Thanks, Rick.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Beckrich" <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Another Relic From the Past
> What a great vise... and such a clean shop.
>
> I envy you for both.
>
> As for the roughness, I'd guess they used sand castings.
>
> As I recall from my steel mill days back in Gary, IN, this was pretty
> common
> for industrial items,
> even into the late 1050s.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Jim Nichols
> <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for looking, Andrew. I understand that many versions of this vise
>> were exported to Australia as well as the USA.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 2:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Another Relic From the Past
>>
>>
>> >I think it was based on an ancient wooden vice design - I've seen
>> >similar
>> >versions made of wood with a steel screw - in fact I've got one at the
>> back
>> >of the shed somewhere.
>> > My late father-in-law was a timber worker and used a deep throated
>> version
>> > to hold saw blades for sharpening.
>> > Andrew Fildes
>> > afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 13/10/2011, at 6:10 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Charlie,
>> >>
>> >> This is the blacksmith vise that was developed by Peter Wright in
>> England
>> >> in
>> >> the 1800s, and exported and copied by many manufacturers. I can find
>> >> no
>> >> markings on it, but that is not unusual. It is still very useful. To
>> >> get
>> >> back on topic, I have used it to hold wood for fabricating view camera
>> >> parts.
>> >>
>> >> Jim Nichols
>> >> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:55 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Another Relic From the Past
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> That's pretty neat Jim, I've never seen one quite like that. Looks
>> >>> like
>> >>> it
>> >>> could hold a Battle Ship but not much use for fly tying.
>> >>>
>> >>> Charlie
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Jim Nichols
>> >>> <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Attached to the end of my cluttered workbench is a post vise that
>> >>>> goes
>> >>>> back
>> >>>> at least three generations in my family. I first recall seeing it
>> >>>> as
>> a
>> >>>> part
>> >>>> of an outdoor blacksmith shop on our farm, in the 1930s, under a
>> >>>> large
>> >>>> sweet
>> >>>> gum tree, where plows were sharpened and general repairs were
>> >>>> accomplished.
>> >>>> I suspect it dates back to my great-grandfather, but can't confirm
>> >>>> this.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The post vise mounts to the bench and is supported by an iron post,
>> >>>> in
>> >>>> my
>> >>>> case anchored by an oak log:
>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Vise+78.jpg.html
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The vise is powered by an encased Acme screw thread:
>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Vise+83.jpg.html
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Many of the parts appear to be crudely forged or stamped:
>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Forging+Details+81.jpg.html
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Fuji Finepix F10, ISO 800, Flash
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Jim Nichols
>> >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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