August 10, 201510 yr Hi guys, just picked up this little vice for £35 delivered to my door. My googlefu is pretty weak on this one. Can anyone tell me if these vices have a particular name or purpose? Just for my own information more than anything. I will need to build a portable stand for it. I need it for a show I'm going to in a few weeks so it will have to be a quick and dirty stand. Cheers Andy
August 10, 201510 yr A clamp it where you need it vise, say the transom of your boat as a pole holder. Frosty The Lucky.
August 13, 201510 yr I have one that's almost a twin that I retrieved from Ebay. My jaw width is 2 1/8 inches. I needed to fab the spring, about 2 1/4 inches long and the small, lower handle for the threaded bench attachment. I love that this style of bench vise is made like the larger leg vises of the period, quite early I might add. I would guess circa 1800. The box is a composite of tube and rings brazed together and then lathe turned. The square threaded screw is brazed together. Edited August 13, 201510 yr by Frank Turley word choice
August 13, 201510 yr Author Hey Frank thats interesting. I'm still offshore for now and won't get home for another two weeks yet sadly. One I get back I'll post up some more pictures. I'm literally going to have two days from getting home to going to my first show so unfortunately this isn't going to get as good a clean up as it deserves right away. I'll probably strip it apart and give it a quick clean and wire brush and oil the thread. I'll need to build some sort of stand (did I mention I need to build a stand at any point in the thread?) In short it will get what it needs to function at the show then I can give it the clean up it deserves after that. All the bestAndy
September 2, 201510 yr Author Had a little clean up of the vice before the show. It cleaned up really well and it really is a lovely little vice. I'm quite pleased I bought it. The jaws aren't quite flush which is a bit odd. But it's not awful as they close up tight enough and it is secure when attaching to a bench. All the best Andy
September 3, 201510 yr very nice Andy! Good Find Edited September 3, 201510 yr by notownkid spelling as usual
September 3, 201510 yr Instead of a bench, why not make a new, longer top mounting bracket that would drop down into the hardie hole of your traveling anvil?
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