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, 201511 yr by Eyesenish

Nice old vise.  As long as the threads clean up OK, you will have a good vise to use.

heres the pics of the add i bought it from(the before pics)

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, 201511 yr by Eyesenish

no one has a clue of the make?

They are hard to identify, as most were never marked by the maker.

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?

oh kk thanks

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, 201511 yr by Frank Turley
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