Vises

Trying to get info ID for Blacksmith post vise marked MANN & CAMPBEL SHEFFIELD WARRANTED

Been looking for a nice large vise. After seeing how much the antiques were going for I decided to just invest in a fireball tools new one. The manufacturer’s destruction test videos on his YouTube channel also swayed me. It Weighs in around 270 pounds. I’ve really been enjoying a vise with no slip. It’s a nice addition to my little 4 inch post vise I’ve been using for years.

I have this Vise in my garage. Can someone help identify it more? I can't find the #10 anywhere.

So picked up a couple post vises in northern Idaho. I'm in Helena Montana. The one is clearly a Columbia vise, but the other has very little stamping. All I can find is FK and a II both on the solid box. Shown in the pictures. I haven't weighed it, Buti guess it to be 65#+. 4.5" jaws. Any ideas of what brand or age?

I came across an add for this old Peter Wright vise. @ 25 bucks and 2miles from home I couldn`t pass on it. Still moves and the spindle looks ok-ish as far as I can see. It`s floating in wd40 now, so it can start to consider cooperation in the near future... ...to be continued...

When hammering on hot metal in a vise the work shifts if it is struck from the side. The jig pictured and discussed in the video link keeps the work secure when struck from any direction (except upsetting blows).

How big of a post vice have you seen or was made? Just by crusing the internet I think I've seen one with 7 inch jaws. Not sure the weight but I think it was 250# or so... Scott

Well it has been quite some time since I posted here. I am still blacksmithing and loving it. I found two vises last week for sale and got them both. Small one has a jaw width of 4” and the bigger one is a 7”. I do not have a scale but the 7” is quite heavy and much larger in scale than my 6” that weighs 100 pounds. I am starting the restoration process now as they both will need some effort to get operational again. The 7” one is first on my list as I have been looking a long time to find one of those “beefy ones” in my price range. The pivot pin’s head is sheared off and it was frozen. Last night I used a weed burner to heat the joint up and free it. I do not h…

Anyone know what this type of vise is called?

Hi everyone, I've tried the site search and I've tried google search site:iforgeiron.com and I still can't find the image I'm looking for. I remember seeing an image of a homemade vise (Maybe by Mark Ling??) in a thread somewhere in this section a few years back. It also may have been linked into a thread by Glenn?? It was made out of a piece of leaf spring bent into a jaw shape and secured to the flange of a railroad track anvil. Does anyone recall the image I'm describing and know which thread I might find it in? Any help greatly appreciated! Cheers, Jono.

I was wondering is someone might be able to help me with this Samson 5207 vise I’m restoring. i took it all apart expect the Screw Because I cant figure out how to remove it without damaging it. Woukd anyone be able to tell me why this part is called and how to get it off without damaging it? If there is no way of not damaging it can I replace it?

Hoping to utilize the collective expertise of everyone here to try and ID the post vise I have been using. I bought it from someone off marketplace who clearly didn't know what it was. Overall it's in decent shape, but the wedges for holding the vice to the mounting plate kept coming loose. So I decided to break down and see about fixing it, while I'm at it I decided to wire wheel the old layers of paint off and came across this partial logo. This is the best photo I could really get....so far have not found any other markings. Thanks in advance! Also here's a photo of the vise when I first brought it home!

This is the first leg vise I got. It is a 4 inch and the only marking on it is 35 stamped on the one jaw. I figured that to be the weight, but it actually weighs about 42 lbs. It came to me without a mount or spring and it was covered in rust. I cleaned it all up with strip discs. It's messy, but they work great. Here are some pics of before and after cleaning. I have gotten it all mounted up already. More pics and stuff to come. To be continued....

Just picked up this 3-3/8” Iron City vise at Quad-State. While the paint job is horrible and it’s missing the bottom part of its (slightly bent) leg, everything is otherwise present and accounted-for. The screw and screw box are in great shape. The jaw faces are clean and practically unworn: The only thing that might be a problem is that the jaws shift slightly sideways just when you close them fully. However, that doesn’t appear to be an issue when you clamp a workpiece in the jaws: So I’ll simply clean up the vise and put it to work.

So, I have a vice that’s been in my paternal family line for over 100 years. I’ve tried to identify it on line, but, as it has no casting marks or proofs, I’m at a loss. The jaws are 3 1/2” wide and the mouth extends to 5”. It has a working lever/cam and man, does it crank down and hold a piece of metal. Again, it has absolutely no markings anywhere. thanks for your time.

Hello! I recently stumbled upon this vise while cleaning and am not a blacksmith or expert. I created an account just to post this because I'm going crazy. Any idea which brand or age post vise this could be? The measurements can be seen, but I would guess this thing weighs at least 50 lbs. I have googled and crossed reference so many pictures but I haven't seen anything that matches, plus I can't find any markings on the vise for the life of me. The closest thing I can see is maybe an Iron City? Other Q's: Does this have all the parts? The only thing I see on a lot of other vises is a little endcap on the screw. I have the nub there but a lot of…

Hey guys. So far I've been using my smaller Peddinghaus Matador machine vise for all purpose use. With regards to blacksmithing it's mostly been used for twisting and adjusting. I haven't been hammering on it a whole lot because it's mounted to my wooden bench, so it makes everything rattle. That's why I've been looking for a post vise. It's not easy to find where I live, especially one that is close and not too much fixing necessary. I happened to find one where the seller was actually able to send it by mail. So I don't know the brand or anything, but the seller said it was around 25kg/55lbs. It's a 120mm/4.7 inch vise. After getting it, I was contemplating "maybe…

Hi everyone... Good day. Just bought this Vise with Mark RB. The question is RB stand for what? Thanks for the answer...

Today I visited a friend and I found these small vices (less than 15 kg weight, less than 10 cm jaws) If you look at the legs, they are usually short and are not made to be in contact with the ground, rather to be bolted or nailed to the stand. Some details of edge of leg with a hole to secure the vice to its stand. The mounting plate is also fairly small I am interested in buying one of these vices, here are some pictures/measurements (I forgot to make a picture of the screw but it is in mint condition). It weighs about 11 kg. So, My questions are: 1 - what sort of work w…

I recently acquired this vise from a friend who had it for many years. He said he bought it for scrap price when the company he was working for went out of business. It's a machinist vise with 4-1/2" jaws and weighs in at just over 100lbs. This particular vise was built sometime before 1957. It's in very good condition considering its age. I regreased it and cleaned it up a bit, but it didn't need much. I really like the swivel lock on this vise. This vise replaced a Wilton I've had for 30 years. The Wilton never locked down well and would break loose and swivel under load. I don't feel at all shy about beating hot metal on it either.

While browsing the website of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, I encountered this rather delightful German post vise: Apart from its artistic extravagance, it's interesting to note that it's not adjusted with a handle on the front, but by tightening and loosening the nut on the back. Here's the link to its page on the museum website: https://www.philamuseum.org/collection/object/44387. Interesting to note that it appears to have come from Samuel Yellin's personal collection.

A buddy of mine who knew I was wanting to start learning basic smithing/knife making as a retirement hobby gave me an old post vise the other day. I didn't know too much about them so reached out to my Coast Guard Brother and IFI member Irondragon (Randy) for advise. He gave me his initial thoughts and recommended I make a post here for further help and info. As you can see from the photos, the end of the thread box was broken at some point and someone wedged some sheetmetal shims between the thread box and leg jaw hole. It looks as though the key on the thread box was also compromised. To me, overall the vise looks to be in good condition sans the thread box. But ho…

Here’s another one of my junkyard finds, i guesstimate it to be 175 to 200 pounds but my wife has banned me from using her bathroom scale to weigh dirty rusty junk I drag home so I’ll have to get a weight later for it. The searching I’ve done so far has led me to it being a wire rope eye splicing vise. The company that made it turned out to have a pretty interesting history but I was unable to find any info on when it was made. It has three jaws and two move at the same time. I haven’t found a use for this thing yet but it was weird and I didn’t already have one so of course I needed it.

Wondering if anybody can help me. I have a Reed Mfg 106 vise with a swivel base. It's a little big for what I need so I downsized. Since I don't need it I was wanting to sell the 106 but I can find zero information about a 106 with a swivel base (and what it may be worth). I got it from a closed shop so I can't ask the previous owner. After coming up blank trying to find info I'm more curious as to what I've got than what it may be worth; if anybody has any info I'd appreciate it.

Couldn't find a thread on this subject elsewhere, so thought I'd start one. Beat me to death if this has already been done! Just finished posting a picture of my "new to me" vise in the "Show me your vise" thread. Next project in line for it is a stand. Think I've got a good idea of what I want to do, but thought it would be fun to see what other's have done. I've been impressed at what some of you have done for your anvil bases, so surely you've got some equally good ideas for vises. My plan.............at this point................is to use a 4x4 steel pipe column, with a 12"x12" base welded to it on the bottom and a 7"x7" top welded to it. Then bolt a …