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Philip Burley	23/05/2020 18:51:20
198 forum posts 1 photos	these came from a box of tools bought from a past on friend , any idea what the clamp might be for ? Seems a complicated way of holding something The other is an apprentice piece , the part fits the hole any way you try . remarkable workmanship
Daniel	23/05/2020 19:39:08
338 forum posts 48 photos	Hi Philip, Are you sure the clamp is not some form of puller ? ATB, Daniel
old mart	23/05/2020 20:02:31
4655 forum posts 304 photos	I've seen the vise before, but not sure where, maybe fishing fly making?
Bizibilder	23/05/2020 20:08:19
173 forum posts 8 photos	That type of vice can still be bought - Proops sell them as "Work Holder Hand Vice with Wooden Handle, 6mm Wide Jaw Opening, Jewellery Making Tool. H4106" I bought one a few years ago and they are very useful for holding small parts securely. Edited By Bizibilder on 23/05/2020 20:09:53
Tony Pratt 1	23/05/2020 20:27:44
2319 forum posts 13 photos	Nice apprentice piece!!! Tony
Jon Lawes	23/05/2020 20:55:50
1078 forum posts	On the MoD apprenticeship at Boscombe Down we had to make something similar, but a cube rather than an octagon. Mine was easily, easily, the worst made one in the room.
John Haine	23/05/2020 21:17:54
5563 forum posts 322 photos	I read years ago a biography of Geoffrey de Havilland who founded the aircraft company of that name, who was an RAF apprentice, or maybe it was RFC in his day. Apparently they had to make a mating nut and bolt from steel, using hammer, cold chisel and files, as an exercise. Now that would be a challenge!

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