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Vise description??
- Thread starter Will561
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Rileysan
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I am looking for a vintage vise to use/restore. Can anyone give the make and approximate year of this vise from pictures?
Thanks for all info
Will
Just a guess, but it's likely Chinese-made. Most don't have maker's marks or date codes so you're unlikely to learn much about it. If it feels solid and will meet your needs, clean it up, paint it, and put it to use!
Brian
drivesitfar
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Will: I'm guessing it's a Polish made vise by Bison so does it have Rapid or FPU on it? i'm guessing somewhere in the 1960's for a date, but only a guess because they didn't date their vises with date stamps and i'm not positive when their designs changed.
welcome to the forum and did you have any other vintage tools to post pictures of? if you do find the threads that let you post them and share because for us tool guys and gals it's our version of ****.
cheers
welcome to the forum and did you have any other vintage tools to post pictures of? if you do find the threads that let you post them and share because for us tool guys and gals it's our version of ****.
cheers
Thanks. I just moved and the old owners left some older garden tools...nothing fun.
I did find a pair of Wiss shears that have engraving WISS 19 on one of the arms. They are about 13" long with good weight. Surface rust but open and close with ease. Are you familiar with the WISS 19 model?
I did find a pair of Wiss shears that have engraving WISS 19 on one of the arms. They are about 13" long with good weight. Surface rust but open and close with ease. Are you familiar with the WISS 19 model?
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drivesitfar
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Wiss tin and aluminum and small sheet metal cutters are the best so keep that one and find a hook or buy a tool box to keep it in and it might last you a lifetime.
congrats on buying your home. in case you haven't spent time on this forum before there are tons of things to read and learn and we've got a growing membership that most of them can build something or fix something with most any tool, but you'll learn to know what are the best tools for the job so you're tool inventory or wish list will grow substantially.
your skills will grow if you just read and ask questions, but your wallet will wonder if it might ever see $100 bill in again for more than a few days.
good luck
congrats on buying your home. in case you haven't spent time on this forum before there are tons of things to read and learn and we've got a growing membership that most of them can build something or fix something with most any tool, but you'll learn to know what are the best tools for the job so you're tool inventory or wish list will grow substantially.
your skills will grow if you just read and ask questions, but your wallet will wonder if it might ever see $100 bill in again for more than a few days.
good luck