The VISES of Garage Journal
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sandman54
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Outlawmws
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I found this vise a few months back and cleaned it up some. I'm not familiar with the brand and was wondering if anyone could educate me on it? Only thing I know for sure is that it is heavy.
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Polish unless I miss my guess; possibly Bison.
Outlawmws
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Sandman, there is an Anvil thread.
timbitca
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No worries. I will be buying all the quality vises (and tools) I can get my hands on.Don't listen to them... Buy all you can [emoji14]impflash... Make one for your truck to mount in you receiver . You have a post vise yet?
6" ? 7" ? then you don't have enough. [emoji106]
No truck yet, I do have a post vise but its in my shop at my moms place, will bring it down here eventually.
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sandman54
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That's one hell of a nice stand too. Here's a couple of my recent acquisitions - now on their way home to daddy.
trijeff
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Did you pay the $1000 each???That's one hell of a nice stand too. Here's a couple of my recent acquisitions - now on their way home to daddy.
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KMScott
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That is a beautiful vice. That's an FPU from Poland. The design is German, after a Boley and/or a Leinen.
I realize this is not an anvil forum, but I just can't help myself.
Kevin, this is for you, V.A. and bagged. The 4th one is 990 lbs.
That is OK Sandman, vise guys like anvils to. What a load of Iron you have there. Thanks for sharing.
bagged89s10
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That is a beautiful vice. That's an FPU from Poland. The design is German, after a Boley and/or a Leinen.
I realize this is not an anvil forum, but I just can't help myself.
Kevin, this is for you, V.A. and bagged. The 4th one is 990 lbs.
That's a lot of Anvils!
you can send one my way. 
sandman54
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Boy, they sure do. Nice work!
sandman54
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That's a lot of Anvils!
If you can pick one up and carry it off with your bare hands, it's yours bagged
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xxaler
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If you can pick one up and carry it off with your bare hands, it's yours bagged
If you've got anything around the 300-350 range I'll walk away with one!
sandman54
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I liked them so much, I gave $1,200 apiece for them.... Just kidding!
I was really pleased to get them though.
trijeff
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Yeah, those are REALLY nice! Super jealous, wanted one for my Prentiss 98 but the seller wasn't budging on price, at least at the time
Nice pickup for sure [emoji106] What lucky vises will be perched on them???Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk
sandman54
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If you've got anything around the 300-350 range I'll walk away with one!
You must be a HOSS, son! The only other man I know can do that is V.A. Grouseman!
sandman54
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Yeah, those are REALLY nice! Super jealous, wanted one for my Prentiss 98 but the seller wasn't budging on price, at least at the time
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They're going to Fort Worth. I've got an 8" Parker swivel, and a Reed 108 swivel there I think would look dandy on those stands.
bagged89s10
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bagged89s10
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That's one hell of a nice stand too. Here's a couple of my recent acquisitions - now on their way home to daddy.
Those are no joke!
xxaler
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The news outlets tell everyone to lift with your legs. It's all a sham. The key is to put it all in your groin and your back, take your legs totally out of the equation. Lift with your lower back in a jerking, twisting motion.
I grabbed this old stainless stand from the barn, old display stand for something, weighs about 120lbs. Mounted this 8" Westward mechanics vise to it for a friend who needs one at home that is portable. Also, how many vises are currently in the machine shop with me?
I grabbed this old stainless stand from the barn, old display stand for something, weighs about 120lbs. Mounted this 8" Westward mechanics vise to it for a friend who needs one at home that is portable. Also, how many vises are currently in the machine shop with me?
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sandman54
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Yeah, those are REALLY nice! Super jealous, wanted one for my Prentiss 98 but the seller wasn't budging on price, at least at the time
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I'm thinking that Prentiss 98 would look great. What will you take for it?
sandman54
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Man! Thanks for the advice. It's great to know I been doing it right all this time. My chiropractor loves me.
You had me rolling on the floor laughing!!! Nice shop!
trijeff
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With the KMScott upgrades and your deep pockets, it's yours for the rock bottom clearance sale low low price of $5000 LOL [emoji1] [emoji48]
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sandman54
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xxaler
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Close enough. There's 8.
4 Record No.6, found 2 under a welders bench, he said rebuild and send them off to someone else in the shop to be put to use.
RIGID 6" swivel mechanics vise, bought for our pipefitters when the 8" Ridge tool co. 81P broke (wish I had the Vise bug back then, I would have swiped it.. It was scrapped.. Screw shattered), was too light so they got a Gray tools 8" instead. Still a POS.
Record 634, being guarded by the Kobe Bryant shop rag.
Westward 8" mechanics vise, for a buddy.
7-1/4" blacksmith vise for a buddys house warming gift.
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sandman54
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trijeff
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I guess I could really bite the bullet and go to $4999.99
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jwsia
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bagged89s10
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Great job on that vise. It's an Athol by the way, not a Yost. CL prices are regional, it's hard to say.
jwsia
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Thanks Bagged, I just got done looking at a Yost, had it on the brain I guess
Fretters
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The vice and handle look good,
and may I just say that you have excellent taste in colour. Fretters
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I'll just leave this picture here till I get home
Glad to see you finally have it.
Does it meet expectations? I'm guessing so from that photo.CwazyWabbit
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Yep, although it's still sitting in the back of the Land Rover dismantled into 20+ pieces so I could carry it out of the basement of the shop.
It's very heavy, they don't make display stands like that anymore. There is no pressed steel in it, all the shelves and signs are cast iron.
In fact I'd say it's weight is what saved it, I reckon it got put away in the cellar of the shop many years ago when it was a hardware shop. Even though the shop has changed hands numerous times and the cellar has been emptied out nobody could be bothered with the effort of moving the stand I see no other reason for their to be a vise display stand in the basement of a coffee shop!
It's very heavy, they don't make display stands like that anymore. There is no pressed steel in it, all the shelves and signs are cast iron.
In fact I'd say it's weight is what saved it, I reckon it got put away in the cellar of the shop many years ago when it was a hardware shop. Even though the shop has changed hands numerous times and the cellar has been emptied out nobody could be bothered with the effort of moving the stand
I see no other reason for their to be a vise display stand in the basement of a coffee shop!General Geoff
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Just put it back together!
