Any guesses on this vise maker?

[Chris67]

My cousin bought a house and this vise was in the garage. Trying to figure out what it is but I can’t find a name anywhere. The side has 111084 stamped but that is it.

Probably not worth my time to make it shiny for him. The picture looks like something is wrong with it but he says it works good.

Look familiar to anyone?

Thanks, Chris

 

[Fierljeppen]

It looks like a 1960's Snap-On mechanics vise mfg'd by Wilton, missing the original crappy pipe jaws. Measure the jaw width to get the model # from the catalog scan.

Yeah, the jaw towers don't look perfect, but I'm sure the vise still has some life left in her.

 

[Shiftless]

From looking at the picture I see the jaws don’t line up squarely. It looks kind of kicked over to the right. The tweaking that caused that may or may not affect the smooth opening and closing of the vise. If the jaws aren’t square to each other, the clamping of objects is affected.

 

[jonshonda]

The main screw sticking out the back says to me the slide has been broken.

 

[Shiftless]

The main screw sticking out the back says to me the slide has been broken.

Good catch. I agree with that diagnosis. I posted earlier without thinking enough. Those of us who buy old vises from time to time have a routine for checking them out before opening our wallets.