r/Vise

Wilton toddler vise 1947 date code. I restored this one up the vise as found had primer with purple flames. The swivel base came with custom t handle swivel locks Factory was acron nuts for 1947.

We found this whole workbench in cold storage recently and I was very hype when I saw the vise, but of course the internals are nowhere to be found. Im struggling online to find IDs or age of the vise and need help on sizing and researching a vise nut replacement. Its a 5" Olympia cast iron swivel.

Took 2 pieces of welding scrap filled in their imperfections. Then oxy cut the circular triangle piece because the plasma cutter was down that day. Then the following week used the plasma cutter to cut the hole in the block. I should have done it when it was in 2 parts instead of one larger piece. Going to clean it up and reinforce it shape the block a bit in class next week. Then use my forge to make the collar wedges and spring.

My co worker was selling a property and he wandered down by the edge of a river bank where an old blacksmiths shop was and he found this old vise and brought it home and gave it to me.

I set it in a bucket of vineger for around 3 weeks and then stationed it on the bench temporarily and worked at it until it broke free.

I then cleaned it up a little bit, burshed it off basically and then dissasembled it, and reassembled it and oiled it up.

It's a Venderman #3 steampipe fitters vise, and it was made somewhere between 1890-1904, which is very cool, and it works perfectly.

I have no plans for this vise, except to use it or keep it on the bench, but I really admire it and figured I would share it with all of you.

I have no plans to restore this vise, I will keep it as is, if I give it to a family member or a friend and they wish to do that, they can, but I don't plan to.

Anybody know anything about this unit? Only marking I see on it was a the big “4” on the side

Older Prentiss (#912) that carries the Lewis Vise pat. insigne. It has the Lewis twin beam & semi-exposed screw. Also the Lewis pat. swivel base and swivel jaw. It is the same vise that lewis had sold earlier as #12.

Found this in one of my father's sheds ten years ago after he passed. It was amongst tools and traps that he had kept from his father. His father Erlon was once president of the Maine Trappers Association. He worked as a millwright for the Oxford Paper Co. in Rumford Maine.

2in and 2 1/2in jaws

I got myself this badboy, still on the lookout for the 150 for the heavy duty. Got told this is the Ferrari of the vices. Good buy?