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Thanks. It would seem that the main vise body carries the differences. The distance from the back of the swivel jaw piece to the base of the vertical channel is 11/16 inch in mine The channel is 1/8 inch deep. So if the channel was not original, the total spacing there would have been 13/16...

Hats off to you. I have been puzzled for years. Since the Prentiss varieties have the square anvil peg/plate, maybe someone milled the slot and threaded a hole to fashion a similar feature here. Another mystery is that the dynamic jaw had been broken from the slide and welded before I got...

Can anyone identify the maker of this unmarked vise? The jaws are 1 7/8 in wide with steel cast in place faces and the vise is 3 1/16 inch high. The nut is cast brass. Also, there must be a piece missing at the back of the body where there is an empty channel and a threaded hole. Any ideas? The...

Can anyone identify the maker of this unmarked vise? The jaws are 1 7/8 in wide with steel cast in place faces and the vise is 3 1/16 inch high. The nut is cast brass. Also, there must be a piece missing at the back of the body where there is an empty channel and a threaded hole. Any ideas...