shop made clamp

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STB
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shop made clamp

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I found a clamp bracket at a garage sale for $.50. The letters C. T. C. and a H inside of a circle are in the casting. I wonder if it stands for Coast To Coast? Any way today I made a shop built clamp with it.
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Nice clamp. To bad you couldn't have got a dozen of those.
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Nice thinking, "Stumpy" Also nice clamp!
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Very nice...that is is neat looking old clamp head and a very nice new body for it.
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