I added it but with no spec:s. Thanks skmbabonHenry L. Hanson Co. of Canada Ltd. 973 clamp-on vise. Company set up in Montreal in 1944. Pics and more info here:
One of my vices is vises, Henry L. Hanson of Canada
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jwhazel, if you have time could you add your spec:s. Remember to measure the square slider hanging past the Dynamic when closed for the max opening. The other vise has the same model number but is a American Standard and a American Scale without a swivel base.
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I have a few Rae vises and one Clark machine Co. Vise. I missed getting a Crawford Vise but I will find one as I live in Canada. As mentioned they are identical vises. There is another one not mentioned though. I picked this one up this fall for $10 Canadian. It is the only one I have ever seen! It has a metal tag that says A W Williams. It also has Montreal on the tag. I can’t find any info on it.
MattWe all have our personal unicorns. But that 2" Reed Filers vise isn't just A unicorn...that thing is THE Unicorn...
I see 122 for the manufacture date on both the body and slide, and if I'm not mistaken, the "No 112" is welded on. I love it!
MORE PICS!! Please...
I've been working on this one for about 2 years now... its not for sale. I've thrown stupid money at it and he won't let it go, so the least we could do was break it down and clean and lube it.
Its a Columbian. No model number. Old style columbian Logo, Old style jaws. I'm guessing its a 107 based off the Vise chart. 7"Jaws Very fine threads. takes forever to open up the full 12" opening. Slide is in excellent shape. The retaining collar is a nut, that almost looks original. He really didn't want to sell it after putting it back together and the easy on finger operation....
Spindle Ball is extra Large and not columbian like. handle has been modified with nuts on the end.
base has a large "brace" cast into it so the work bench would need notched or mortised to sit flush on the edge of the bench. If I ever end up with it i'll post the weight. don't hold your breath though.
Duke74 - I believe AH Williams was like a distributor in the day. That vise photo looks like another RAE vise with the "double hump" out to the nose below the slide out the front. (That is how I describe it.) There is one version of Clark Machine Co vise that looks like a RAE design. There are a couple of other versions that do not (the small one actually has a Clark Machinery label on the back). Photos below. Also, I really think the "National" marked vises are made by RAE (10X version).
I agree. I have several Rae vises and a Clark Machine Co Vise. I want to get a Crawford as well. If Williams was a distributor, I wonder who made the vise? Rae, Clark or Crawford?
Duke74: "A H" vs "A W"....that is pretty close for my typing. Sorry about that. I have a Crawford 150 (5 inch) and it very much looks like it was made by Henry. The back end of the side of the fixed tower has the inward curve and the bottom looks just like the base of a Henry. Couple of photos for you below....Like the Henry, the screw nut is actually part of the casting like a Parkinson Handy vise.
No worries, it’s all good. I have one Henry Vise. It belonged to my Aunts Dad. It’s a typical Henry and the model indicates it was one of his earliest. The strange thing is that the jaws are riveted on. The rivet holes go right through the jaw casting to the other side. I also have a Northern King which is identical to the Henry except the jaws are held on by screws.
Henry's I have had have had screws for the jaw inserts. I have seen other vises where somebody drilled all the way through, maybe to get the screw out ! I have seen "Bulldog" branded vises, models 300, 350, 400, 450 and 500 (3, 3.5, 4, 4.5 and 5 inch widths) and even one with a Henry label on the front of the moving jaw with a bulldog on the label (also says Made in Canada and look like a Henry). The wrenches for the standard Henry's swivel bases (1 - 6) will say Bulldog on them. I have also seen Henry's marked 40 and 60 (4 and 6 inch jaws) compared to their standard 1 - 6 typical markings. Here is the photo of the Henry label with the Bulldog on it.
I pulled these from the International Archive. 1886 ! Prentiss has Rapid Transit vises as well but have not seen a rack on their photos.
WOW bro! Killer setupHey Mr. Scott,
Here’s one for the spreadsheet. It’s my New British “artisan vise”. 5” jaws. Sits on one of my New Britain vise carts. Images are also from my 1915 New Britain catalog. Take care
-Alex
Alexvito163, does the book say how that worked, shipped crated machine parts, assembled in New Britain or manufactured here? I'm curious.
Akasrick, as for the cart with vise, catalog puts it as 575 pounds. Shipping weight is 715 pounds. These were definitely assembled at the factory, and shipped complete. I have taken one cart apart and it was intricate. It spent a few decades outside and was rusty and needed to be sandblasted and cleaned up. Currently still working on it.
Thanks Blake!WOW bro! Killer setup
Great catalog scan! Where did you source it from??I'd like to solve the puzzle KMScott. It's a (1918-1920) Columbian no. 507 machinist vise. I'm basing that on the jaw width, jaw style and base style. The vise does not have the original screw spindle / nut in my opinion though.
1918 was the first year I've seen the Columbian "C" style jaws advertised, while in 1920, Columbian began to advertise the universal base, which would allow the same vise casting to be used as a stationary or swivel base vise. Columbian was decades ahead of their peers with regard to that feature. It wouldn't be until 1941, before the next vise mfg., Wilton Tool Corp. would offer that feature. Eventually, all of the vise manufacturers would offer the universal base as well.
The following catalog scan is from 1918.
Wow that is awesome! If you care to share more pictures of the catalog I would be greatly appreciative, if not I will understand.
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Wow that is awesome! If you care to share more pictures of the catalog I would be greatly appreciative, if not I will understand.
Thanks for sharing what you do
I completely understand. Mr Stansbury has done a great job with the work he has put in with vintage machinery, which is my go to for vise reference and history. I did go back on your previous comments and found the blacksmith vise parts breakdown which is really cool. I really like the look of this catalog and have never seen it before so I appreciate you sharing.I've shared more pages from this catalog in other posts. I generally post catalog scans only pertaining to the current conversation. If you go back thru my earlier posts, you'll find many hundreds of original vise scans to download to your own personal directory, if interested.
As far as making the entire catalog available, I'm working on a solution that will allow me to eventually make all of the vise catalogs in my collection available to the general public. My idea would be to match the equivalent value of another original / unpublished / hi-quality vise catalog scan, provided by another collector. I'm hoping that would be enough incentive to get other vise collectors to share some of their vise "data gold".
I need to reach out to "Mark Stansbury" first, as he would be the best web resource to post this type of information. He's already posted hundreds of vise catalog scans here, and I really believe it would make a great data partner to the already mighty "vise spreadsheet".
Many vise blessings to you, Balejeune84
