Mystery item No2 also from cabinet maker

Mystery item No2 also from cabinet maker

This topic has 5 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 12 May 2024 at 16:55 by john halfpenny.

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11 May 2024 at 18:13 #730170
john halfpenny
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I know what this is. Do you? The needle pulls out of through holes in the fingers.
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12 May 2024 at 09:40 #730261
Bo’sun
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Hello John,

“from a cabinet maker”. That does make inspired guesswork somewhat more difficult.

My best guess would be to hold something for assembly, rather than punch holes, as the pin looks a bit flimsy.

Go on, give us a clue.
12 May 2024 at 09:53 #730267
Ivan Schuch
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Hi,

It looks like a very basic flat leather drive belt lacing tool. The pin is the mandrel over which a strip of clips are bent when they are clamped into the belt using a bench vise.
12 May 2024 at 14:35 #730304
Nicholas Farr
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Hi, I agree with Ivan, that’s it’s a basic belt lacing tool, I have a multi-size one, in which you can close all the lacings at the same time, on any width of belt up to the maximum width of the tool.

You just load up the number of lacings needed for whatever width your belt is, and then just push the belt into the lacings, up to the block where the pin holds the lacings in.

Then swing the top down, and clout the striking section with a hammer, maybe a number of times, and the job is done.

Needles to say, I haven’t actually shown any belt, as I haven’t got any.

Regards Nick.
12 May 2024 at 15:06 #730308
peak4
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My version of the Mastabar belt lacer is shown in this post; it used to be in an album on the old site

Flat belts

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12 May 2024 at 16:55 #730322
john halfpenny
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Yes it is for joining flat drive belts, using gut as the connecting medium. Workshop machines were thus powered.
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