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A friend of mine gave this to me today. Would love to know manufacturers and more info. Anyone know more about this.

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This winter a neighbor at my shop moved out. He was going to throw out a bunch of stuff. The round things were part of an experiment he was working on. He had a massive generator and the pedestal base was part of the drive shaft and weighted fly wheels. Hard to tell from the pictures but it’s...

I did copper hammered paint. Filled void in top of pedestal with epoxy Going to paint base black hammered. Trying to source a cheap 24” diameter steel plate. I’d like to weld that on first but I’ll probably just paint it and start using the set up. Definitely will add the base plate. Just...

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Thanks yes I was thinking of putting a 1 inch thick plate on the bottom. It’s pretty stabile as is but I know what you are saying. Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

Hi I finally put together a pedestal for this very heavy vise. Last thing to do is paint it up. Looking for either original color for hollands or just color suggestions. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

Here are some updates on the Holland’s 16. Mostly been working on the pedestal. Pedestal is made from a solid 2” drive shaft and counter weights. Beautifully milled modern metal. Pedestal itself weight in at around 400lbs. From what specs I could find the Hollands 16 weighs in around 170lbs...

This is the only other mark on the vise.

Here are some pics. Number 16 on dynamic jaw and dovetail screw.

Thank you for the suggestion.

That one in the back in red is a walworth from boston. I picked it up a few years back and it just sat around. I did a quick restoration last year but after doing a little research and starting a vise collection I'm going to really give this vise justice. I think it's super rare. Its heavy...

That is beautiful. Is that 2 tone color?

Super pumped. Just picked up this hollands 16. 150 lbs vise. I'll send pics of it when fully restored

Here is my latest restoration. Came from my stepfather's family farm coast of maine. I cleaned it. Buffed it with a wire wheel on the grinder. The metal was really pretty so I put on a clear coat enamel which I baked on at 250f for a couple hours. Three coats total. Letters are silver...