What is it? Weird small press/clamp

[ssdave]

Anybody know what this is for? Yard sale find I've had for a long time and really not found a valid use for!

 

[altersaddle]

At first I thought it might be a nut cracker, since those are sometimes made like a press, but you could probably put a small coconut in that.

It might be a cider press (possibly incomplete, a cider press should have some sort of vessel to contain liquid, or some means of moving liquid into a bigger vat)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cast-Iron-A...Grape-Berry-Apple-Duck-Seed-Oil-/171753606500

It might be a dental press:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/DENTAL-PRESS_128614284.html

The handle suggests to me that it's not designed for constant use. I'm curious to see what others think.

 

[Ozwelder]

Vulcanising tyre tube patch press, perhaps ? Come to think of it those presses had an open face,ie one leg to allow the tube under it a bit better.

Oz

 

[raf0419]

It could definitely be an older style dental press, but vote is: Medieval torture device to be applied to men guilty of violating chastity belts...

 

[CNGsaves]

^ ^ ^ ******* press !!! . .

 

[KRB52]

Way to small for a cider press.

 

[willymakeit]

Mini press ?

 

[beatcad]

i know it isnt, but my 1st thought was an early press for bearings into skateboard wheels.
i'm curious also.
is there any stamping #s on it?

 

[GarageMoreno]

Could it be a brake caliper piston press?

 

[joseph.a.owens.9]

Maybe for a smaller car, To small for a truck...

 

[ssdave]

Too small for a caliper press. Looked more carefully, no stampings or numbers. But, has a label on it! Hadn't seen it before, it's on the inside:

It's very stout. Welch Scientific makes classroom physics and chemistry equipment. I'm sure it's a press of some kind. A search of their website for "press" and for "clamp" didn't turn up a match. Does this info help job anybody's memory?

Thanks,
dave

 

[3baygarage]

Yikes.

You guys had it early on it would appear.

Denture flask press.

 

[Alan Douglas]

The 1932 Welch catalog has a vaguely similar item, part of an apparatus for measuring permeability of iron. It clamps a sample to an iron bar.