Another Antique......

[The Appalachian]

Added another antique to my shop today.

 

[64Springer]

Neat piece. Vice? What function does it serve? Is it made for a specific task?

Looks too unstable to sit on the ground while sawing or filing pressure is applied to whatever is in the jaws.

I'm always fascinated by the adage, "Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention".

 

[The Appalachian]

Neat piece. Vice? What function does it serve? Is it made for a specific task?

Looks too unstable to sit on the ground while sawing or filing pressure is applied to whatever is in the jaws.

I'm always fascinated by the adage, "Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention".

Youtube and Google "blacksmithing post vise" or "leg vise". All kinds of information to look at.

 

[64Springer]

So it stands up vertically and gets bolted to a bench or log.

Makes much more sense after looking at pictures online.

Thanks.

 

[The Appalachian]

So it stands up vertically and gets bolted to a bench or log.

Makes much more sense after looking at pictures online.

Thanks.

Yep.

I wanted it for working hot metal that really wouldn't be efficient or effective to work on my anvil.

A regular cast bench vise could shatter if struck wrongly with a hammer. The post vice is a long time part of a blacksmith shop.

Besides, it's older than dirt and I love working with antique tools.....

 

[Rifleman1776]

Yep, post vice. I have one outside my shop, very handy on occasion.

 

[1950DAVE]

Nice.
Mine came from ancestors as was my anvil. It was my g-mother's uncles vise. He was the local blacksmith, farrier, carpenter and timber frame barn builder. Died in 1946.

 

[TDM]

That's one heck of a vise and one type I've never seen. Great find.

 

[The Appalachian]

That's one heck of a vise and one type I've never seen. Great find.

Thanks, got lucky finding it, and the price on it. Actually found it back when I bought my anvil, and the guy still had this when I contacted him Saturday.

Picture is from a member of Hershal House's FB page. It's how I'll set this one up, very similar. I think I'll go saw out a chunk of oak log though, for my post.

 

[TDM]

It’s neat!

 

[Quicksilver]

Long leg on that one. Must of been made for someone tall.

 

[toot]

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a rely nice blacksmith vise. I have been a blacksmith for over 30 yrs.

 

[The Appalachian]

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Long leg on that one. Must of been made for someone tall.

I'm 6'3" so it might work out pretty good.

 

[The Appalachian]

a rely nice blacksmith vise. I have been a blacksmith for over 30 yrs.

I've been a lot of other things for over 40 years of my working career but not a blacksmith. Something I've always wanted to do and never did. It will be part of my working retirement among some of those other things I've done. Got about 8 years left to aquire my tools, set up my shop, and learn a few new tricks.

This vise is old, and really rusty. It might be missing some parts for the box, or has been rigged up to work. It does thread in and out. I really haven't looked very close at that yet.
The leg is bent and looks like it may have spent decades U-bolted to something. The handle is too small and sloppy for the eye in the screw also. I might make a larger diameter handle or just bush the eye. I'm just happy the spring is there, intact, and in good shape. And I'm happy it hasn't been hammered to death on the jaws.

I'm going to take it all apart, clean it really good, and see what I need to do to it. Would love to know it's history. It came from a picker I know up in Beckley WVA and he didn't have any info on it.

 

[1950DAVE]

Build your blacksmith forge, but don't attach a 110 V fence charger to the wall. My shed was 8X8 too small new forge will be at least twice that size. If you look closely you will see lower part of my vises till standing, underneath the tin on the right. Anvil is in center.

 

[Timber Wolf]

Nice, a good vice is a joy to work with. I have a largish Colombian I am particularly fond of. I bought it at our local large flea market 30+ years ago. It was bolted on the corner of a steel desk that was covered with a piece of steel plate making a pretty sturdy and handy bench. I paid $60 for the whole setup. One of my better tool purchases to be sure.

 

[Whitworth]

Sweet, you know that baby wasn't made in China A good vise is a must have.