Vise Info Thread

[KMScott]

You are right FMC, Fierljeppen is a great asset to this thread. I have one of these Yost's swivelers in line for restoration and just learned a great history lesson on it. These vises are big and heavy and not on the spreadsheet yet.

 

[KMScott]

Prentiss #87. 4-1/4 jaws that opens to 7". Has the side open slide and large dimple pipe jaws. Sorry for the sideways pic:s. Phone pic:s really ****.

 

[chrisnazzy]

Kevin

The only model designation on this exceptionally rare Yost swivel jaw double rotator was 4 1/2N also. I picked this up last year but unfortunately it needed quite a bit of work and replacement parts so it went to a collector in Northern California who had the capability to restore it to its former glory. The specs for it would have been the same as the other non swivel jaw model you posted a few back.

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[va.grouseman]

KMS, I have a Lewis that has the very same pipe jaws.---Prentiss didn't change much when they bought the Lewis patents.

This one didn't come with pipe jaws but I got lucky and grabbed a set off eBay.---This is the Lewis before jaws were installed.

Is that Prentiss yours, and if so how do you plan to fix the screw?

 

[KMScott]

Yost 4-500 G. 4-1/2" jaws that opens to 5" safely and weights 90lbs.

Thanks Chris. Guessing on the model number, I can see numbers that look like casting numbers. I will strip it soon and see what is under all this paint. Big vise.

 

[KMScott]

KMS, I have a Lewis that has the very same pipe jaws.---Prentiss didn't change much when they bought the Lewis patents.

This one didn't come with pipe jaws but I got lucky and grabbed a set off eBay.---This is the Lewis before jaws were installed.

Is that Prentiss yours, and if so how do you plan to fix the screw?

No it is'nt mine. I own a #82 and it has the dynamic support broke and will help the guy and sell him my spindle. The 82 has the same threads 7/8:3-1/2 square but it is a inch shorter. I own the Yost double swivler though.

 

[tool_scrounge]

I do not think this is yet in the database:

Dolex 56T vise (made in France)

Jaw width 5" (125mm)
Max opening: 7" (180mm)
Weight: 31 lbs (14 Kg)

More photos and details at this link:
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1852294&postcount=1

 

[KMScott]

Thanks Tool_scrounge. Recorded.

 

[Fred Knox]

I have a Wilton 63L with 2 1/2” jaws and it opens 2 1/4”. It looks like it should have a swivel base, which I don’t have.

 

[cory52000]

Nice

Erie Tool Works 102 1/2 - 2.5” jaws, 12.2lbs, opens 3 1/8”






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[KMScott]

I have a Wilton 63L with 2 1/2” jaws and it opens 2 1/4”. It looks like it should have a swivel base, which I don’t have.

Thanks Fred

 

[Fierljeppen]

FMC1959, KMScott...Thanks for the kind words, but the accolades are unnecessary. I really enjoy this thread and will try not to wear out my welcome.

Fred Knox...Your Wilton vise is actually a Super Junior No. SBV-65. They were first offered in 1998 and I believe they are still available today. You may be able to still get your missing swivel base.

 

[KMScott]

Craftsman 5171. 4" jaws that opens to 5" and weights 35 lbs.

 

[KMScott]

Phoenix #1. 1" jaws that opens to 1" and weights 6oz. The stand weights 8oz. Built in Homer New York.

 

[KMScott]

Craftsman 5215. 3-1/2" jaws that opens to 4-1/4 and weights 28lbs.

 

[KMScott]

Athol 732. Ratchet Swivel jaw with 4-1/2" jaws that opens 7" and weights 68lbs.

 

[KMScott]

Athol 602-1/4 Clamp-on. 2-1/4 Jaws that opens over 2" just a tab.

 

[Fred Knox]

Will-Burt Model 4-1043-5

Weight: 17 lbs.
3 1/2" jaws (1 7/8" wide pipe jaws)
4 3/4" jaw opening
Swivel base
Screw = Semi
Category = Versa-Vise

 

[KMScott]

Columbian 606. 6" jaws that opens to 10" and weights 107 lbs.

 

[KMScott]

Modern M745 Clamp-on. 2-1/2" jaws that opens to 2-1/2" and weights 7-3/4 lbs.

 

[KMScott]

Reed 305-1/2 Swivel Jaw. 5-1/2" that opens to 8".

 

[Vise]

Athol Machine Co #625, stationary swivel jaw: 2.5” jaw, opens 3 5/8”, 12.4 lbs.

*Edited to include Fierljeppen’s catalog scan.











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[Fierljeppen]

Vise...I found a catalog scan for your Athol no.625 vise, but the weight is listed even heavier?

 

[Vise]

Vise...I found a catalog scan for your Athol no.625 vise, but the weight is listed even heavier?

Thanks for the scan! Very odd that there would be such a weigh difference. Will re-weigh mine to make sure I got it right.

 

[wrenchguy]

I hadn't known about the threaded tapered jaw pin!????

 

[KMScott]

Modern M741 Clamp-on. 1-1/2" jaws that opens to 1-1/8 and weights 3-3/4 lbs.

 

[bagged89s10]

I hadn't known about the threaded tapered jaw pin!????

all those athol vises have a threaded swivel jaw pin

here is my 632.
4-1/2” jaws

 

[bagged89s10]

Athol Machine Co #625, stationary swivel jaw: 2.5” jaw, opens 3 5/8”, 12.4 lbs.

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that little athol is sweet!

 

[wrenchguy]

all those athol vises have a threaded swivel jaw pin

Later swivel Athols too? Any other manufacturers have threaded pin? Thanks

 

[bagged89s10]

Later swivel Athols too? Any other manufacturers have threaded pin? Thanks

I think so.

 

[KMScott]

Hollands 56 Combination Vise. 6" jaws and weights 186 lbs. I'll upload better pic:s when the owner does.

 

[cclfn]

Yost 4-500 G. 4-1/2" jaws that opens to 5" safely and weights 90lbs.

Thanks Chris. Guessing on the model number, I can see numbers that look like casting numbers. I will strip it soon and see what is under all this paint. Big vise.

Kevin looking forward to seeing this one finished. I love that lock down handle!!! Looks like it can shift gears almost.

 

[KMScott]

Kevin looking forward to seeing this one finished. I love that lock down handle!!! Looks like it can shift gears almost.

Yes me too, it is disassembled and stripped and in line for restoration. I might keep this one.

Yost Model G. 4-1/2" jaws that opens to 7" and weights 94lbs.

 

[Fierljeppen]

Yost 4-500 G. 4-1/2" jaws that opens to 5" safely and weights 90lbs.

Thanks Chris. Guessing on the model number, I can see numbers that look like casting numbers. I will strip it soon and see what is under all this paint. Big vise.

Here's some documentation for your Yost model no. G double-swivel vise, succeeding the 1902 Williamson patent vise.

Please update the thread with photos, after the restoration!

 

[KMScott]

Wow Fierljeppen, that is a awesome catalog page. I have a feeling you edit them to look so new. Great job. I am excited about finishing this #G Yost. I can't imagine the 6" 178 lbs version.

 

[cclfn]

Yes me too, it is disassembled and stripped and in line for restoration. I might keep this one.

If you should decide it needs a new home please let me know. I have a work bench that is screaming for that vise.
Wes

 

[royce]

Yes me too, it is disassembled and stripped and in line for restoration. I might keep this one.

What a beauty Kevin,
Am I right in thinking that the single lever locks both the horizontal and vertical swivel with a cam?
Would love to see the mechanism.

Royce

 

[chrisnazzy]

The "mechanism" that locks the swivel base and rotation of the Yost rotator vises is just a large through bolt to which the lever is threaded onto.

Here are some pics of a 4 1/2" Yost swivel jaw rotator I acquired last year. You can see that the "barrel" that slips over the swivel base and accepts the static jaw (nothing is really "static on this vise") is partially cut down the middle and it's essentially just pinched when that bolt is tightened.

This very rare vise was broken in several ways including that lever having been broken off and missing, the screw snapped and brazed back together and an unfortunate crack in a critical location. For those reasons I let it go to a great guy up in NorCal who collects these and had replacement parts waiting.

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[royce]

Thanks Chrisnazzy,
That is way less complicated than I guessed.
The split looks to be sawn after casting?

Royce

 

[davethorik]

J.R. Long did similar stuff with some of his patents.