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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4481310, member: 8267"]Don't know off the bat, but I have some questions. By "handles", do you mean the two moving parts with the holes through them? Are there sockets in the ends of these (parallel to the casting), or just the holes going across? Are there wear patterns in any particular direction in the holes? </p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the cast hooks/projections on the top of the frame (above the handle & rack), and the way the handle of the rack seats into the frame, it looks like it might have fit into a larger piece of equipment, and this apparatus is some sort of release mechanism.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4481310, member: 8267"]Don't know off the bat, but I have some questions. By "handles", do you mean the two moving parts with the holes through them? Are there sockets in the ends of these (parallel to the casting), or just the holes going across? Are there wear patterns in any particular direction in the holes? Based on the cast hooks/projections on the top of the frame (above the handle & rack), and the way the handle of the rack seats into the frame, it looks like it might have fit into a larger piece of equipment, and this apparatus is some sort of release mechanism.[/QUOTE]
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