Beerhippie
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Reverse Polish? It's HP.
Vise Info Thread
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CRSINMICH
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Outlaw: I've had the swivel base version of that clamp on for years and I never did identify it. I'd sure be glad if someone on this thread knew for certain what it was.
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Patrickm82
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I just remembered that a guy at work has one of these mounted to his box. It has the rectangle anvil but I believe still the same maker. His has a sticker on there “Swordfish China”. Here are a few pictures of his. I will try and find the one I have at home and show the ****** casting.
PghJKB
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I just remembered that a guy at work has one of these mounted to his box. It has the rectangle anvil but I believe still the same maker. His has a sticker on there “Swordfish China”. Here are a few pictures of his. I will try and find the one I have at home and show the ****** casting.
I see these on EvilPrey all the time. Most definitely Asian
JKB
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Swordfish has been mentioned in the past as being, or having been, one if the larger Chinese Vise manufacturers, and one that made a decent product.I just remembered that a guy at work has one of these mounted to his box. It has the rectangle anvil but I believe still the same maker. His has a sticker on there “Swordfish China”. Here are a few pictures of his. I will try and find the one I have at home and show the ****** casting.
I’m not sure what the current status of the company is, and nowadays the “better” made Chinese vises may be sourced from other Chinese manufacturers.
Outlawmws
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Well I'm disappointed if it is Asian. It has a lot of "well made" features. I mean, how many smaller clamp on vises have replaceable jaws?
CRSINMICH
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I thought the same thing about the ways. It doesn't seem likely that a cheaply made vise would have dovetailed ways.
Although the paint job undercuts that assertion somewhat.
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Outlawmws
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Although the paint job undercuts that assertion somewhat.
Mine is >95% intact, so hard to gauge casting quality, but the paint was laid on thick
PeterPeter
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Seen up for sale an Emmerts Tiger, which appears to be a 38. Sad condition, but looks like most of it is there. To add insult to injury, It is listed as a Reed!
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Outlawmws
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Interesting that the Emmert Tiger also uses a wrench like Parker for the swivel lockup. I never noticed that before.
PeterPeter
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I’m wondering if that wrench is original. The two nuts holding it on make it look like a shop-made addition.
CRSINMICH
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PeterPeter: Yes, it's original. This cut is from Emmert's 1912 catalog. I thought it looked jury-rigged too.
CRSINMICH
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Mortimer Lewis' vise patents show that he had swivel jaws from early on. The first two from 1883 and 1884 were for FRONT jaw swivelers and one of them used the commonly missing or stuck Tapered Pin. The swivel lock on the 1883 patent was on the side of the jaw not the rear. The 1905 patent was given to C Hanimann but assigned to Lewis and the swivel lock was located at the rear of the jaw.
CRSINMICH
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In 1841 William Sim was granted a patent for a "manner of making the jaws of vises".
He concentrated on casting steel faces into the iron jaws but his patent represents a significant change in vise making. In effect he was making a modern bench vise which he called a "slide screw vise".
HIs jaw faces look like upside-down Parker jaw faces.
He concentrated on casting steel faces into the iron jaws but his patent represents a significant change in vise making. In effect he was making a modern bench vise which he called a "slide screw vise".
HIs jaw faces look like upside-down Parker jaw faces.