Vices. Vises.

[DeathGrip]

Let see yours. (didn't want to jack the cool anvil thread.)

here's my biggest one,,,

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Some of the members here are on the Vice Squad, and some of us are on the vise squad!

Ivan

 

[dr. mordo]

This is one of the weirder threads I have seen on a forum.

 

[30-30remchester]

I have used vises for more decades than I care to admit. There is always 2 or 3 mounted in my shop. I even have a 3" vise sleeping in the tool box of my plow truck. The 2 vises I have in my shop now are both USA made Wiltons. The 6" mechanics vise has been the main vise in my construction yard since 1977. I also have mounted a small Wilton baby bullet for fine work. The oldest is a late 1800's Parker. Someday I need to learn how to post pictures. Deathgrip, that is a nice old Prentiss machinists vise. A word of advise, that flat area behind the static jaw is NOT an anvil. It was never designed to be beaten on. On Prentiss brand vises this is actually a thin area and is easily damaged or broken when beat upon.

 

[Rule3]

Let there be no topic not discussed!

 

[DeathGrip]

That vice weighs about 75lbs.

Did any of you notice the table under it?

The top is more than an inch thick. Turtle.

 

[shouldazagged]

This is one of the weirder threads I have seen on a forum.

Wait till you've been here a little longer. You will see far stranger stuff than this.

 

[Rustyt1953]

It just got weirder:

 

[1morethan8]

For the big jobs!

 

[Tom S.]

Sorry, no pictures, but I have several, including one I used to carry in my truck's tool box for camping that is mounted on a piece of 2" square stock for mounting in a trailer hitch. They do come in handy!

 

[30-30remchester]

For the big jobs!

That there is an early Wilton baby bullet. Take care of that little jewel.

 

[30-30remchester]

This is one of the weirder threads I have seen on a forum.

Funny you should mention that. For people who work with vises, they are as loyal to one brand as they are to cars and guns. There is a forum who's main threads are tools and construction. Their vise sub forum has 50 comments per page and they have nearly 3000 pages just on the subject of vises.

 

[DeathGrip]

Here's my Grandpas little vice mounted on his tool box that he used at Pan-Am. He had to cut the bottom a bit so the tool box would open.

 

[Rule3]

Let see yours. (didn't want to jack the cool anvil thread.)

here's my biggest one,,,

Excuse me? We hardly know each other.
So you are really saying that "size matters"?

This is just so not right

 

[Watchdog]

Vices. Vises. Let see yours.

I don't have any vises, and I'll keep my vices to myself, if you don't mind.