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I welded this up for a friend of mine (as well as a couple of others, including one for myself)Can you guess what this is?A couple of hints:1. It is a tool2. The steel pin at the top is moveable into any of 14 evenly spaced holes (1/4" on center) on both uprights3. The rod is part of the tool4. The copper 'shims' are also part of the tool although their use is optional5. The uprights are 12" high and made from 1 1/4" angle iron6. The base is 12"x6"x3/16" mild steel plate]
Reply:With that pointy stick there you would think it something Oxy-moron would fabricate?Lincoln Power MIG 215Lincoln WeldPak 3200HDLincon ProCut 25Lincoln WeldanPower 225 AC/DCIf all else fails... buy more tools
Reply:one leg of your new welding table?
Reply:Some type of parts bender?IAMAW Local 330Airco 300 AC/DC HeliwelderAirco Dip-Pak 200 with Profax spool gunPowr-Kraft AC225Everlast PowerArc 200stBuffalo Forge No.21 drill pressSpeedglas 9100xxAirco, Oxweld, Purox, Victor torchesLincoln Ranger 8
Reply:A jig of some sort either to recreate multiple copies of a part or some sort of adjustible stand for a  piece of equipment?"I believe that our heavenly father invented man because his was disappointed with the monkey." -Samuel Clemens
Reply:Some tool to help stack and align different items?  Can you give us a hint where the tool would be used?something you use in recycling (fancy can crusher?  wire tie rack for recycling newspaper?)A limbo bar for narrow short people?A measuring gauge to determine board width?A device to aid in rolling up ribbon or yarn onto narrow spools?--zip
Reply:1.  Mr. F is getting close - it is a 'jig' of sorts but not used to recreate copies2. People who use this tool are mainly hobbyist but some make money by the things it helps produce.3. To my knowledge it has one and only one use though can be used to make many sizes (up to about 11") of the same item.4.  It can be used anywhere but you generally find them at gatherings of the hobbyist that use them.5. Other similar tools ave been made of wood to acheive the same ends.and finally 6. This tools is used to produce items (also a 'tool' of sorts) that have been made for more than 10,000 years, the first of which was discovered in New Mexico in the 1930's.   Obviously, they didn't have these tools then, but used other methods to produce the same results.Last edited by reefera4m; 05-06-2010 at 02:15 PM.
Reply:Is it a jig used in metal working? I sorta think bender too, but not convinced. Can wait to find out. I love shop made jigs. One could just have an art show with just jigs200amp Air Liquide MIG, Hypertherm Plasma, Harris torches, Optrel helmet, Makita angle grinders, Pre-China Delta chop saw and belt sander, Miller leathers, shop made jigs etc, North- welders backpack.
Reply:is it something to help hold material at a level height so you can get a clean cut?  I know we pile crap up and shim the tail pieces of long angle or tubing when we are cutting with the chop saw so that the cut will be square and straight.  I bet if that is now what it is for, I could figure out how to make it work for that.If you don't use your head you may as well have been born with two backends.That ain't exactly how Papa used to say it.*Linc'n WeldanPower 200 with a Wis. 2 cyl. w/handcrank*Linc'n AC225 *Linc'n ProMig 180*tiny porta torch...
Reply:Is it a flint chipper?
Reply:Tonight I will post a couple of photos of the tool in use by one of the preeminent masters of this tool.  He is quite famous in the world of this particular hobby and 'Googling' his name would produce literally thousands of 'hits'.  I'll also post some photos of the types of item/tools that are made with this tool.
Reply:Originally Posted by PapaLionWith that pointy stick there you would think it something Oxy-moron would fabricate?
Reply:...so...also of wood...thousands of years?.....perhaps for measuring spokes for small wheels?....or lengths of chain/yarn/rawhide, although that would require something to hold the rod...........Dougspair
Reply:This device is called a 'Fluting Jig' and is used by modern flintknappers to make the 'flutes' on a type of point called the Clovis.  The first one, dating back some 10,000 years was discovered in Clovis, NM.Here's a photo of a Clovis Point - an unusually large one:And another:And a photo of the tool in action:And the Result:Master Flintknapper and Clovis Point expert Emory Coons:And just something else he knapped for fun out of Midnight Lace Obsidian from Glass Buttes, OR:
Reply:yeah ......that was my next guess..........200amp Air Liquide MIG, Hypertherm Plasma, Harris torches, Optrel helmet, Makita angle grinders, Pre-China Delta chop saw and belt sander, Miller leathers, shop made jigs etc, North- welders backpack.
Reply:Originally Posted by bert the welderyeah ......that was my next guess..........
Reply:Guess it's a little more accurate than smacking away with another rock! Neat200amp Air Liquide MIG, Hypertherm Plasma, Harris torches, Optrel helmet, Makita angle grinders, Pre-China Delta chop saw and belt sander, Miller leathers, shop made jigs etc, North- welders backpack.