Vise Info Thread

[FMC1959]

More brochures...

 

[FMC1959]

More brochures...

 

[skmbabon]

Photo of Record No 110 Steel Heavy Duty vise.


Just posted near Dartmouth NS for a good price if you're in the area!

Heavy Duty Vise | Hand Tools | City of Halifax | Kijiji

Vise, made in England Record Steel Heavy Duty 41/2" #110

www.kijiji.ca

 

[skmbabon]

Miller Falls anvil drill ad from Simmons Hardware, 1890.
Different version of the vise in another thread:

Millers Falls Anvil Drill Vise

I picked up this really great Millers Falls anvil drill vise combo today at an estate sale. The man was very old before he passed away and had some really high end vintage tools there. I usually would not by a vise anvil combo but this is like no other I have ever seen. It is a very quality...

www.garagejournal.com

 

[skmbabon]

Foos Mfg. Co., Springfield, Ohio
"Scientific" anvil-vise.

@twertsy has a thread with a good bit of history.

Photo credit: Aaron Baird at Vintage Machinery.

 

[skmbabon]

Howard Iron Works, Buffalo, NY.
Extensive listing of vise models, with model numbers.

 

[skmbabon]

No. 3 Oval Slide​

Brown Boggs Co., Ltd.​

Hamilton, Ontario​

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Only vise shown in the 1912 catalog.

 

[skmbabon]

Bit different post vise, with a cylindrical screw cover. Stamped "TH Kleine No. 4"

 

[skmbabon]

B. B. Noyes & Co., Greenfield, MA.
Little Giant drill/vise
No. 1 Foot vise

Seems to be unrelated to the "Little Giant" utility vises in the spreadsheet. Check the company history at Vintage Machinery.

 

[skmbabon]

Announcement of merger forming Peoria Steel and Tool Company.
"The Automatic Vise & Tool Company, of Akron, Ohio; The John Bergman Steel Company, of Pittsburg, and the Farnum Gauge-Shear Company, of Chicago and St. Louis, will be combined."



There are currently 2 Peoria Steel vises in the spreadsheet.

 

[KMScott]

Fisher Norris double screw chain vise. 3-1/2" jaws that opens to 4-1/2" and weights 25lbs.

 

[Outlawmws]

Been awhile since one of the chain drives showed up!

 

[KMScott]

Prentiss #47 swivel jaw. 4-1/4" jaws that opens to 5-1/4" and weights 47lbs.

 

[skmbabon]

Hohmeier Mfg. "Ace" utility vise. No specs.

 

[skmbabon]

Henry 35.


Henry 60 with swivel base.

 

[loc1941]

American Scale 524. 6" jaws that opens to ... and weights ... This is my working vise and it is missing the swivel base and has the same jaws as a A-Scale #25 jaws welded on.

I just picked up one of these today. Does anyone have any more info on the 524? Very curious when it was manufactured.

 

[KMScott]

I just picked up one of these today. Does anyone have any more info on the 524? Very curious when it was manufactured.

I can’t help you on the dates but would love to have better pic’s for the spreadsheet if you don’t mind sharing. Nice vise by the way.

 

[skmbabon]

National Machinery & Supply Co., Ltd.
Hamilton, ON
104-1/2​

The company had business relationships with both Rae, also Hamilton-based, and Yost. Presently unknown if National made the vise or had it made by one of those companies.
Photos: Dylan Taylor

 

[KMScott]

Trenton #50. No Spec:s.

 

[FMC1959]

National Machinery & Supply 104-1/2
Company was located in Hamilton. Had business relationships with both Rae and Yost. Presently unknown if National made the vise or had it made by one of those companies.
Photos: Dylan Taylor

Interesting, looking at the 4th photo brochure, that vise looks more Reed than Yost or RAE.

 

[skmbabon]

Interesting, looking at the 4th photo brochure, that vise looks more Reed than Yost or RAE.

The similarity between the big RAEs and Reeds has also been noted before, so something was going on there. So far, I haven't turned up anything to shed light on what the relationship might have been.

 

[CRSINMICH]

SPECS FOR TRENTON BLACKSMITH'S VISES
Notice that it's Columbus not Columbian​

 

[twagler]

National Machinery & Supply 104-1/2
Company was located in Hamilton. Had business relationships with both Rae and Yost. Presently unknown if National made the vise or had it made by one of those companies.
Photos: Dylan Taylor

I have a sneaking suspicion that the National 104-1/2 vise pictured above was made by Rae. Here's a side-by-side comparison with a Rae 104-1/2 vise that I purchased a while back ( Post #87,154). The tell-tales include: (a) identical shape/size/styling, (b) both have the same "cast-in" jaw plates, rather than replaceable jaw plates, and (c) both have the same casting pattern ID number, 65, imprinted on the side of the stationary in exactly the same location.

And yes, they both look exactly like a Reed 104-1/2 which also had the "cast-in" jaw plates, rather than replaceable jaw plates held in with screws.
-Tom

 

[skmbabon]

Thanks Tom, that's a helpful comparison.

Edit - checked for more pics. Can see in this one that the dynamic is marked "64", also like the RAE.

 

[KMScott]

Columbian 602. 2" jaws that opens to 3" and weights 12 lbs.

 

[KMScott]

Columbian Blacksmiths' Vise #115. 6-1/4 jaws that opens to 6-1/2" and weights 115 lbs.

 

[CRSINMICH]

COLUMBIAN BLACKSMITHS' VISES
from 1917 catalog​

 

[CRSINMICH]

Canadian made Yost vises
"A vise with a grip like grim death"
This ad was in a 1914 journal​

 

[SkyPuncher]

Picked up a few vise's in the last month and I didn't see this one on the spread sheet.

Rock Island 354

 

[skmbabon]

Canadian made Yost vises
"A vise with a grip like grim death"
This ad was in a 1914 journal​

Very interesting, and I'd love to know if anyone has a Yost vise that indicates it was made in Canada.

 

[KMScott]

Reed 307 Swivel jaw with a speed handle. 7" jaws that opens to 11-1/2" and weights 200 lbs.

 

[KMScott]

Illinois Iron & Bolt Co. Machinist Vise #4.

4" jaws that opens to 4-1/2"

 

[KMScott]

Unknown vise. Note: from the owner.

My grandfather has all of his fathers old tool from when he worked at Bethlehem steel in Buffalo and this is the only thing I cannot identify because I see no markings besides 4-1 and 3-3. It weighs a little over 40 pounds and if you look in the top right corner of the one picture it looks like an old gremlin/dragon head with an eye or I’m just crazy lol.

 

[CRSINMICH]

ILLINOIS IRON & BOLT
Cabinetmakers Vise and Woodworkers Vise
from 1895 catalog

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[LaHauteur]

Here is a picture of a Parkinson 8a, 6 inch jaw model, very very early type, england, not mine
it is mentioned on the list however no photo
someone has drilled and replaced jaw screws with socket screws, however otherwise original
weight 33 kg

Quite different to my 8A, even ignoring the swivel base.

 

[Pap1431]

Can anyone help me identify this vise? It’s 6” long, 4” tall with 2” jaws. The only markings I can make out are a 6T on the bottom of the jaw. The back jaw can slide out and is removable as you can see in photos. There is also some writing on the froward jaw above the screw handle and all I can make out is Vise C. Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Pap1431]

Can anyone help me identify this vise? It’s 6” long, 4” tall with 2” jaws. The only markings I can make out are a 6T on the bottom of the jaw. The back jaw can slide out and is removable as you can see in photos. There is also some writing on the froward jaw above the screw handle and all I can make out is Vise C. Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[antman213]

Can anyone help me identify this vise? It’s 6” long, 4” tall with 2” jaws. The only markings I can make out are a 6T on the bottom of the jaw. The back jaw can slide out and is removable as you can see in photos. There is also some writing on the froward jaw above the screw handle and all I can make out is Vise C. Thanks in advance for any help!

Looks like it says Prentiss based on the visible "NT" in the stamp

 

[CRSINMICH]

Pap: It's a Prentiss Jewelers' vise. This is a cut from an 1897 catalog.

 

[KMScott]

L.W.& V. Co. Lafayette Wetmore #23. No spec:s