Show us your bench vice(s)

[winchman]

Mine has a covered screw thread, I will have to clean and paint it

 

[h-dom]

My "outdoor" vices moving to their new indoor home

 

[ranger08]

would anyone seen one of these before
R Scott is stamped inside the rear jaw however may of been the owners name, looks well made

 

[ranger08]

now restored and taking its place alongside other curiosities, i call it "the parrot", i think it looks like one

 

[StevieO]

That's your job Danny, but thank you for trusting me with this




Could be ...




What we have not yet considered in this context is that everywhere and at all times objects were made according to the customer's wishes, with the option for the customer to put his name on them instead of the manufacturer.

The most expensive variant would certainly be to change the mould so that the name of the client is also cast. It should be somewhat cheaper to omit the manufacturer and simply leave a free inscription field. The customer can leave it as it is or customise it by engraving or screen printing or whatever.

I think it's safe to say that you have a very old one.

It has some of the features that make a vise more expensive to make and if you also find good workmanship, good materials and tight tolerances, then the chances are that your vise was made with great care a long time ago in the area around Esslingen am Neckar in Swabia ...

Have a nice day all

Carsten

--

und "adey" meinen bisle schwaben mensch.....

 

[dannysheff]

now restored and taking its place alongside other curiosities, i call it "the parrot", i think it looks like one

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Nice one.

I wonder whether it's a Rollo of Highlands (near Oban?) Scotland?
The Rollo green, the heavy duty bars, the screw thread is not Acme, looks well made.
Usually they had a small brass plate with 'Rollo' - if there were a couple of small rivet holes, this would clinch it for me.
I have two Rollos - the squat bench vice shown a few pages back, and a clamp on with a vertical look like this, but different, and never seen this version.


Quite a different theory would be an apprentice piece -- the stamped on name and the screw thread sometimes indicate this, they're usually machined and filed from solid, but if there was a foundry in the works, sometimes cast bodies. Some of the best little vices are apprentice or tool room made one offs.---- ie poss a NZ vice?

 

[SteveB58]

now restored and taking its place alongside other curiosities, i call it "the parrot", i think it looks like one

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There is already a parrot vice, I've owed one for years. Its jaws allow irregularly shaped items to be held securely and the jaws can be used horizontally or vertically. I used it regularly when I was repairing guitars. http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Luthier/ProductReviews/Tools/ParrotVise/parrotvise.html

 

[dannysheff]

because I know ranger will ask, here's the Rollo clamp-on - not great pix, but you can see solidly made, 2in wide jaw, meets top and bottom (can be reversed) which has horiz and vert slots cast in (jaws cast, not hardened steel), can't see my micrometer just now, but bars 1/2in dia, threaded prob cut from same, appr 12tpi. As with other Rollos I've seen, the Tommy bar has brass domed nuts as ends.

well made, with less play than usual for this type, has that upright look, but not as impressive as yours - what size Jaws on yours?

 

[Arc Tourist]

There is already a parrot vice, I've owed one for years. Its jaws allow irregularly shaped items to be held securely and the jaws can be used horizontally or vertically. I used it regularly when I was repairing guitars. http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Luthier/ProductReviews/Tools/ParrotVise/parrotvise.html

I have a vintage Columbian Gyro-Vise, the later version. These vices were the standard on the benches at the NRA school of gunsmithing at Susanville California. They were hard to come by even 30 years ago.

 

[SteveB58]

I have a vintage Columbian Gyro-Vise, the later version. These vices were the standard on the benches at the NRA school of gunsmithing at Susanville California. They were hard to come by even 30 years ago.

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They do come up on eBay from time to time, I got mine from here 10 or more years ago. https://www.axminstertools.com/axmi...XpLwNrW-cCp-tz9NuHx6hyODAkXGBd7hoCfO0QAvD_BwE

 

[ranger08]

Nice one.

I wonder whether it's a Rollo of Highlands (near Oban?) Scotland?
The Rollo green, the heavy duty bars, the screw thread is not Acme, looks well made.
Usually they had a small brass plate with 'Rollo' - if there were a couple of small rivet holes, this would clinch it for me.
I have two Rollos - the squat bench vice shown a few pages back, and a clamp on with a vertical look like this, but different, and never seen this version.


Quite a different theory would be an apprentice piece -- the stamped on name and the screw thread sometimes indicate this, they're usually machined and filed from solid, but if there was a foundry in the works, sometimes cast bodies. Some of the best little vices are apprentice or tool room made one offs.---- ie poss a NZ vice?

Interesting dannyshelf
it was in pieces when I got it, owner said was brought over from UK, the front plate bar keep at the front looks crude and out of place, I think maybe a replacement at some sage or an apprentice rush job
looks very similar shaped jaws to yours
being an apprentice piece also makes sense of the name being stamped into it

 

[ranger08]

because I know ranger will ask, here's the Rollo clamp-on - not great pix, but you can see solidly made, 2in wide jaw, meets top and bottom (can be reversed) which has horiz and vert slots cast in (jaws cast, not hardened steel), can't see my micrometer just now, but bars 1/2in dia, threaded prob cut from same, appr 12tpi. As with other Rollos I've seen, the Tommy bar has brass domed nuts as ends.View attachment 337053well made, with less play than usual for this type, has that upright look, but not as impressive as yours - what size Jaws on yours?View attachment 337054

Mine has 2 inch wide jaws

 

[dannysheff]

There's a 'Teneo' No3 bench vice on ebay at present - 3in, with QR, looking like older Parky, Record etc.

Any heard that name? Has an English look, but spose cld be Indian or?

 

[a111r]

I bought this mistreated vice yesterday, can anyone identify it please?

The only cast mark on it is "No. 4".
Just one photo at present. My limited knowledge of vices has me hoping it might be a forged steel example from the underside / hidden details.

 

[SteveB58]

Nice one.

I wonder whether it's a Rollo of Highlands (near Oban?) Scotland?
The Rollo green, the heavy duty bars, the screw thread is not Acme, looks well made.
Usually they had a small brass plate with 'Rollo' - if there were a couple of small rivet holes, this would clinch it for me.
I have two Rollos - the squat bench vice shown a few pages back, and a clamp on with a vertical look like this, but different, and never seen this version.


Quite a different theory would be an apprentice piece -- the stamped on name and the screw thread sometimes indicate this, they're usually machined and filed from solid, but if there was a foundry in the works, sometimes cast bodies. Some of the best little vices are apprentice or tool room made one offs.---- ie poss a NZ vice?

I'm having a hard time seeing this as an apprentice piece. In my mind there are too many skills from too many trades for it to make sense, there are aspects of pattern making, moulding, casting, fettling, machining possibly more. All this to make a small vice of limited use. In my experience tool room made vices were high quality and apprentice made vice were made to show off or test skills, something I don't see in this.

 

[StevieO]

I bought this mistreated vice yesterday, can anyone identify it please?

The only cast mark on it is "No. 4".
Just one photo at present. My limited knowledge of vices has me hoping it might be a forged steel example from the underside / hidden details.

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Can't identify it myself, but it is an older design evidenced by the spindle hub being round which was the defacto way to machine the hub in earlier years. The 4 hole mounting is unusual too and generally superceded by 3 hole mount later. any more photos?

 

[StevieO]

New one on me on marketplace now near me. A Jopin from Australia. Looks like the Leader series from Record from hot rolled steel plate. Nice looking vice for £40. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3220672028165639

 

[StevieO]

I have to say this. Some of these that advertise "refurbished" vice must be joking. Look at this for sale - "£50 Refurbished"
How can anyone paint the handle and the hub???????????? And paint the main body parts without removing the jaws. Wonder what state it is in inside!!!
Astonishing.

This amazing refurbisher has also even painted the jaws !

 

[a111r]

Can't identify it myself, but it is an older design evidenced by the spindle hub being round which was the defacto way to machine the hub in earlier years. The 4 hole mounting is unusual too and generally superceded by 3 hole mount later. any more photos?

Sure, just taken a few as it's a lovely day for it..

 

[StevieO]

Interesting vice.
№ 4 is, of course, indicative of a series of sizes production.

I'm not certain but the № abbreviation for number was certainly used in Russia, and unlike English language was used even on Russian typewriters (see below).

But then again I've seen № represented that way in old Victorian memorabilia, cigarette ads etc.
Here's one for US maker Churchman.

So, with no other indication on the vice - a hard one to identify.