QbBlacksmith Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 So I got this leg vice for $30 today. I think it is a PW but I am not sure. I really want to know if anyone knows when it was made. The serial number is 14372. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Sorry, no help on it's age or maker. How are the screw and screw box? Being welded to the stand thingy like that puts any hammering forces against the moving jaw and would've caused excessive wear. IF it worked at all. Can you open it without the leg stopping it? $30 is probably a pretty fair to pretty good price depending on condition. Cutting it off that stand and making a mounting plate, spring and wedges is easy enough, a couple hours at the anvil, maybe a little drilling. Who or when it was made is maybe a point of interest and there's nothing wrong with wanting to know but will it effect it as a tool? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 I've never heard of a PW having a serial number; that may be a company asset number and so without knowing the company untraceable to date. However; like anvils, postvises don't get any special cachet for being old till they get around 200+ years old and those are often in very poor condition as the means of constructing the screwbox doesn't stand up to abuse and in 200+ years, abuse is rather common. (I have one that meets the 200+ year criteria, it's very small and the screwbox was forge brazed from multiple pieces including the threads being brazed into the tube. I use it rarely and do NOT let students or visitors use it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QbBlacksmith Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 Tomas powers so do you know of a leg vice with serial numbers?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Have you checked the screw & screw box threads? Whom ever mounted that vise did not know how they are used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QbBlacksmith Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 (edited) I did it is in great condition 5 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: I've never heard of a PW having a serial number; Do you know what leg vice does have serial numbers? Edited June 3, 2022 by Mod30 Excessive quoting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Asking the same question repeatedly isn't going to improve a negative answer. Thomas said no and I've never heard of one. Property # is the ONLY logical answer. Private owners typically marked them with initials or their touch mark. Factories, etc. most likely would've marked them with a property # if at all. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 I’ve had or seen Trenton’s, iron city’s, chiefs, Peter Wrights, fishers, Columbians ect… and I’ve never seen any marked with a serial number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 It is missing the mounting hardware and spring. To me, IF the screw and screw box are good that is a great price. The missing parts can be made. As is it probably won't function well. Can you get a picture of the threads on the screw? If good, I would free it from its current state and forge/fabricate a new mount bracket, lock and spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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