Vise ID

Looks like a generally useful vise, is that a four incher? I would say, by just looking, that it was never supposed to have an anvil. Definitely a good deal.

Eron seems to have moved towards machine vises.

i PS I bought from someone today: 36" pipe wrench for $8 4" pipe vise for $7 36" bolt cutter for $5

I just found the lip instead of an anvil to be quizzical. It must have SOME particular use to be shaped like that and not just flat.

Steve

Hummm..I think Ive got a couple similar vises. No anvils. Ill have to check

Gunner

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I surmise that the lip serves two purposes.

First to deflect anything that would fall off the back side of the vise like filings or oil.

The secondary purpose I guess would be to provide a bit more rigidity to the casting.

On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 20:32:38 -0600, the infamous "SteveB" scrawled the following:

2 SWAGS: First, it might have been an addition (or carve-out) to the mold for stress relief if their first castings cracked there. Second would be a place to lay small diameter tubing for cutting without deforming it in the vise jaws.

In any case, it's a cute ducktail.

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I've never given it any thought before but it looks identical to my Record No4 vice that I've had for maybe 25 years. No idea what the lip is intended for but it does seem to fill with debris.

I like the crap catcher idea.

Wes

It's just a normal every day engineers bench vice with out an anvil.

The lip is just for extra rigidity and possibly asthetic value.

I have been told it is to keep shavings and filings from falling into the screw assembly, which seems very plausible.

Anyway, I finally got a (halfway) decent vise for a good price.

Steve

Doesn't sound very plausible to me at the moment as the screw assembly sits under the U section of the moving jaw and is enclosed. Only way the shavings would get to the screw as far as I can see is if they jump over the back of the moving jaw and crawl back. Maybe the idea is to reduce the shaving that end up on the upper moving surface and cause wear.

BTW a couple of weeks ago I was asked in a hurry how much I would bid for a 6" Record cast steel vise with quick release in excellent condition, I said £30, way low, worth much more. Nice vise to have but I've lived without one this long and should be able to for some while longer.

I took a walk through my shop and counted 3 vises, (2) SImplexes and an unknown other that doesnt have an anvil. Only one has a boss of any sort on the back.

I can post pictures if anyone really wants to see them.

Gunner

Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.