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Update:Columbian 404 ½ Swivel Jaw Machinist Vise Previous related post (41472, page 2079: Barn-finds- I’ve heard about them, but never seen one and certainly never been the recipient of one, but out of the blue my son dragged home a massive Columbian 404 ½ found lying in the dirt in rural...

Vise #5 Columbian Gyro Twins 72 ½ and 73 ½ (See post #41697, Page 2085 for my previous posting) I bought these two vises several years ago because they came as a pair, were priced cheaper than the same ones sold individually, and had a novel mount and unique form. At the time they didn’t seem...

Here are the Prentiss pages.

I like the idea of sharing vintage industrial supply catalog pages since they often list a company's complete line of vises and prices. I picked up an old catalog from a bookstore that had the mother-lode of old technical books, brochures, and manuals. This catalog is from Machinists Supply...

Vise #4 Emmert 6A Universal Machinist Vise (See post #41594, Page 2080 for my previous posting) It is well known on this forum that I am partial to the Columbian line of vises, largely for sentimental reasons, but also as a student of industrial history. Like many low level technologies, the...

CRSINMICH: No, my Emmert isn't a Tiger, although I have seen several. I actually have an Emmert 6A Universal Machinists Vise. It is a quasi-preposterous three-jawed affair where each pair of jaws rotates into position and the body of the vise rotates 90 degrees, from horizontal to vertical...

Vise #3 Columbian 404 ½ Swivel Jaw Machinist Vise (See post #225605, Page 1281 for my previous posting) Barn-finds- I’ve heard about them, but never seen one and certainly never been the recipient of one, but out of the blue my son dragged home a massive Columbian 404 ½ found lying in the...

Vise #2 Columbian D44 Workshop Vise (See post #23746, Page 1188 for my previous posting) This is the first vise I purchased with my own money and the one I’ve had the longest. After working in the machine shop for a while I went to engineering school, and lived in a series of apartments. I...

Drivesitfar: One and done huh? That hurts. 'Ah, all things come to those who wait,' (I say these words to make me glad), But something answers soft and sad, 'They come, but often come too late Actually, the forum portal has frustrated me a couple of times, logging me out as I type, so...

A few pages back I asked the members to explain the appeal of vises and why this forum is so vibrant. I've forced myself to answer my own question and to take some time to prepare some pictures of my vises to post. One reason I am drawn to old vises is that they are a link to the technological...

I've been lurking on this forum for some time and haven't posted to it (or any other forum). Having spent my early career in the machine tool industry as a machinist and later an engineer, I developed an abiding interest in the technology of the metal and wood working industries, which were...