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Picked this up this evening. Young fella had it advertised locally, apparently he knows a 94 year old gentleman who lives on his family's century farm go through some old outbuildings and take a few old things to sell off. Best guess is that it dates back to 1910 or so. Pretty sure a little penetrating oil an she'll work great.
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I'm jealous. A vice and and Anvil all in one. Mine are all single use devices.
That looks like a very solid vise. with the screw mounted that high on the jaws they should stay parallel and true to each other under a lot of force also. A set of copper or lead jaw covers for it or better if it has removable jaws a set of each for it and your good to go. I have jaws and covers made for my one vise since I don't always want to take the time to change out the jaws.
Sweet. Now, the only project might be to beef up the bench before you mount it.
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thats a beast of a vise. definately a score.
How many men and boys did it take to lift that thing?!
Just me, but it is heavy. Honestly, I'm going to have to build something to mount it too, my work bench isn't strong enough.
What is the maximum jaw opening?
That is a nice vice and I believe fairly rare as well.
That's a functioning piece of Americana right there! Please don't paint it. Does it have a maker's name on it?
If you want to know why old vises cost so much, it is the thread on the garage journal with 9.5 million views and 62 thousand posts about old vises.
Those guys get all hopped up on the internet and then do a bidding war on Ebay. The mass of a vise may go up as the cube of the jaw width, but the price goes up faster.
It is a farriers anvil vice.
I'm ashamed to say that I have more vices, than vises.
Funny, but true huh?
My Dad used to talk with Mom about vice work in the SO...as a kid I couldn't imagine what a bunch of Cops did with a vise. Maybe cuff a prisoner to one and threaten to chunk him in the Houston Ship Channel? Talk or swim skum!
This is what I thought. Came off an old century farm here and back in the day, if you farmed, that pretty much meant you had to have the ability to shoe horses.Quote:
Originally Posted by OS OK
I need to take a closer look at it, I honestly didn't do anything with it except take it home and put it in the barn. It's gonna need some penetrating oil, stuck at the moment, but doesn't look bad, I'm pretty sure it'll work out well. I'll see if there's a manufacturer name on it.
"Vice" verses "Vise". Can't believe I made that mistake, I'm normally kind of nit picky about that sort of thing.
Now that does look a good one. The screw almost on a level with the jaws should give a better grip than one under the bottom of the gap - and you get a deeper gap for wide objects.
You might find that a few cycles of heating and cooling would loosen up the seized thread, at least enough to give penetrating and easing oil better access. Unless it has removable hard jaws, which it probably doesn't, it won't be dependent on heat-treatment. Then either sandblasting or hydrochloric or phosphoric acid after dismantling and degreasing, then some hammer-finish spray paint in a chaste but impressive colour... I would paint it, as a lot of them were when new. But if you object, do you still have blacklead, actually not a lead product but a graphite paste, used on cast-iron stoves? Somewhere underground there is a dead designer who would want this job done right.
Tool collectors who don't use them for work are The Enemy for those who do. Living on a relatively small island has its advantages for anything large or difficult to pack, though. On eBay "Collection only" makes a big difference to the prices realised.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clark
I've been watching a long time for a very large O-shaped rather than C-shaped pipe vice, which could make a good barrel vice if it is forged steel rather than cast iron.
I have more vises than vices but the vices still get me into more trouble.Quote:
I'm ashamed to say that I have more vices, than vises.
Ah, pun and word play makes my day.Quote:
Originally Posted by smokeywolf
I had professors from the psychology and genetics departments of the university of Washington come to my house to draw blood and give me an IQ test.
They are tracing a bad spelling gene. I have it. Enabling internet level spell check on Chrome allows me to lead a normal life.
I'm happy my pun was taken in the spirit in which it was meant. I enjoy richhodg66's posts and meant no sarcasm nor disrespect.
While the farriers I used to know, carried separate vises and anvils on their trucks, I'm a little ashamed I didn't recognize the vise, as back in my 30s I was training horses as a sideline and had considered seeking an apprenticeship with a farrier.
Nice score! These vises are pretty good all around shop tools, but aren't particularly good anvils (being cast iron, they tend to be brittle and break under heavy usage), so don't be too tempted to do any heavy hammering. Normal shop and farm repairs it's great for though!
None of our Farriers ever carried anything like this...it's neither a good anvil nor a good vise but it looks interesting. Might work out in a garage shop so long as you didn't need to open it too wide for anything. Just a rusty old piece of Americana.Quote:
Originally Posted by smokeywolf
I would love to have that in my gun shop for gun work. You don't need a monster . Rail Road rail makes a good one if you can do the converting work to make it. That one can be out side for rough stuff. Wheel bearing grease inside for threads as it can take the heat.
The only vice I got left is Coffee, gave all the others up years ago. Sept for guns n ammo :swagemine:
That is one beautiful piece of cast steel.
Congrats on a great purchase!
Rich that might be out of the k-state foundry. The markings are usually ks co ag or some abbreviation of Kansas college of ag. They used to do quite a bit of cast iron work and lots of billet/ poured base anvils. I have a 175 pound anvil from one of the big pours in the 20s.
Rich: That's a nice anvil vise, Had a kid at our blacksmith guild buy one to use for knife making.
He pounded so hard that he cracked the anvil face. Tried to tell him but he wouldn't believe that
he would crack it. Best used for straighting out nails or capping rivets. wirebrush and wipe down
with past wax to keep the antique look.
Dave
I still haven't done anything with it, need to do that. No way am I going to do the kind of work that would hurt it, just not in me, LOL.
I will check for any markings that might identify it as a K state product. No way this weighs 175 pounds though, I'm guessing 50.
My old vices involved liquor and women. Now I'm too old for one, and too young for the other. Yours is very cool.