name this vice

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18 October 2015 at 17:24 #208360
paul 1950
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any info would be nice
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18 October 2015 at 17:24 #24171
paul 1950
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18 October 2015 at 17:31 #208362
Michael Gilligan
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"Avarice"
18 October 2015 at 18:13 #208370
David Clark 13
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"Home made"
18 October 2015 at 18:25 #208372
ega
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Most unlikely to be home made as I have one that looks identical.
18 October 2015 at 18:31 #208374
ega
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PS I have just remembered that a local engineering shop has a similar one too.

David Clark 1:

I imagine your suggestion was not intended to be taken literally.
18 October 2015 at 18:32 #208375
Ralph H
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I also have one that is identical. Alas, no history for you.
18 October 2015 at 18:40 #208378
paul 1950
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its the second one i have had
18 October 2015 at 21:34 #208398
Vic
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It looks like a progression from a Blacksmiths leg vice.

Edited By Vic on 18/10/2015 21:34:25
19 October 2015 at 13:15 #208471
Ralph H
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Vic,

exactly what I thought.
19 October 2015 at 14:35 #208493
RICHARD GREEN 2
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I think it was made by R,U, STY & Co
19 October 2015 at 17:11 #208506
daveb
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There are a lot of them about, the jaws and screw are very much like the leg vice items, it's the sort of thing a committee would design for the army if they asked for an improved vice.

Dave
19 October 2015 at 17:59 #208511
paul 1950
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i well sell it as a blacksmith vice then

any info on this one
19 October 2015 at 18:26 #208515
Neil Wyatt
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Don't know about the seconds one. The first one seems to have rung a bell with a few people, why not call it 'Quasimodo'?

Neil
19 October 2015 at 20:13 #208522
Nick Hughes
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19 October 2015 at 20:53 #208524
paul 1950
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brilliant thanks not sure i want to sell it now
19 October 2015 at 21:58 #208536
Johnboy25
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I found one in my Dads shed when I had to clear it – didn't have the heart to get rid. Don't know where he got it from. Oddly enough, I rediscovered it last week!

John
19 October 2015 at 23:25 #208543
daveb
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Posted by paul 1950 on 19/10/2015 20:53:20:

brilliant thanks not sure i want to sell it now

I think I would clean it up and use it, it's probably a decent vice.

Dave
19 October 2015 at 23:30 #208546
ega
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Nick Hughes:

Peter Wright's Patent Parallel vice.

Great to see this documented. Have you got a date for the catalogue concerned and was it an Australian product?
19 October 2015 at 23:48 #208548
Michael Gilligan
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**LINK**

Then, see p261 [page 5 of the PDF] here

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 19/10/2015 23:57:44
20 October 2015 at 08:10 #208556
Ralph H
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From its patent as the "parallel vice" perhaps a bit of history. And yes, it is a decent vice.
20 October 2015 at 08:27 #208559
Johnboy25
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Once again a good link Michael to info on this vice. It looks like you collect similar books to ones I do. I can't walk by old engineering books at car boot sales on the basis once there gone – they're gone for ever.

John
20 October 2015 at 09:59 #208579
ega
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Michael Gilligan:

Thank you. My own vice whilst very similar to the Wright material is not marked with his name and neither, seemingly, is the OP's so both may be post-patent protection. I will read the interesting article about patents also on page 5.

Whilst I would agree that the parallel vice is an improvement on the earlier leg vice hinged at the foot (or higher), they do work on different principles.
20 October 2015 at 10:07 #208582
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by ega on 20/10/2015 09:59:15:

My own vice whilst very similar to the Wright material is not marked with his name and neither, seemingly, is the OP's so both may be post-patent protection.

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As Neil mentioned on another recent thread … sometimes, the 'cast-in' names are just clever artwork on the engravings. … So I suppose the question is; has anyone seen an actual vice with the Peter Wright name cast-in ?

MichaelG.
20 October 2015 at 14:58 #208611
RICHARD GREEN 2
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"Peter wright" is well known for making very good quality blacksmiths anvils.
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