Originally Posted by
Toolmaker51
So chivalrous! That poor woman's been captive who knows how long, trapped with at least two fingers in the jaws...Ms. S OK with that?
We all look at such tools, in how we'd fabricate. I haven't means to generate sufficient heat to bend for the jaws, yet bandsawing that first of 4" plate is not one bit outside realm of do-able. Thread the screw & nut, sleeve that with heavy wall tubing, big stub of wide flange, couple strips of leaf spring, turn & mill some one off fasteners, 1-1/2" rod for handle...I see the jaws sawn from a single long piece. Clamp upright, carbon arc or rosebud the neck of one, allow weight to pull it down 90°, quench and turn it around for second [shorter] side and repeat.
Lol, what it needs most of all isn't visible; padeye, fork pockets, or hoisting ring.
