Help ID this vise Please?
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edl
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toomanytoyzz
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Surprised that it doesn't have any writing on it?? It sort of looks like the RI my dad has, but I'm not sure. How big is it? Looks like a girthy SOB from the pics (crushed water bottle right behind being my gauge).
bigcaddy
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At first glance it looks like a Prentiss but the "eyebrow" is too rounded at the corners and the operating handle nut doesn't taper correctly.
My guess is a large Athol
Are my eyes playing tricks on me or is there a huge weld repair blob on the dynamic jaw tower, right behind the jaw insert?
My guess is a large Athol
Are my eyes playing tricks on me or is there a huge weld repair blob on the dynamic jaw tower, right behind the jaw insert?
roblouvasz
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Looks like an early Prentiss vise. What size jaws are on it? The castings are very similar to my no. 57 Prentiss. Check out my thread on Hein werner 2 ton. You'll see the jack's pump body in the vise.
bigcaddy
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JSteinhoff
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Prentiss!
NoDice5542
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hello everyone, this is my vise i posted yesterday. i have some more pitures and info. cause now im interested. haha, the maker is Emmert "TIGER" 7inch but cant read the number. i think its No 61 but not sure. cant find anypictures or information on the internet.
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Catalyze
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Outlawms - there is only one way to get an answer.....buy the vise...take some before photos......bust your knuckles cleaning it up.....take some after photos....then we can determine who made it.
Craig
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EOC_Jason
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Yeah it has such a generic shape that all the vises had of the era... The only giveaway that it's ones of the better ones is the beefier slide support. If that crushed water bottle next to it is any indication of side, I'm guessing around 125-150 lbs?
barney rubble
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That generator laying in front of it is probably at least 8" inches long.
NoDice5542
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heres some more pics.
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Provincial
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If it was local, I'd have it in my shop by now, who needs a maker for one like that!
bigcaddy
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I'm working on it, but I think under many decades of gunge may be a bulldog...
Right now I'm waiting...
I would bet you a pile of Plvmb tools thats not a Bulldog
I do recall you picking up a rather stocked chest full of large 3/4" drive Plvmb sockets a few months ago. Care to make a wager?
bigcaddy
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I never bet unless its a sure thing...
It may bee a moot point anyway, I can't get the guy to answer a phone...
Don't you just love that? I ended up talking to a guy at the estate sale i went to this past friday since he was watching me unbolt a Morgan No.40 from the work bench. He said he had quite a few american made vises at his house and offered me a chance to look at them.
I jumped at the offer and gave him my number. My hands were full and very dirty but i told him i would get his number too, i just wanted to wipe my hands down before retrieving my phone from my pocket. He said not to worry and he would call me sometime that weekend.
I'm still waiting for the call.........
toomanytoyzz
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Try going back to the house if he's still there. I've done that before.