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3 hours ago, M Johnston said:

If you replace the https:// with http://, it should be fine.

 

http://www.datamp.org/patents/search/xrefType.php?source=query&start=0&cat=20&type=0&class=2300

..or you can go here to initiate a different search:

http://www.datamp.org/tools/tools.php

Thanks for posting a better link 

Found this site researching a vise. It's pretty great. 

 

here's the vises

https://www.datamp.org/patents/search/xrefType.php?source=query&start=0&cat=20&type=0&class=2300

I can't figure out how to edit my last post . So edit: 8 years ...  The more it loosened up the more it seemed to just open up like an accordion. I had to call it a day. I'll mount it when I get time and see what's what. 

Well 6 years later finally got around to getting it moving today. Maybe somebody knows more about this kind of vice?  

I think the bracket on the handle may be an addition to help pull the vice open but maybe I'm wrong ..I haven't messed with that set screw yet. 

Any suggestions for repair welcomed, thanks 

You're a lucky man Ethan, great video, thanks for sharing what you've learned 

They'll need proper PPE  Tiny ear plugs, tiny glasses kevlar, booties. 

 

I don't really know about cats hearing and eyesight but it might damage their hearing over time and vision if you're welding. I've heard tinnitus can be a xxxxx to live with. Don't know if they get it but something to think about

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I Imagine they're harder to find for sale in the winter months as no one is cleaning out the barn/gargage.so in the northeast ~ 6 months a year probably a rarer sight. The good deals on craigslist go really fast, atleast in my area. (like within an hour fast). So unless you check all the time,you usually only have the choice of overpriced beat up anvils.  They're out there though.and they are like magnets... 

Wondering if anyone knew of any bookssites about eastern ironwork (mainly architectural) I've seen a lot of European but not too much Chinese Indian mid east. Maybe there isn't much of it, but its hard to believe it didn't exist. I'm also interested in the same for old European/Scandinavian museum ironwork
Thanks for any help

the machine just remind me of a slow torture device. They took the whole plate off - no video of what they did after this.

Is there any health risk with prolonged exposure to an induction coil like this?

I don't know much about swords but that's about as nice a one I've ever seen. Looks like you and the baron make a good team.

Its soderfors. Frosty has a 125#sorceress this monster is the empress

When you say a spring in the back are you talking about the peice on the opposite side to the mounting tab in the middle? That seems to do what you are describing. Lifting it up pulls the metal piece out from the ratchet notches. Can't get the sucker to move though. Not even a millimeter. Where the notched side of the bar enters the jaws its a pretty tight fit. Might try an electrolysis bath

The handle looks like it has some threads broken off and that ring kinda acts as a spring/keeps it for on falling off after I get it open about an inch. Seems like a fix for the broken handle threads. It won't pull the jaws open unless its connected.

I can't pull it open any further either but it may just be the rust. Or I'm just not understanding the vise

I'll try to get better pictures later today. I'm not a very mechanical person so describing it will be rough but here's an attempt.

The vise screw is actually the end of that bar that slides out(but not right now) to open the jaws and the handle is internally threaded. This is opposite of the post vises I've seen. The externally threaded rod also has a latch and notches to I guess open the jaws to different lengths and keep it there.

I can't getit to open more than an an inch or so right now.

Thanks

That longer "leg" has a hole in it like it may have bolted to something? Anyone seen these before or know why it would've been designed this way? Says no. 4 on it but thats all I see, Thanks

This book is as good as any of the books I have read for a beginner. It is a bit more detailed with history and function of any given tool and covers a broader range of the blacksmith experience. Really similar to a school textbook.