Eyesenish Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 (edited) so as some of you know since i talked about it in my anvil thread i bought a 60lbs blacksmith leg vise for 20$CDN, the guy i bought it from found it in the fields of his farm buried in dirt so it was in pretty bad shape.i couldnt even open it, it was totaly jammed up in rust anyways with a bit of elbow grease i finaly got it all appart,i used the wire wheel on the drill to clean every part then oiled it up with engine oil and rebuilt it, i had to grind a tapper on that lower bolt because it wouldnt fit jn the nut anymore because when i extracted it i gave it a couple of hammer blows to release it and it upset the metal anyways heres the pics . i put a peice of wood there under the spring to try and make it change a bit of position since it dosent have enough tentoin anymore ,in was thinking of heating it up and bending it a bit more for better tention but not sure if its a good idea, maybe you guys have a better solution to this,other than that it works great now, also i cant find any markings on it if anyone can identify it that would be great as well thanks guys! Edited April 25, 2015 by Eyesenish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Nice old vise. As long as the threads clean up OK, you will have a good vise to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesenish Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 heres the pics of the add i bought it from(the before pics) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesenish Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 (edited) yeah i cleaned the thread as well, used a pointy file to remove all the rust and grime that werenleft in threads over the years now it works great i greased it up too to keep it working well for a long time probly the best 20$ i ever spent lol Edited April 25, 2015 by Eyesenish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesenish Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 no one has a clue of the make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 They are hard to identify, as most were never marked by the maker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 and there were hundreds of makers often making quite similar ones And parts are often traded around from vise to vise over the years so a screwbox and screw from one vise may be in the body of another vise---who then is the maker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesenish Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 oh kk thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) It has a Peter Wright conformation reference the box turnings, the shape of the mount, and the well made "ears" at the bases of the jaws. If you remove the box, sometimes there is a single number stamped on the exterior, cylindrical, inner screw portion. Edited May 22, 2015 by Frank Turley more explanation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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