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The label or the vise? :evil: Nuts

Joe: so how do you know what i paid? do you have drones or minions following me around? the usually 35 minute drive was an hour each way because nobody knows how to drive in the rain or drive slow in the SLOW LANE. Drives, you should know by now Joe knows everything related to vise or vice...

I like the look of those Swindens, nice utility design. Nuts

Sorry I was a clear as mud, vegetable tanned tooling leather is the right stuff. I usually have 8/9oz around but for a bigger vise I'd want a bit heavier. The outer surface is smooth the inside rough. ""Weight/Thickness - Leather is usually measured in terms of ounces. One ounce equals 1/64th...

Found an online pic of the wet formed vise jaws, you can see how the rope left it's mark in the wet leather. Unless you are using rawhide, soaking leather under hot tap water for a couple of minutes will be enough. Boot leather will have to many additives to keep it soft to work for this...

Nuts: will just adding water to the leather make it hard and form to the shape you want it in? or do you need to add anything else? Drives, Sorry I should have been more specific. You will need to have full grain saddle leather, not a split grain suede. The type of leather you would need to...

Soak a chunk of leather in hot water and wrap one around each jaw tower. Wrap small rope or twine around them binding them to shape until dry. Makes a pretty snug fit that can be removed with a good tug. Nuts

ALL: here's the Rock Island 597 i picked up last week and it's in great shape except for the busted off mounting hole in the middle back of the vise. i'm sure i'll figure out something. i'm thinking of making it an outside vise and either mounting it with 2 big bolts only or making a clip or...

Will-Burt Versa Vise, and Columbian Gyro Vise were both made in short and tall jaw versions. Nuts

So I looked up Agawam, Ma. on google earth. There's a sink hole in a back yard near the school.... My guess is that's where Joe's shop used to be.

Nice haul, I'm somewhat jealous. Nuts

I was watching both of those, didn't even put my name in the hat before they went past what i was willing to pay. I agree that this thread has raised the values on fleabay, I've only been looking for the last couple of years and to me it's very noticeable.

Looks like a rebadged Record.

My guess is that in the process of making the mold the lettering was damaged, and the worker smoothed the blemished spot by hand before casting.

Interesting variation of a Baby Bullet. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wilton-Baby-Bullet-920-2-vise-with-rare-bench-clamp-base-/131653347770?hash=item1ea726a9ba:g:0egAAOSwkZhWSQyC Nuts

I'm beginning to worry about joe a bit. You suckage is not an infinite proposition, hope he doesn't run out. Nuts

Merrill Brothers 175lb vise on fleabay. Has to be one of the heaviest exposed screw vises made. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Antique-Merrill-Bros-Industrial-6-Machine-Shop-Vise-175-lbs-/291615412027?hash=item43e5a20f3b:g:3cUAAOSw~bFWOXXK Nuts

In the fifth pic, the center section looks offset, if you turn it over it might swivel 360. Nuts

Most excellent find. Thin wall tubing. My guess was rope or cable as someone else suggested. Nuts

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-JUMKERMANNS-TRUE-CUT-PEDISTAL-VICE-/281843437953?hash=item419f2d9181:g:pE4AAOSwA4dWM7gD So what is it for? Nuts