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[infiniteoreo]

Hello from central North Carolina. By way of introduction, here is an oddball vise that I picked up recently. Can't find anything about the brand. Have you heard of MFV? Do you recognize the castings?



Has quick-release jaws.




There's an odd groove in the screw shaft. The part with a groove is free to rotate on the shaft. It appears to be 2 parts but they rotate together.

 

[Rusted Nut]

Interesting. Never seen one quite like that.

 

[Shiftless]

Welcome to GJ
Let me direct you to the mega vise thread, I’m sure you will get some comments and guidance.

Maybe post pics and remarks here.

The VISES of Garage Journal

My recently purchased Wilton 1765 that I purchased for use outdoors, with custom 464 naval brass jaws made by Logan over at https://www.antiquevises.com/

www.garagejournal.com

 

[nadogail]

Very Interesting

 

[infiniteoreo]

I've been looking through the vise thread. Lots of good work---thousands.

Turns out, the groove is for a pedal. If I yank on the handle (along the axis of the screw) the moving jaw pulls toward me.

They were sold prior to 2007 as T&O brand and you could get them from Penn and Travers. I think they sold for around 300 $ back then, with several jaws. So I didn't grossly over pay but I won't be getting any back slaps from the pickers.

From what I've found on the interwebs, blacksmith like foot vises but they're not as common as post vises. Maybe farriers use them? I tried to find other vises like this but the search engines return so many results for "vise" that I couldn't seem to narrow it down with any other terms. Search optimization has basically ruined that part of the internet. Chat bots also couldn't help much.

T&O Multifunction vise with foot pedal ?

Anyone here ever used one of these ? T & O Multifunction Vise

www.practicalmachinist.com

 

[Mike65]

Welcome from SW Virginia.