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e-tek

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eschoendorff started one about a year ago, I think. I can't seem to find it now, though. I think It's a good idea...why not?

I - for one - am too ugly to be posting myself any more than is absolutely necessary! I post the wife's (chili) pics so y'all will have something GOOD to look at!
 

Mike of the North

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sorry man, it's got sentimental value. However, it does weigh in at about 200 lbs, so if it ever breaks off that rickety bench and smashes my toes I might give you a call. does come in handy though, i've used it to hold everything from washers to complete engines.

Looks like a Emmert pattern makers vise, woodworkers would cringe at the thought of using it to hold a engine.
http://www.workbenchdesign.net/rvises.html
http://www.mprime.com/Emmert/index.htm
some web sites with history.
 
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All right, here we go. As mentioned before, there is a 1954 F-100, 1977 F-250 Supercab 4x4, half of a 1989 Ford Thunderbird, 1996 Kawasaki Vulcan, 1999 Yamaha Grizzly, 2 motors, 4 axles, and more parts than I can even remember. As you can see, the yellow and purple F-250 is sideways in the garage, and there is actually room behind the truck. My bench is behind it. I actually have to climb under my truck to get to it. The thunderbird is stood in the corner next to the tool box. It is the front and rear clip. I plan on starting to clean the garage next month, and I plan on using the whole month.

Steve S.
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gearsmithy

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Looks like a Emmert pattern makers vise, woodworkers would cringe at the thought of using it to hold a engine.
http://www.workbenchdesign.net/rvises.html
http://www.mprime.com/Emmert/index.htm
some web sites with history.

Think you hit the nail on the head. I inherited this vice from my dad, who was a precision pattern maker. I never knew anything about it except what he told me when I was a kid when we brought it home "this vice is yours and don't ever get rid of it." That makes me appreciate it a bit more. I never really took to wood like i did to metal, but I don't think it ever really bothered him much.

Thanks for the links, it was always my favorite tool. And it does work pretty good holding a vtwin if you line the jaws with wood :)
 
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