complete original looks like? This way I can fabricate the missing parts and make it usable. Thanks
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Post by oregon on Oct 24, 2020 17:28:56 GMT -5
oregon Hey I have that same model of slab grabber in the left of the top photo. It came with a parcel in an estate sale and I'm missing some parts to it. Could you PM me some photos of the entire unit so I can see what a complete original looks like? This way I can fabricate the missing parts and make it usable. Thanks
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 24, 2020 17:41:41 GMT -5
oregon Hey I have that same model of slab grabber in the left of the top photo. It came with a parcel in an estate sale and I'm missing some parts to it. Could you PM me some photos of the entire unit so I can see what a complete original looks like? This way I can fabricate the missing parts and make it usable. Thanks Thanks! I even followed another link within the one you provided for more info. |
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