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148500 Richard.Wilson@s... 2005‑08‑09 Re: holdfast size?
Paul discovers the model for the Record 145 (holdfast, Jeff)
>I recently found a screw operated (modern, technical version of a
>forged holdfast :-) at a fair price.

and asked
>Are they usually this robust?

Indeed so, in fact the Record has a corrugated shaft, and comes with a
cast collar which has matching corrugations on its inner face. Rather
than being screwed to the bench top, it needs to be bolted through, the
bolts going via a backing ring. Once engaged, this enables a *huge*
pressure to be exerted. Did i say *huge* ? I meant HUGE.

I have a couple of collars in the top of my 'old' bench, and a couple of
spares, one of which I always intended to go horizontally into the right
hand bench leg (the face vice is on the left)

In use, they are fiddly to set up, and tend to have little finesse
between slack and timber crushing.

But just the job for initial roughing down, or for work on green timber
or similar.

Richard Wilson Yorkshireman Galoot

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148495 paul womack <pwomack@p...> 2005‑08‑09 holdfast size?
I recently found a screw operated (modern, technical
version of a forged holdfast :-) at a fair price.

I thought it was anonymous, but during rust removal,
I discovered a shallow stamp that indicated
William Marples (Hibernia) and the usual
Shamrock.

What surprises me is the scale and weight of the
thing:

http://www.wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=1969

It weighs 2650 gm (5lbs, 13 oz) and the shaft
is 25mm (let's face it, it's an inch).

Are they usually this robust?

    BugBear

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148517 Jerry Davis <jdavis@s...> 2005‑08‑09 Re: holdfast size?
paul womack wrote:

> It weighs 2650 gm (5lbs, 13 oz) and the shaft
> is 25mm (let's face it, it's an inch).
> Are they usually this robust?

I have an old one which is about that size.  I don't think it is marked
but can check and report back if it is.  It has a smooth shaft like the
one in your picture.

Jerry
Griffin, GA

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148533 paul womack <pwomack@p...> 2005‑08‑10 Re: holdfast size?
Jerry Davis wrote:
> paul womack wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>It weighs 2650 gm (5lbs, 13 oz) and the shaft
>>is 25mm (let's face it, it's an inch).
>>Are they usually this robust?
> 
> 
> I have an old one which is about that size.  I don't think it is marked
> but can check and report back if it is.  It has a smooth shaft like the
> one in your picture.

Further research in the tool pile
reveals the following:

Record #146 screw-holdfast

1634 grams, 15/16" shaft diameter, 10" shaft length

Woden X110/B75 screw holdfast
1086 grams, 3/4" shaft diameter, 9" shaft length.

So the oldie's a biggy.

I'll head for the catalogues if I remember.

    BugBear

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148531 "Peter Huisman" <p-j-h@w...> 2005‑08‑10 Re: Holdfast size?
Bugbear said in part:=0D
I recently found a screw operated (modern, technical=0D
version of a forged holdfast :-) at a fair price.=0D
 =0D
What surprises me is the scale and weight of the=0D
thing:=0D
 =0D
Are they usually this robust?=0D
 =0D
Peter responds:=0D
My home made ones are. Didn't want 'em to break too easily.=0D
 =0D
http://www.wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=3D1215=0D
 =0D
PeterH in Perth

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148559 Jerry Davis <jdavis@s...> 2005‑08‑11 Re: holdfast size?
paul womack wrote:

> Record #146 screw-holdfast
> 1634 grams, 15/16" shaft diameter, 10" shaft length
> 
> Woden X110/B75 screw holdfast
> 1086 grams, 3/4" shaft diameter, 9" shaft length.

My unmarked example has: 11" shaft length, 7/8" shaft diameter and the
arm reaches 7.5" from the shaft.  Here it is in beautiful primer red:

http://smilax.griffin.uga.edu/~jdavis/holdfast.jpg

A cleanup may reveal a maker's mark but it doesn't look promising.

Jerry
Griffin, GA

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148561 paul womack <pwomack@p...> 2005‑08‑11 Re: holdfast size?
Jerry Davis wrote:
> 
> My unmarked example has: 11" shaft length, 7/8" shaft diameter and the
> arm reaches 7.5" from the shaft.  Here it is in beautiful primer red:
> 
> http://smilax.griffin.uga.edu/~jdavis/holdfast.jpg

Some rummaging in the book pile gives

1935, Buck & Hickman
pillar length x diam
10 x 3/4
12 x 7/8
14 x 1
16 x 1 1/8
18 x 1 1/4

1935, Buck & Hickman

Woden (not shown in catalogue, but I recog nise the model #)
Labelled as reach, opening, diameter of hole for collar
X110,   5 7/8,   6 7/8,    1 1/2
X111,   7 1/16,  7 5/8,    1 3/4
X112,   8 5/8,   9,        2

 From a previous post, my X110 has a 3/4 shaft.
Those collars are a good deal bigger OD than ID.

Sounds like my big 'un is a littl'un by
old standards! Mine is the 14 x 1...

    BugBear

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148580 Bill Kasper <dragonlist@u...> 2005‑08‑12 Re: holdfast size?
my marples 146 is 1650 grams, 7/8" shaft diameter, and 12" shaft length.
for the record.

bill
felton, ca

On Aug 11, 2005, at 7:39 AM, Jerry Davis wrote:
> paul womack wrote:
>> Record #146 screw-holdfast
>> 1634 grams, 15/16" shaft diameter, 10" shaft length
>>
>> Woden X110/B75 screw holdfast
>> 1086 grams, 3/4" shaft diameter, 9" shaft length.
> My unmarked example has: 11" shaft length, 7/8" shaft diameter and the
> arm reaches 7.5" from the shaft.  Here it is in beautiful primer red:

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