Recent content by MichelleML

I agree... usable. Works really good (easy spin to base and the jaw thing) but the pipe jaws seem out of whack. Can't figure out how since the jaws meet up so well. I mean... it's not like they can move or anything... I don't get it.

Oh... then it's probably 3 1/2. Thank you for the clarification. I also responded to your comment about it appearing to not be a 90 degree angle on that one part but the post is hung up waiting for a moderator. I'm not sure why. Maybe due to the pictures? In any case, I did look at it again...

Good news? I found more information!!! This is listed on ebay by other sellers as a "Wilton pipe vise with anvil horn" and they are listed for sale between $60 and $95. The only difference is that those two are 3-1/2 inch jaws and mine is 4-1/2 (or at least 4 depending on how far you want to...

paulsomlo: Here's more pictures. Does that help? Btw, very little rust. Was just extremely dirty. Seems I'm having problems with pictures loading. EDIT: Oh.. I see what you mean. That was detached from the other end and the end of this piece it was lying on the floor while the upper part of...

Ok, thank you.

I see why it's open in the back now.. when you close it, the bar inside sticks out the back. None the less, I decided to go into the basement and take a better look. I wanted to measure how far it opens and it's 4 1/2 inches. At that point I took a wire brush to the slightly rusty side and it...

Ok, thank you all. Sorry about the misspelling in the title of the thread... I missed it when I was re-reading before posting. I fixed it now. I was wondering.... is there a part missing off the back and that's why it's open (where those numbers are)? Thank you, RTM, for the link to the...

My mom was the last one in the family to pass (Oct. 2024) leaving me, the eldest, to inherit the rapidly, severely deteriorating family home here in upstate NY (west of Albany, east of Utica). I am in the process of cleaning it out so I can sell it and move on... and I came across dad's old...