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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.

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

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 ...

I bought this jack from an auction some time ago and restored it. I have no clue what manufacturer it's from though. It doesn't have any names on it and when I search for a "No. 18 Screw Jack" as is cast into the main body nothing similar appears. It has casting/serial numbers on each cast...

Unfortunately that's not the exact one I have but that page does have pictures of one similar. The TT-17080 version looks almost identical to mine except mine only has one slot on each side instead of three.

I bought this old screw jack recently and I wanted to get some help putting a somewhat accurate date on it. I cleaned it up and looked it over and found that it's branded for Ford but manufactured by the Walker Manufacturing Company. The text on it says it's a No. 216. So far I've found this...

I could still use some help with the blower here.

Thanks! I'll try looking through the catalogs they had during that time period and see if I can't figure this vise out 100%. Much appreciated.

I've got a couple of old tools I bought recently and I've been having trouble putting dates on them. I've already cleaned them up and restored them a bit but I would really like to know exactly how old they are. What I have is a Stanley clamp-on mini-vise and a Champion Blower and Forge Co...