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Largest Vise?

Sorry, I thought photos had been attached:

I hope someone can shed some light on this vise. It was in a box lot of unrelated tools in a New England auction. This jewelers’ size vise has evidence of japanning on its cast iron parts and may have faint lettering on the lower clamp lever. The pawl and octagonal handles are also cast...

Zoomie, Two Prentiss models could possibly fit your stand 1. Prentiss "Wood-workers" (a/k/a Coachmaker's vise) No. 12, 3 1/4" wide jaws; chamfer cut at the rear of the stand's top must be at least 3 1/2" wide . The static jaw swivels and the vise weighs 30 lbs. Front to back 7"+/- , side to...

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Joe Striper: Your vise's swivel mechanism looks like the Mortimer G. Lewis' US Patent #514,012 issued February 6. 1894. Lewis Tool Company had an office on Barclay Street in Manhattan, later on Railroad Avenue in Bridgeport, CT. I think their early manufacturing was in upstate NY -IIRC Lowville...

CwazyWabbit: Amazon sells a reprint of the 1902 Buck & Hickman catalog

Re: Parker 92 Amazon sells the reprint

Re: Parker 92 Page 194 Buck & Hickman 1902 Catalog

Inner working of Parker 92 (Hall's original patent slightly different configuration):

Machinery page 3 August 1911

Junkermann's Vise Patent http://www.google.vg/patents/US2107635