Hey Bill,

Thanks for persevering, 'cause I was lost with the written
description!!

Never seen one like that, but it sure looks pretty neat. I bet it
does away with some of the damage caused by twisting the C frame of
standard clamps too, and it places the working part in a better place
for many jobs.

Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.

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On Sun, 16 May 2010 21:06:57 -0700, "Bill Noble"
wrote:

wouldn't you know it - as soon as I whine about the site being down, it's
up - so the photo of the odd c-clamp is posted (see below) - the file name
is: "Quikcet - Grand DualGrip C-clamp.JPG" - it should be in the drop box
about the time this note makes it to the NG

"Bill Noble" wrote in message
...
I picked up an interesting C clamp today, on one side of the main casting
it says GRAND DualGrip REG US PAT OFF, on the other side it says 40A and
40 (presumably casting numbers), and QUIKCET Pat Pend. max opening is 4
inches. The copper colored parts were probably nickle plated, I polished
them and there is a little silver still visible.

to operate, squeeze, slide the clamp bar down, release (spring force
pushes it together) and tighten the screw. to release, loosen screw and
rotate clamp bar 90 deg to disengage ratchet.

I tried to post to the dropbox but it seems that the metalworking.com site
is inoperative right now - and I always go there first to get the address
du jour.

so meanwhile - anyone recognize it from the above description? I can't
find anything on line about it, the company, or anything - the heavy
copper plating with nickel suggests to me that it's probably pre WWII, but
that's all I've got to go on

if you would like a photo, get my email from my web site (below) and send
me a request and I'll send you the photo I was intending to put into the
drop box

--
Bill -
www.wbnoble.com