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Thanks, those are some of the similar Barnes Tool wrenches. Has anyone seen a Barnes Tool product with the pictured flowery/art deco "Barnes" logo?

Any thoughts? I know Barnes and Whitman & Barnes made adjustable wrenches, with some smaller bicycle wrenches that were very similar. I can't find any others with the flowery "art deco" logo or without the "sunken panel" logo.

Picked up an old Buffalo drill press. This vise was on it. Circa 1940s, by Modern Machine Tool or Sprague-Hayes Mfg. You can see a couple "oops" marks in the pic with the jaw open, but opens fine and closes really solid...

More pictures and some questions I have here (Old drill press thread). http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4916708&postcount=860

I picked up a Buffalo No. 15 drill press a couple weeks ago. The press is in pretty good shape. No vibrations. Very little runout, but haven't measured exactly. It is not marked as a No. 15, but swing is 15". Did Buffalo have other 15" models? 1/3 hp Westinghouse motor, runs well. Has shutoff...

Thanks for the info. I'll take a few more pictures and post a thread of the press and the vise. The only other info I have on the press was that it came from a hosiery mill here (mid-1940s) in TN, and I purchased it from the the grandson of one of their employees. The paint on the vise matches...

I recently purchased a vintage Buffalo 15" drill press on Craigslist. In addition to the standard square table, it came with a circular table/vise combo. Does anyone know if it was a Buffalo product or original to the drill press? I looked on google images, and couldn't find anything similar...