redlee
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- Beaver County Alb. Canada
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OT - Electric Tool ID
- Thread starter redlee
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Red James
Stainless
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- Jan 26, 2013
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- Plainfield, Indiana, USA
Tool for vulcanizing (sealing) patches on tire inner tubes.
redlee
Titanium
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- Beaver County Alb. Canada
Thanks , makes sense now.
steve45
Stainless
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- Jan 16, 2012
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- Midland, Texas
What? You've never used an electric C-clamp before???
JohnEvans
Titanium
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- Sep 23, 2009
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- Phoenix,AZ
Actually looks to be more for vulcanizing breaks in the tire carcass [ie boots] given the shape of the tool. Common repairs pre 1950 or so. In the teens the cost of a set of tires ran 20-25% of the cost of the new car.You did everything you could to save the tire. Get a "************'s Automotive Encyclopedia from the teens/20s and give it a read for some normal/common repair practices. Even today it's common practice in large off road ,tractor etc to do a section repair on a tire ,bond in new rubber/fabric.
slnielsen
Hot Rolled
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- Nov 26, 2004
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- Viborg, Denmark, Europe
Made a search for the mentioned book.. Thx Google. 
************'s automobile and gasoline engine encyclopedia : ************, Andrew Lee, 1975- : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
************'s automobile and gasoline engine encyclopedia : ************, Andrew Lee, 1975- : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
Jim Williams
Stainless
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- Oct 3, 2002
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- Grant, Florida
The clamp has sufficient reach to vulcanize a patch on the inside of the skinny tires of the twenties and early thirties. Bowes Seal Fast sponsored race cars back then. I remember using self vulcanizing inner tube patches. The patches were on a shallow metal cup that contained a flammable compound. The material inside the cup was ignited, and smoldered away for sufficient time to vulcanize the patch securely to the tube.
Jim
Jim
Ray Behner
Diamond
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- Mar 27, 2009
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- Brunswick Oh USA
We had one like that. I was called the Schrader Hot Patch. Bolted to the bench. Light off the stinky cup and voila!
steve45
Stainless
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- Jan 16, 2012
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- Midland, Texas
You know, I've been thinking about the 'Electric C-Clamp'. Of course, I was joking, but it would be cool if you could make a battery powered, push-button clamp where you just push the button and it closes. It seems like many times I don't have enough hands to hold all the pieces and tighten the clamp at the same time.
I'll have to suggest this to Harbor Freight...
I'll have to suggest this to Harbor Freight...
K
kenh
Guest
As a teenager I was on intimate terms with a tube vulcanizer.
No money, shabby tires, dirt, rocky roads.
We could remove tire/tube, vulcanize ,remount like a well oiled factory team! (except as far as I know no factory teams practiced this routine)
No money, shabby tires, dirt, rocky roads.
We could remove tire/tube, vulcanize ,remount like a well oiled factory team! (except as far as I know no factory teams practiced this routine)
true temper
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- Jun 19, 2006
- Location
- Kansas
Looks like junk to me, be careful what you ask for. Black & Decker ACC1 AutoClamp - C Clamps - Amazon.com
Bowes seal fast was still in business in the late 70s, I worked in a FULL service station and we carried their products.
steve45
Stainless
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- Jan 16, 2012
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- Midland, Texas
OMG! 5 minutes to cycle from open to closed? Yep, junk. I don't think Black & Decker has made anything worthwhile in the last 40 years. But--I'll bet Chicago Electric (HF) can do it!!!
