demid Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Old vices have in my collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironstein Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Did you make the box and screw for that? Good looking repair. Can't tell from the pics, but it looks to be a large one, how much does it weigh? What size jaws? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demid Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Hello! Yes, according to my drawings was made screw and a box. Vices are not very large, jaws about 12 -13 cm Very often, the old vices have the problem of the lack of screw . We have to restore paying attention to the original design and authenticity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 That's a beautiful screw/screwbox! That first vise looks more home made than old save for the tanged mounting plate set up. Easy to confuse "primitive" with "old" in smithing as I have seen several items that were the very eyes of age you would think but had been cobbled together in the 1930's out of what they could scrounge and so looked like they were 200+ years older than they were. (also some countries used older "style" items much longer than others.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demid Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Thomas! Thank you, glad you liked the design of the box. About ancient and primitive. The fact that I found these vices in the country. Little was found in the ground and those that with a new thread in the old house. In the Soviet period, they could not produce. I think that young are aged 17 - 18 -19 age, and the latter with a new thread - the end of 18 - 19 century. Interestingly, both see the seams of a blacksmith welding, they really were made from scrap metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demid Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 In our country, on the contrary tried to forget all the old (the bourgeois), so 19 century - that's for sure. In order not to be considered a dreamer, so to say, this is not ancient but primitive tools dating back to age 19 (or slightly earlier) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 The first vise on the left has a German look because of the small "anvil" on the fixed jaw and the side plates. I wonder what the mount design is like; it's only shown from the side. http://www.turleyforge.com Granddaddy of Blacksmith Schools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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