waterlooboy2.5 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Good day all. I'm new to the forum and come to you in need of help. I recently acquired this blacksmith anvil and would like to know a bit more about it. Can any of you confirm the manufacture? I do not see a makers mark anywhere. Vice is 39" long with a 3.5" wide vice. Does anyone out there have a clue where I might find the missing bench mount part and spring? Thank you all so very much. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Strange looking anvil but on the post vise, you might be able to make the missing parts. If you put your location in there may be someone around you that could help. I have made replacement parts for vises I have. As far as finding original replacement parts for That vise that's pretty rare. Best I have "found" was a bolt down plate for a Colombian in a bucket of scrap I spotted and bought at an auction where the vise was welded to a huge welding table and wasn't worth trying to get as I didn't have tools to cut it free and couldn't haul the whole table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 that is a leg vise not an anvil, spring and bracket can be made or found without too much trouble but the most important thing is the condition of the threads both on the screw and in the screwbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 These vises were made by hundreds of small and large manufacturers. If no stamping can be found on it it's just a guess and a rather poor one at that since we don't know where in the world it was found at. I am not familiar with any of the makers in Belgium where Waterloo is for instance. That looks to be a very elegant example of one though, how wide are the jaws? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 3.5 inches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Wasn't sure if that was the jaw width with the confusion on what it was.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I can cofirm it's manufacture...actually the pictures confirm it better Nice vise. Have a blacksmith make the missing parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlooboy2.5 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 3 hours ago, arftist said: I can cofirm it's manufacture...actually the pictures confirm it better Nice vise. Have a blacksmith make the missing parts. You say you can confirm manufacture? Thank you. 6 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: These vises were made by hundreds of small and large manufacturers. If no stamping can be found on it it's just a guess and a rather poor one at that since we don't know where in the world it was found at. I am not familiar with any of the makers in Belgium where Waterloo is for instance. That looks to be a very elegant example of one though, how wide are the jaws? Location Sacramento CA, my handle waterlooboy205 pertains to one of my passions, hit miss engines.. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Yes it was definitely manufactured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 It has somewhat the appearance of an English Peter Wright. Sometimes, you may find a numeral stamped on the straight portion of the screw box, when disassembled. That would be a tip that it's a Peter Wright. We suspect that they were inspector's numerals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothBore Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 For what it's worth, ... A "spring tooth" harrow is a great "donor" for post vise springs. Lacking that, new individual replacement teeth for "rock rakes", are readily available. Sure, if you want to make it yourself from a suitable material, and fiddle with getting the temper right, ... you can do that too. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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