Found this at a sale some time ago and thought it looked interesting
It screws together perfectly by turning the handle
My question is firstly what is it ? and secondly--what could it be used for?
Could it be adapted in some way or converted into a clever little jig of some kind ?
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What is this Clamp?
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Zen
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What is this Clamp?
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Re: What is this Clamp?
It may be a bookbinding press.
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Re: What is this Clamp?
Wine press?
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Re: What is this Clamp?
The stamped trademark in the wood says "Dryad Ltd. Leicester." A few minutes of sleuthing with Google reveals that this trademark was used on several types of craft devices having to do with looms, basketmaking, and bookbinding. A short trail of clues from there leads to the conclusion that this is a bookbinder's plough; a device for evenly cutting the edges of pages held in a press by turning the feed screw on the plough to advance a cutting blade into the pages, a few pages at a time. The use of a bookbinder's plough is explained and demonstrated in this YouTube video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tMYsYqBLA8