Antique pattern maker's vise.
Previously:
Monster ball vise - photos
41 interesting vise patents - drawings
Antique pattern maker's vise.
Previously:
Monster ball vise - photos
41 interesting vise patents - drawings
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Harvey Melvin Richards (Apr 6, 2019), olderdan (Apr 4, 2019), Scotsman Hosie (Apr 4, 2019), Seedtick (Apr 3, 2019), tonyfoale (Apr 7, 2019)
That is a really clever vice and beautifully made.
I have been really enjoying Jons archive photos of huge machinery and apart from the engineering involved, I often wonder about the unsung skills of the pattern makers of the day who rarely get a mention. A highly skilled job back then as it was done by hand mostly to drawings of the finished part requiring an understanding of shrinkage rates per section etc. I can see that vice getting another life in a boat builders yard etc.
Scotsman Hosie (Apr 4, 2019)
Got $325 ? You can buy one of your very own...
https://www.woodcraft.com/products/w...rn-makers-vise
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Scotsman Hosie (Apr 4, 2019)
Glad this one was appreciated. Seems like we've been going down the vise path lately, and that's probably a good thing.
I often find this cool stuff in the worst parts of the internet. This one came from...hold your nose...Instagram!
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baja (Apr 14, 2019), Scotsman Hosie (Apr 4, 2019)
Hi Jon,
That was & is a cool vice, but if you want to see "the best" so far then check out the HNT Gordon one, made here in Australia. It addresses all the old issues in my opinion. I'd still like to own one of those antiques but could probably never afford the old or the new HNT Gordon.
That vise looks to be an Emmert #82 Turtleback patternmaker's vise. A very fine tool to have on hand. My grandpa was a patternmaker at foundry in Portland, Ore. after WWII... I inherited many of his tools, but one of these was not part of his collection.
For anyone interested, here's a page on the Emmert vises, their history and everything Emmert. Sadly, they closed up shop in the 1970s:
The Iron Hand - Emmert Vises
Last edited by IAMSatisfied; Apr 9, 2019 at 06:43 AM.
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