Odd vise whats it for?

[trackwelder]

Here is a vise thats been in my basement for sometime. I have no clue what its intended use is. The jaws lift right off and have no serrations to them. It is a hanson vise. Anybody know what it is used for?. Maybe some kind of tin work.

 

[trackwelder]

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Can't say i've ever seen one like that before..

 

[old salvage]

Some kind of jewelers vise ?
Whatever its for it looks cool.

 

[Underdog]

WAG, I'd say a horseshoeing vise or some kind of blacksmith, maybe shoe cobblers vise. I don't know?

 

[Uncle Buck]

I think it might be something like a multipurpose vise/anvil. Notice the hole in the anvil horn end, likely for a stake or possibly some other attachment like those jaws that just got lost along the way and didn't make it. I passed on one that looked a lot like that one a few years back and seeing that one makes me regret it all over again as I tried to go back and buy it later but I was too late.

Wow, notice the additional groove on the opposite end of that sucker for handling really wide stuff, very nice feature.

The OP gave no indication of the size of the vise.

 

[trackwelder]

It is 18" long, the jaws are 7 1/2" wide. The square flat surface is 5 3/4"x3 1/8". It does not seem to have been used much, the sticker say hanson vise
stowell mtd & foundry co south milwakee, wisconsin. I bought it about ten years ago only because I had never seen one before, and none since. Just cleaning up a little and forgot I even had it.

 

[SpiderGearsMan]

neat vise
a keeper

 

[trackwelder]

I think it might be something like a multipurpose vise/anvil. Notice the hole in the anvil horn end, likely for a stake or possibly some other attachment like those jaws that just got lost along the way and didn't make it. I passed on one that looked a lot like that one a few years back and seeing that one makes me regret it all over again as I tried to go back and buy it later but I was too late.

Wow, notice the additional groove on the opposite end of that sucker for handling really wide stuff, very nice feature.

The OP gave no indication of the size of the vise.

I never noticed that other groove thanks for pointing it out

 

[jimvannoy]

Looks like it was used in a blacksmith shop or my a farrier.

 

[lpbf_cj428]

Cool vise you have there!

Does the label have a patent number? I just did a quick search on Google Patents for a "removable jaw hanson vise" and it returned a very similar (but not the same) vise with the same forked jaws. It even had a hand crank drill attachment.

 

[eschoendorff]

Definitely a neat vise. I suggest you keep it for at least another 10 years...

 

[Uncle Buck]

Definitely a neat vise. I suggest you keep it for at least another 10 years...

Funny, I was thinking something much different. He should sell it to me quick, and cheap!

 

[eschoendorff]

Funny, I was thinking something much different. He should sell it to me quick, and cheap!

Well, we all know how much you like quick and cheap!

 

[Moose-LandTran]

*bursts through door*

Someone say quick and cheap?

 

[trackwelder]

Cool vise you have there!

Does the label have a patent number? I just did a quick search on Google Patents for a "removable jaw hanson vise" and it returned a very similar (but not the same) vise with the same forked jaws. It even had a hand crank drill attachment.

This is cast in the side toward the base O.H HANSON-PAT.OCT.18

I typed hanson oct.18 and it is a combined vise, anvil, and drill . There is a drill attachment to use on it also. Not sure how to link the info back here. Very interesting read though.

 

[lpbf_cj428]

This is cast in the side toward the base O.H HANSON-PAT.OCT.18

I typed hanson oct.18 and it is a combined vise, anvil, and drill . There is a drill attachment to use on it also. Not sure how to link the info back here. Very interesting read though.

Posting the patent number would be enough to go find it. The one I found was dated 1898 and must have been an earlier version. Again, very cool vice! I would be torn between using it and keeping it just for it's... errrr... coolness!
Maybe a compromise.... someplace in the garage where it will out to see and get just the light duty work?

 

[trackwelder]

There is no patent number on it, only the name and the date when patented. I believe that this is that one patented in 1898 minus the other attachments. It has the date cast in it from that patent it must be that. I like that google patent search thanks for the help.

 

[kythri]

Just copy and paste the link from your browser into a post here.

 

[trackwelder]

Just copy and paste the link from your browser into a post here.

Not sure how to do that. I have the computer skills of a kid in grade school, and that might be pushing it.

 

[wantedabiggergarage]

Take the page your looking at, go up to the address bar, double click (assuming MS), right click copy, then go down to this box in your reply and paste.


That said, from the size, I have an old railroad anvil from a former neighbor (retired RR in the 50's, died in the early 80's at 95). They used to have a little mini shop type setup that they would take. I wonder if this was one of those tools.

 

[trackwelder]

http://www.google.com/patents?id=3ydoAAAAEBAJ&dq=hanson+vise+OCT.18


That was easy enough, learn something new everyday

 

[rsanter]

it says anvil, vise and drill combination

seems like its made for the general home owner based off the combination it coveres. either that or a general handyman.

the vise jaws you have seem to be light duty

bob

 

[lpbf_cj428]

it says anvil, vise and drill combination

seems like its made for the general home owner based off the combination it coveres. either that or a general handyman.

the vise jaws you have seem to be light duty

bob

They look like the jaws in Fig 2 & 5 of that patent.

 

[lpbf_cj428]

Not sure how to do that. I have the computer skills of a kid in grade school, and that might be pushing it.

Have you seen what the kids in grade school can do with a computer!??
If you had those skills you'd be running the board.

Your welcome for the help... a Sunday morning mystery to solve is always good.

Rob

 

[trackwelder]

From reading the patent info I believe the jaws I have are for clamping a saw blade maybe for sharpening and straightening teeth.

 

[mesquiteforge]

Combination Vise. It can be used for a combination of things. Between the 1910's to 1950's many people would sharpen their own blades and do their own light metal work-as mass produced items had not yet become mainstream, readily available or affordable. These vises had different jaws for different tasks. I have seen them with pipe jaws, crosshatched jaws for gripping, smooth jaws for sheet metal and delicate objects, etc. The anvil end could be used for light hammering. The square hole is used for hardy tools or stakes that had a wide variety of uses. Round holes were generally used as a pritchel hole for punching and drifting. I blacksmith as a hobby and am always looking at/for anvils and vises. I have seen these used in many applications-most of which have been mentioned in this thread. I have seen them in the work shops of high end jewelers, in the darkest and dirtiest farm shops and even in a saddle maker's shop. The saddle maker used smooth jaws covered in leather to grip other pieces of leather being sewn together. He used the anvil portion of the combination vise to set rivets. It is a great tool and the one you have appears to be in great shape. Get on e-bay and you should be able to find 2-3 of them at any time to get an idea of their $$ value.

 

[tooler]

seemed like a good place to post this Hanson