Unknown vice

[Slip_Kid]

Who makes this vise, it has a weird clutch on the back. It's my friends vise and I am looking for any info pn it.
Thanks

 

[LXCam]

I don't a clue, but that sucker is very cool. So I'm in line to see an answer.

 

[fatfillup]

Clutch is just a speed mechanism to get the vise adjusted to work item quicker

I think the horn sticking out the side is the oddity

have not seen one before

 

[RTM]

Hoar made a vise with the side horn, but this isn't it. Looks like two different versions.

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New one for the spreadsheet: Morgan No. 1 11 lbs. 2 1/2” jaws Opens 2 1/2” Replaceable jaw face This one is in excellent condition and includes its pritchel hole tool and pipe jaws. I may have to restore this one back to its original orange.

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Hello everyone and thanks for allowing me to post my first reply. A good friend shared a posting he found on craigslist. It was for a large vice. I decided to go take a peek at it. The seller had the vise fully extended so the threads would no longer open or close the jaws. I decided to...

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Few more references here in the main vise thread, but I don't have time to look at all of them

Search results for query: hoar

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Trying to decipher key phrases for "side horn"

Search results for query: "side horn"

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[Slip_Kid]

I found this, looks very close. Bonney rapid transit vise

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Henry L. Hanson Co. of Canada Ltd. 973 clamp-on vise. Company set up in Montreal in 1944. Pics and more info here: https://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2021/04/one-of-my-vices-is-vises-henry-l-hanson.html I have one of these now, so am editing the post to add specs for the spreadsheet: Weight...

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