Info on a Van Products Co. Pneumatic Vise

[HMH00]

Hello everyone, I just recently acquired an antique pneumatic vise labeled as a “Van Products Co. Model No. 46”. I’ve been searching for information on the vise but so far haven’t found much other than a picture of a catalog page on Vintage Machinery. http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/i ... x?id=22805
I was hoping somebody may have a clue where I could find some more info on this thing, aside from the inherit finger smashing capabilities it seems pretty neat.

 

[RTM]

They were into more than vises, trademark on pellet drier

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

books.google.com

Federal supplier in 1951

Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers

books.google.com

But the real meat is probably here, just lots of snippets views. You may be able to track some titles to archive.org

Google Search

 

[HMH00]

They were into more than vises, trademark on pellet drier

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

books.google.com

Federal supplier in 1951

Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers

books.google.com

But the real meat is probably here, just lots of snippets views. You may be able to track some titles to archive.org

Google Search

Awesome, thanks for the help. I’ve never used the “books” search section.

 

[RTM]

I’ve never used the “books” search section.

Fantastic resource for old stuff, seeing period correct literature is so much better than a modern website giving their thoughts

 

[Woods_Wanderer]

Oh very cool! This is known as a Reed pneumatic, or Vi-Speed vise. It is a probably a model 104R or 104 1/2R. Did this by chance come from Georgia? A few of us vise collectors were watching that one.
Check out the main vise discussion thread here:

The VISES of Garage Journal

We have seen everyone's toolboxes so let's see the vises! (no, not vices :)) I'm sure there are some really cool ones out there. Large or small, let's see them all! Here's my Charles Parker 107 and my Wilton 1780: The Wilton has an 8" jaw and weighs about 110 lbs. The CP has a 6" jaw and...

www.garagejournal.com

 

[HMH00]

Oh very cool! This is known as a Reed pneumatic, or Vi-Speed vise. It is a probably a model 104R or 104 1/2R. Did this by chance come from Georgia? A few of us vise collectors were watching that one.
Check out the main vise discussion thread here:

The VISES of Garage Journal

We have seen everyone's toolboxes so let's see the vises! (no, not vices :)) I'm sure there are some really cool ones out there. Large or small, let's see them all! Here's my Charles Parker 107 and my Wilton 1780: The Wilton has an 8" jaw and weighs about 110 lbs. The CP has a 6" jaw and...

www.garagejournal.com

It did actually, I came across it on facebook marketplace and had never seen a vise like it before. Gentleman said it was from his family’s old business so I assume it’s been a single owner vise. I’ll check out the vise thread thanks.