Offset vise---never seen this before
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Youngguns
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Bet that auction is gonna go up now. You ever see Zoomie's? Course you have, it's his profile pic!
HanShotFirst
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That's bizarre...wonder why?
AJ.
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I am pretty surprised that you have never seen an offset vise, they are extremely common this side of the pond.
As to why you would want one, the question should be why would you buy a vise that isn't offset? They do everything a "standard" vise does but if you have something large or long it can be clamped lower as the item can hang down past the screw without interfering.
Here is mine, I have been looking for sometime for a larger one to replace my main vise that I bought 30 years ago before I realised I should have got an offset one.
https://postimage.io/https://certificity.com
Cheers Andrew
As to why you would want one, the question should be why would you buy a vise that isn't offset? They do everything a "standard" vise does but if you have something large or long it can be clamped lower as the item can hang down past the screw without interfering.
Here is mine, I have been looking for sometime for a larger one to replace my main vise that I bought 30 years ago before I realised I should have got an offset one.
https://postimage.io/https://certificity.comCheers Andrew
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mbshop
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That answers what I have always disliked about the common vise. Now I want one of those offset ones even though i no longer really need it.
Super Mech
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First time I've ever seen one. I like the idea behind it. Are they common in the states?
Al Borland
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Oh, sure. Perfectly obvious why I need one now.
twertsy
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Here's the story on the original: http://toolarchives.com/node/3456
Superbec
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it's a nice one , if it's GF+ very well made, they make industrial grade tools and machinery
Lassen Forge
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It went from $12 to $55 and still 16 hours to go... not that I was watching it or anything. 
So... whoever gets it, you'll have to post up about it when you get it!
So... whoever gets it, you'll have to post up about it when you get it!
laser3kw
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I get it! (or do I?)
It's in Wis-connn-sin - everything up there is a little off center.
evintho
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I am pretty surprised that you have never seen an offset vise, they are extremely common this side of the pond.
Cheers Andrew
Reminds me of the late 60's/early 70's back when hallucinogenic drugs were all the rage! Acid trip!!
ford33
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Looking at it for a time makes me dizzy and want to fall over to the right.
I would buy one and call it art.
I would buy one and call it art.
AJ.
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kbuhagiar
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Dammit.
Now I want one of those.
I'd put in a bid on the Ebay one if the shipping wasn't so expensive.
Now I want one of those.
I'd put in a bid on the Ebay one if the shipping wasn't so expensive.
AJ.
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pretty much anything where you want to hold something down low that is larger than the gap between the jaws and the slide.
For example, say I wanted to cut the thread on the part I clamped in my vise below, or weld something to it, or test fit the part that attached to it or ........ use your imagination.
https://postimage.io/app.phphttps://certificity.comI would put the question the other way round, what can you do with a "normal" vise that you can't do with an offset vise?
Cheers Andrew
Hybridss
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Yes...I am ashamed at my lack seeing the obvious now
Something else to put on my list of things to get.
wjamyers
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two weeks after get my first vintage vise
lol
lol
AJ.
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Dawn, which is the premium brand for vices in Australia still makes these, my little one pictured is a Dawn.
Cheers Andrew
AJ.
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I am not sure that Dawn still manufacture in Australia, but they still sell them and still a premium product.
The Truck is a Freightliner Argosy but it's not a road train, it's a B Triple. Road trains have a dolly connecting the trailers.
Cheers Andrew
The Truck is a Freightliner Argosy but it's not a road train, it's a B Triple. Road trains have a dolly connecting the trailers.
Cheers Andrew
WittHay
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AJ Thanks for answering, I mistakenly deleted my post. Those Dawn vises look good quality.
I thought it was a Freighliner. In Canada we call them B-trains. The ones with dollies or converters are A-trains.
I thought it was a Freighliner. In Canada we call them B-trains. The ones with dollies or converters are A-trains.
AJ.
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No worries
Life would be just too simple if everyone used the same terminology across the globe. A bit like all these yanks talking about vises when they are vices
well they are vices here anyway.Cheers Andrew
PeterT
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We all noticed your spelling, but were too afraid to point it out
RidgeRunner
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Anybody ever make a left handed version?
Ed
Ed
dutchgray
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Fortis did here, with the typical English quick release, very rare, I bid on one once but didn't get it. As a lefty it would actually be better for me.
I do have a Chinese made fabricated Record one (for the Australian market).
View media item 60367Which isn't bad.
Metal Basher
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Yes. Dawn has left handed fabricated offset vices.
http://www.dawntools.com.au/vices/Fabricated-Engineers-Vices/Fabricated-Engineers-Vice
rick carpenter
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Thinking (typing) out loud.... why not just mount a regular vise sideways if you're needing the screw out of the way? Biggest problem would obviously be the vertical jaws for normal use. But if you're needing to clamp a pipe vertically, vertical jaws might be an advantage.
Since everyone has more than two vises anyways, mount the other one normally.
Since everyone has more than two vises anyways, mount the other one normally.
honcho
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According to the Dawn website, their offset vice (vise) is manufactured in Australia!
http://www.dawntools.com.au/vices/Engineers-Offset-Vices-Cast/Engineer-Offset-Vices-Cast
http://www.dawntools.com.au/vices/Engineers-Offset-Vices-Cast/Engineer-Offset-Vices-Cast
Ralf99
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Yes, Dawn still make their premium range of cast offset vices as well as fabricated vices - both left and right hand as well as stainless steel - in Australia.
The lower grade 'home owner' vices are made offshore - most likely in India.
The lower grade 'home owner' vices are made offshore - most likely in India.
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Fretters
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You would only have the mounting bolts & mounting surface taking any and all strain, doing that. It would be a recipe for disaster.
Bottlecapdigger
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How do we in North America get one? Would it be worth someone to import these Vises? Or better yet get them made here. Put me down for a 200lb 6" . Name your price. BCD.