name this vice

[paul 1950Participant @paul1950]

any info would be nice

[paul 1950Participant @paul1950]

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

"Avarice"

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

"Home made"

[egaParticipant @ega]

Most unlikely to be home made as I have one that looks identical.

[egaParticipant @ega]

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.

[Ralph HParticipant @ralphh]

I also have one that is identical. Alas, no history for you.

[paul 1950Participant @paul1950]

its the second one i have had

[VicParticipant @vic]

It looks like a progression from a Blacksmiths leg vice.

Edited By Vic on 18/10/2015 21:34:25

[Ralph HParticipant @ralphh]

Vic,

exactly what I thought.

[RICHARD GREEN 2Participant @richardgreen2]

I think it was made by R,U, STY & Co

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

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

[paul 1950Participant @paul1950]

i well sell it as a blacksmith vice then

any info on this one

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

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

[Nick HughesParticipant @nickhughes97026]

[paul 1950Participant @paul1950]

brilliant thanks not sure i want to sell it now

[Johnboy25Participant @johnboy25]

 

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

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

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

[egaParticipant @ega]

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?

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

**LINK**

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

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 19/10/2015 23:57:44

[Ralph HParticipant @ralphh]

From its patent as the "parallel vice" perhaps a bit of history. And yes, it is a decent vice.

[Johnboy25Participant @johnboy25]

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

[egaParticipant @ega]

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.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

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.

[RICHARD GREEN 2Participant @richardgreen2]

"Peter wright" is well known for making very good quality blacksmiths anvils.

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