Bhutton Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Found a 4 1/2" vise over the weekend on Craigslist ($135) Is the spring original...Im thinking i see most vises with a piece of spring steel between the vise legs or what ever their called. Is this a columbian and would anyone know an approx. age? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance...Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Yeah, that looks like a replacement spring that someone welded in when the original broke or got lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 The vise body looks columbian but the screw/screwbox does not---may be a marriage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldshove Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 At least its not as xxxxxx as the one I picked up,it is missing the spring and I think one wedge. I,ll post a couple pics then you can see how they go together. Mine was broken at one time and the back jaw twisted up and out of shape. Instead of heating it up and twisting it back to shape they just welded it up ,the jaws are a way out of wack so I,m cutting her open and going to heat and try and twist back in to shape. Yours should be a easy fix {Ya rite LOL} The wedge is just a chunk of flat bar with a slight taper on the edge. The spring if you can find a old small trailer or car leaf spring you should be able to make one up jmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 of course mild steel will work for the spring too; just forge it so the bending is in the elastic region Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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