new box vice

[Max Mulholland - Tetnum]

i went to the local flea market and fpund a box vice with everything for 25$
a box vice has no post however i suspect this onewas at one time with a post due to the O/A touch marks about 2" below the forge weld whare something was cut off and the bracket is a normal postvice mount

it has the markings "warrenten solid box" on the nut
and "sheffield" stamped twice on the front jaw
dose any one know anything about this or about when it was made

[Iron Falcon 72]

In my experience Sheffield indictes English-made. Can you post some pictures?

[CurlyGeorge]

Tetnum, you can always add a new leg back on it. I got a 6" leg vice and someone had cut the leg off of it. I got an old RR spike puller bar and used the top end of it. Worked great. Before I welded it on, (yes with an arc welder), I forged the button foot on the bottom. That sets in a hole in the 2X4 that I secured to the mounting stump. Here's a couple of pix to show what I'm talking about.
Post Vice Replacement Leg - Blacksmith Photo Gallery
Post Vice Replacement Leg - Blacksmith Photo Gallery
Hope this helps you.

[Frank Turley]

The Sheffield suggests that it was made in England. Guessing at the "solid box" information, the vise dates from about 1840 to 1900. Before about 1840, the boxes were composites of rings, tubes, and internal threads which were brazed together. They were not solid; ie., of one piece.

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