Has anyone ever seen one of these tools?

[JDgreen227]

About 20 years ago I joined the Handyman Club of America, and as a bonus for my subscription to their magazine, I had the opportunity to try and test, then keep the tool shown in the attachment, the label reads:

The Wedge

Iowa Manufacturing
Battle Creek, Iowa

They sent members a selection of tools, and you were permitted to keep them as long as you submitted a written review of your opinion of the item. Members had no say about what they would get to try out, it could have been a $500 saw (yeah, right) or a utility knife. The concept behind The Wedge was that you could install carriage bolts protruding from the bases of your bench top or portable tools (drill press, chop saw, grinder, etc. and when you wanted to move them around you could slide the heads of the bolts into the horizontal channels on The Wedge, then turn the cranks to move the angled sections on the bottom together and clamp the tool to a sawhorse top, etc.

Sounds good, but in practice it was a huge PIB to install the hardware necessary on bench top tools, I rarely moved them except for a chop saw, and the heft of most bench top tools would make all but the most sturdy sawhorse top heavy. I gave it a middling review. Never got another chance to try anything from HCOA, I wonder why....:laughing:

 

[SPIKER]

I was a member for about 3 or 4 years had 3 or 4 things sent mostly all small things that were ok for a inexperienced home owner that needed a specific drywall patch in a hard access area. I did get one tool that I used for a good while and still do, a really nice steel hammer with a half circle shape out near the head useful for hammering over the top of something. handle is not best but works great for installing say a window that the frame sticks up an inch or so that you have to hammer over the lip and the handle dont hit the window frame or trim then... it was worth the rpice of my membership though like you the other items were ahh slightly lacking in one way or the other.
at the time they had a great website for gettign help on just about anything with a great group of people (Like here) where you could ask about anything for handyman type repair work or where to find hard to find parts for old junk.


mark

 

[two_bit_score]

Never seen either the hammer or "the wedge".

 

[mixup]

Those are the clamping brackets for a portable mitersaw stand
called the "STABLEMATE".

The idea is to buy a pair of these clamps for each saw you plan to use
on the stand. The clamps stay on each of my 3 mitersaws permanantly.
I can set up the stand, clamp on a saw, and be cutting crownmoulding
in a few minutes.

I also have a 2x6 screwed to a shelf in my job trailer where I can clamp each saw to the shelf so my
mitersaws aren't sliding around while going down the road.

The STABLEMATE is no longer made in Iowa, but is available from
Fulton tools in Illinois, as are those clamps. Google Fultoncorp.

I have 2 of these stands and 2 pairs of folding sawhorses from
Stablemate. They have been in continuous use by me for the last
15 years as a trim carpenter in north central Iowa. I would be lost without mine.

I doubt Fulton tools would recommend this, but, we frequently use a pair of
these folding sawhorses to hold 40 sheets of 4x8x3/4" particleboard
in the shop. When folded the pair are stored vertically in a milk crate
in the back of my trailer.

Probably more info than you wanted but there you go.:thumbsup:

 

[JDgreen227]

Those are the clamping brackets for a portable mitersaw stand
called the "STABLEMATE".

The idea is to buy a pair of these clamps for each saw you plan to use
on the stand. The clamps stay on each of my 3 mitersaws permanantly.
I can set up the stand, clamp on a saw, and be cutting crownmoulding
in a few minutes.

I also have a 2x6 screwed to a shelf in my job trailer where I can clamp each saw to the shelf so my
mitersaws aren't sliding around while going down the road.

The STABLEMATE is no longer made in Iowa, but is available from
Fulton tools in Illinois, as are those clamps. Google Fultoncorp.

I have 2 of these stands and 2 pairs of folding sawhorses from
Stablemate. They have been in continuous use by me for the last
15 years as a trim carpenter in north central Iowa. I would be lost without mine.

I doubt Fulton tools would recommend this, but, we frequently use a pair of
these folding sawhorses to hold 40 sheets of 4x8x3/4" particleboard
in the shop. When folded the pair are stored vertically in a milk crate
in the back of my trailer.

Probably more info than you wanted but there you go.:thumbsup:

WOW thanks much...if you lived closer I would cheerfully deliver my pair of "Wedgies" to you free of charge....just Googled them, $75 PER PAIR on Amazon.com, heck I better sell them at my next garage sale....!!!!!

 

[jake98]

we frequently use a pair of
these folding sawhorses to hold 40 sheets of 4x8x3/4" particleboard
in the shop.

That sounds more than a little risky.. Great White makes horses that are up to that task, but I don't think I'd try it with those.. :confused2:

 

[mixup]

You are welcome.

Someday I hope to have the time to find some information
on a few things I have on the shelves of my shop. I am truly
amazed sometimes at the things I just can't get rid of ... or
find a use for!!!:laughing:

 

[Mace Canute]

I doubt Fulton tools would recommend this, but, we frequently use a pair of
these folding sawhorses to hold 40 sheets of 4x8x3/4" particleboard
in the shop. When folded the pair are stored vertically in a milk crate
in the back of my trailer.

Those 40 sheets weigh approximately 3680 pounds.

From Sawhorse Products - Fulton Corporation they list the load rating of their folding sawhorses at either 1000 # or 2000# per pair (depending on model). This would be on ideal footing too. Sounds like you are well into the safety factor. Don't be surprised if they fail one of these days. Hopefully everybody around them will be able to get out of the way before having some part of their body crushed when they finally do collapse.