MattF
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Classy posh shop having carpet.
It's called my flat.
You don't think I'm putting the swivel jaw in the workshop, surely? My workbench needs company. 
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It's called my flat.
You don't think I'm putting the swivel jaw in the workshop, surely? My workbench needs company. 
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Well Matt, only you've got it right so far.Holding something?
Guess its time to end the suspense and reveal a solution I've found. A vice for a clamp. Probably most useful for woodworking.
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I have a number 8 swivel jaw swivel base, can't seem to find any pictures on my laptop though :-/ I'll dig some out later.I've posted photo's before, but here's my swivel jaw, again.
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@Gragson has a swivel base Parkinson, & @CwazyWabbit has god knows what.
p.s: Yes, I know I'm a clutterer.
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Not something I've ever come across. However, I would have thought that such a vice would be useful for engraving, small carving or something small and fiddley such as tying flies for fishing.Well Matt, only you've got it right so far.
Guess its time to end the suspense and reveal a solution I've found. A vice for a clamp. Probably most useful for woodworking.
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Considering the opening range of the jaws, I think it might be for holding interchangeable accessory items, such as faceplate's or base's with wood screw's in them for carving. The vice does seem to be a versatile clamping fixture.
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Recently sorting through storage containers, I came across this corner bench vise, which was my Dad's. It has fibre jaws and was used occasionally attached to a bench he made especially for working on doors, which can be seen in the upper right of a following photo. I'm still mad as hell as the bench didn't make it into the sea train container which I shipped over here. The bench was one of a few items which held memories of him teaching me how to do proper door installations, and was a great seat for enjoying coffee breaks; at least I still have the vise.
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Its a 7" throw world war 2 vintage Ammco ( "Automotive Maintenance Machinery Company" ). Has a label on it which states "This machine complies with regulations for the war production board." Currently its sitting on the floor waiting for me to find a new cabinet or build a stand.
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What happened?
dannysheff
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Good solid little vice.
Yep, Sheffield company, Sheffield made vice -- I think they only made two small bench vices, yours and a slightly lighter version. They did, however, make a range of woodworking vices and the smallest had their own patented version of quick release. I think they were in business from about 1930s to70s? and were not far from where the Kelham Island industrial museum is now.
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Nearly finished now. It's gone from this...
Stripped down, cleaned, old paint removed, jaw seats machined flat and parallel to each other. New jaw fixing screws and jaws made. Just needs some serrations in the jaw clamping faces...
The screw and nut are in remarkably good nick considering the hard life it's had.
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Oh that is a thing of beauty
MattF
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Unless you need serrations, I'd leave them smooth. Far more useful.
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To make a long story short. The shipping company only sent out two people instead of a full crew.What happened?
Every item had to be number tagged and listed, so I had to get friends to help as everything had to be loaded by 1:00 am in the morning so the truck driver could get to the port in time for the sea train container to be processed and onto the ship that day, otherwise the container would be stored until it could be put onto the next cargo ship heading to the UK, and I would have had to pay for the additional storage time. It was a long day, and many items got left behind.
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An interesting vice and its accessories in this video at about 17:30
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Nothing fancy but thought give this one a clean up and a coat of paint to brighten up my bench just need to sort a new set of jaws
