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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: dimwittedmoose51 on August 26, 2013, 07:56:04 PM

Title: Antique Acres Mega Vise and Mega Price.
Post by: dimwittedmoose51 on August 26, 2013, 07:56:04 PM

Shot a couple photos of this big boy.  American Scale Co. out of KC MO   a  Red Seal  #66.......Never heard of the company before...or the $600 price tag for it.  Must  be rare, because the slide handle was  bent and must've taken a big cheater pipe to do that.......

I have her contact info if anyone wants it.....lol

DM&FS

Title: Re: Antique Acres Mega Vise and Mega Price.
Post by: john k on August 27, 2013, 05:21:28 PM

Did you pick it up to see what it would weigh?  And will it fit into one of the Post  Offices shipping mailers?..........................and now i'm runnin for the trees!!

Title: Re: Antique Acres Mega Vise and Mega Price.
Post by: JessEm on August 27, 2013, 07:11:38 PM

My guts says someone is shooting in dark with that price tag... USPS weight limit is 70#. Judging by the picture I don't think it qualifies.

UPS will ship much heavier packages. Funny though, once you hit 70#, the USPS maximum, pricing goes through the roof.

Title: Re: Antique Acres Mega Vise and Mega Price.
Post by: dimwittedmoose51 on August 27, 2013, 09:54:00 PM

the gal said it weighed 300#...and I trusted her judgement.  Be cheaper to ship it Fed Ex Freight...on a pallet no less .  I shipped an Audi Transmission once  on a pallet and the Toyota forklift they picked it up with weighed theitem right there in the forks of the  lift.  Pretty cool technology those Toyota folks.....

DM&FS

Title: Re: Antique Acres Mega Vise and Mega Price.
Post by: JessEm on August 27, 2013, 10:22:13 PM

If that's 300 pounds that thing is a BEAST. I have a big arse Parker and I don't think it's anywhere near 300. Maybe 200. I guess I should weight it sometime.

Title: Re: Antique Acres Mega Vise and Mega Price.
Post by: mikeswrenches on August 28, 2013, 06:33:04 AM

Did you happen to measure the jaw width?  For some reason it just doesn't look like a 300 lb. vise.  Probably the angle you took the pictures or my old eyes.  JessEm's Parker looks bigger to me.

Mike

Title: Re: Antique Acres Mega Vise and Mega Price.
Post by: mrchuck on August 28, 2013, 08:03:28 AM

The "angle iron" on the bench edge is 2"x2".
Using this as a gauge, my guesstimate is that the weight is 100# to 120#.
And the jaw is 6"wide.

Title: Re: Antique Acres Mega Vise and Mega Price.
Post by: dimwittedmoose51 on August 28, 2013, 04:50:31 PM

Maybe she was tryng to make it sound like a bargain at $2/lb........lol

DM&FS

Title: Re: Antique Acres Mega Vise and Mega Price.
Post by: outlaw on December 02, 2013, 01:19:15 PM

I was researching the AS Red Seal No. 66 I just bought, and found this thread:  My scale says, 136-1/2 lbs.  Yes 6" jaws, 25-1/2" overall length.  If the OP's vise has a swivel base, it will be a bit heavier, but I doubt it would exceed 200.

Title: Re: Antique Acres Mega Vise and Mega Price.
Post by: john k on December 02, 2013, 06:30:16 PM

The weight of vises is decieving.  I'd guess that one at a max of 120lbs.    Here is a shot of two six inch blacksmith post vises.  The one on the right went on the scale at 64lbs.   The one on the left surprised me, at 122lbs.  Carried it 50 ft. to the car, knew I had to weigh it as soon as I got home.

Title: Re: Antique Acres Mega Vise and Mega Price.
Post by: oldgoaly on December 02, 2013, 06:44:26 PM

I have a #20 anvil vise I'm going to guess around 40-50 lbs?