Tony B Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Anyone any ideas what these might be? The box is empty though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Spood Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 A quick google shows that Renold are industrial chain and gear specialists. I see the word chain is on the box, this doesn't help tell you what a cramp is though does it. Guessing it could be a tool for holding chain while inserting false link possibly. That's as helpful as it gets sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 snowtracdave Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Aren't / weren't Reynolds a well known manufacturer of chains - motorcycles I particularly remember but presumably other types of chain as well . Seen a vice for the shortening & re-joining of chain - might that be what was once in the box ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Richard Farrant Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 This would be a chain cramp, for pulling the ends of a roller drive chain together in order to fit the connecting link. Must be a big one as the box says from 1.75" pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 Thanks guys, it's a useful 'Period' wooden box, so I'm going to stick kit in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 N.O.S. Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Hey Tony, if you ever get the cramps, just lie down in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 79x100 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Isn't 'cramp' just a more traditional (and correct ?) name for a clamp as in 'Sash cramps' ? Googling 'Chain clamp' shows devices for clamping circular objects on a work table on the same principle as a chain wrench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mark Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Renold Chain is still going used in many machinery albeit being overtaken by cheaper stuff nowadays, I would imagine that the word cramp is being used to describe a piece of kit we use for joining chains, it fits onto the rollers in the middle of the chain and you pull the chain up by winding a bolt or thumbscrew etc until you can get the connecting link in, they come in various sizes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 Must have been a fair sized object then. The box is about two foot by one foot by one foot. Says it is for 1.75 to 4 inch chains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Anyone any ideas what these might be? The box is empty though.
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