Alan Evans Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Following on from the littlest leg vice thread, here is my contender for the smallest fly press!It was used by my grandmother for riveting the poppers onto her leatherwork. The spike on the front was used to assemble the components and push the leather onto them. A double ended bottom block was used for the different sides, male or female.I have been using it as nut cracker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Sculpture Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Neat little unit, looks as if some was forged and some of it was cast? How would you rate it, In stones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 On stones of course! Though maybe rating it in half-pints would be more commensurate with its stature! Yes the frame is cast and the thread and lever are steel. The corrosion pits are because it was dumped in a quarry after my Grandmother died and I dug it up ten years later after a chance remark by my father when he saw my first fly press. "I chucked a little one of those away when I was clearing out her house" It is spring lifted and the spring is either bronze or gunmetal, perfect condition when I got it apart. Alan In this area of the Cotswolds they call the wall crest stones "cocks and hens". Just thought you might like to know that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Sculpture Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Thats a great find from the rubble of history! My good friend just put a nut and bolt on the loo doors in his pub, does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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