Tool Talk
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: leach on June 29, 2014, 08:14:59 PM
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This is the old vice we have on the farm, someone awhile back had posted one that was missing a part just wanted to show the one I got, the vice is original works great don't know how old but I know it was my grandpas cant find no #'s on it or size it is well used still today.
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I will see ten blacksmith post vises like this without a name, before I see one with a name. Champion, Keen Kutter, Arrow-Head, and others. Does the post extend all the way to the floor? Can't quite tell in the pic. As for size, most of them open quite a ways but the width of the jaws is the size. Three and a half inches up to six inches. One of my six inch vises weighs 120 lbs. I don't think we'll ever wear them out.
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The post goes all the way to the ground and it is a 6 inch
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I like mine a lot. Bought it from a blacksmith hobbyist. Mine doesn't quite reach the floor, which I think is best because the pipe nipple that extends the leg takes any abuse. I have several vises close together; A post vise, a 4" or 5"standard bench vise, and a saw sharpening vise around the bench corner. Other vises on my upstairs (jewelers) bench include a 2-1/2" clamp on, a 1" bench vise, and a GRS ring holder (by far the most expensive.)
GRS makes an engravers vise and a riser for it to sit on. It's on my to-buy list, but not near the top. Another vise on my buy list is a nice big 6" or even bigger bench vise. The kind with pipe jaws below the regular jaws. FIL has one, the handle must be 1"stock.
I use my post vise for anything I am going to seriously beat on that isn't anvil work. It sure beats holding something with pliers and whacking on it while holding it on the concrete.
Chilly
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I've never heard of a Champion post vise, John K.
Columbian, yes.
Also, Peter Wright, Indian Chief and Iron City made them.
I have a Columbian, an Iron City, and one unmarked.
Chilly, I have a friend that is an engraver. He had a GRS vise, but now has a Lindsay vise. Says it is much smoother in operation.
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Chilly, I have a friend that is an engraver. He had a GRS vise, but now has a Lindsay vise. Says it is much smoother in operation.
Thats good to know, as much as those cost I really need to check out some reviews before I buy.
Chilly