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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: skipskip on April 03, 2017, 05:40:23 PM

Title: Found a vise for a steamfitter
Post by: skipskip on April 03, 2017, 05:40:23 PM

Vanderman number 1

5 inch jaws

notice the grooves in the back, for bending pipe and conduit

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3853/33010813523_6da9845aa0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Si43Mi)DSCF3631 (https://flic.kr/p/Si43Mi) by Skip Albright (https://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Found a vise for a steamfitter
Post by: p_toad on April 03, 2017, 06:22:22 PM

Nice!   :grin:

Title: Re: Found a vise for a steamfitter
Post by: kwoswalt99 on April 03, 2017, 06:50:04 PM

Nice, I have a Pinterest board for those.

Title: Re: Found a vise for a steamfitter
Post by: skipskip on April 03, 2017, 07:20:50 PM

nice pics walt

Title: Re: Found a vise for a steamfitter
Post by: wrenchguy on April 03, 2017, 08:23:05 PM

actually i believe those opening slots held dies for putting bends in pipe. mostly steam/hot water cast iron radiators in ol' timey homes back in the day.

Title: Re: Found a vise for a steamfitter
Post by: amecks on April 03, 2017, 08:55:16 PM

Wow.  Not the usual vise.  Also never heard of Willimantic, Conn - now part of Norwich.

Title: Re: Found a vise for a steamfitter
Post by: bunger on April 05, 2017, 03:14:39 PM

Quote from: amecks on April 03, 2017, 08:55:16 PM

...  Also never heard of Willimantic, Conn - now part of Norwich.

NO, Willimantic is a small older city within the town of Windham CT.
Norwich is also a small older city, about 10 miles south along the Thames river

Title: Re: Found a vise for a steamfitter
Post by: turnnut on April 05, 2017, 09:16:33 PM

 you never heard of the city with the frog bridge ????

  Route 32 goes thru the city.

  same route 32 that goes thru Monson, Massachusetts, where I hang my hat.

Title: Re: Found a vise for a steamfitter
Post by: amecks on April 07, 2017, 07:27:10 AM

Right, Windham.  Musta got mixed up after I read the map.  The Frog Bridge?  Never heard of it but I know about it now. Thanks.
http://www.damnedct.com/the-frog-bridge-willimantic/ (http://www.damnedct.com/the-frog-bridge-willimantic/)
(http://www.scenicusa.net/images/NV11FrogBridgePD.jpg)

Title: Re: Found a vise for a steamfitter
Post by: Yadda on April 07, 2017, 06:47:02 PM

Love the vise, but I am more enamoured with the sharpener behind it it. I looked at the other photos, cool tool!

I also saw the scenery back of your shop in your photos over looking the river.  Very nice.