Does anyone know what this is?

[RiverRat]

A friend of mine on another bb has this old tool. It belonged to his father, who died. I know it's a clamp/shaper, (probably for wood) but it's only about 6" across. If you made staves for a whiskey barrel with it, it would hold about 1 qt.

Any ideas what it was really used for???

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v452/bobski/tool4.jpg

[Black Dog]

SWAG (scientific wild ass guess)
It looks like it could have something to do with putting the clamps on half round gutter. How wide is it?

[RiverRat]

I'm not exactly sure. It's about 6" across, so I would guess about 3/4 to 1".

Just a guess.

[MadAl]

Shaping metal or wood?

[Newt]

I say it's a wankle strechter