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Title: Little Vise:
Post by: MultimediaMan on March 15, 2014, 01:59:14 PM

What have I got here? I've been searching, but I can't find a name on it... tried the web, can't see an example of it..

Brass/Bronze Visehead: the thumbscrew is chrome plated. Has a guidepin and a feed screw, Neat little devil, just don't know what it was for (sparkless, obviously, but why so small)?

(http://imageshack.com/a/img513/1277/uj5w.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img835/2958/rbym.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img819/3654/cnyz.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img837/6287/mscy.jpg)

No, I don't want to sell it, I just want to know what it was used for and possibly it's provenance.

Title: Re: Little Vise:
Post by: Big Bore Bart on March 15, 2014, 02:28:14 PM

   I would call that a Jeweler's Vise.       It's small so you can get around tiny parts.

Title: Re: Little Vise:
Post by: rsterne on March 15, 2014, 02:35:58 PM

YUP, I agree....

Bob

Title: Re: Little Vise:
Post by: MultimediaMan on March 15, 2014, 04:01:35 PM

I would agree, but why is it bronze? No manufacturer's marks at all. Definitely a sand cast piece of work (you can see the where the drag sprue vents were on the underside of the parts) with a fair number of post-casting operations.

   

Title: Re: Little Vise:
Post by: Big Bore Bart on March 15, 2014, 04:05:47 PM

  Brass or bronze to be about as hard as the materials to be worked.    Also much softer than a gem stone.   Makes for less chance of damaging the workpiece.