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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: amertrac on January 02, 2013, 10:44:22 AM

Title: M S & CO PHILL PA 2 IN CLAMP TYPE BENCH VISE
Post by: amertrac on January 02, 2013, 10:44:22 AM: (http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/amertrac/GEDC1739_zpse61539cf.jpg)

I can not find any info on the vise and i need the swivel cap that yightens the vise to the table .
it looks like an old timer and it is perfect for what i need,I use a peice og hardwood between the screw and the desk. bob w'
Title: Re: M S & CO PHILL PA 2 IN CLAMP TYPE BENCH VISE
Post by: 1930 on January 02, 2013, 06:44:21 PM: I like that little guy
Title: Re: M S & CO PHILL PA 2 IN CLAMP TYPE BENCH VISE
Post by: mikeswrenches on January 02, 2013, 07:59:19 PM: Bob,
I have one that is almost identical to yours but it is marked HARDY. Unfortunately, I don't know anymore about it than I do about yours. Mine does have the pad, but it is a rather "cheesey" piece of thin stamped steel that is deeply cupped and about 1 1/8 in. in diameter.

Mike
Title: Re: M S & CO PHILL PA 2 IN CLAMP TYPE BENCH VISE
Post by: RedVise on January 03, 2013, 07:22:59 AM: I have several of these clamp on vises. It is not unusual to find them missing the contact piece of the clamp.
I glue two washers together, that will just fit over the protruding tang, and then add a bigger washer for more contact, and tighten her up ! I dont try to glue the new piece to the tang because I figure it is meant to swivel anyway...

Brian L.
Title: Re: M S & CO PHILL PA 2 IN CLAMP TYPE BENCH VISE
Post by: amertrac on January 03, 2013, 08:38:54 AM: I traced it to
McCORMIC & C0 Pxton furnaceses harrisburg pa
1882-1883 ,,,,,,,, 1886-1888
that is all I can find
Title: Re: M S & CO PHILL PA 2 IN CLAMP TYPE BENCH VISE
Post by: rusty on January 03, 2013, 07:34:38 PM: The paxton furnace operation , later bought by Henry McCormic (thus his name) and later became Iron & Steel Co.

The furnace operation (and several other ones consolidated with the paxton furnaces) were blast furnace operations producing pig iron.....

hmm...
Title: Re: M S & CO PHILL PA 2 IN CLAMP TYPE BENCH VISE
Post by: john k on January 03, 2013, 10:08:44 PM: I have a bench mount vise that is a close match. No names at all on it. Figured this was a jewelers vise.
Title: Re: M S & CO PHILL PA 2 IN CLAMP TYPE BENCH VISE
Post by: Branson on January 04, 2013, 08:27:52 AM: Quote from: john k on January 03, 2013, 10:08:44 PM
I have a bench mount vise that is a close match. No names at all on it. Figured this was a jewelers vise.

I have one identical to yours, John. Back in '72, my 80 something land lady was getting rid of her long deceased husband's stuff, along with a bunch of other things that were filling her basement. One of these, attached to a nicely chamfered board, was among the things I got. There was nothing else among his tools that suggested he did jewelry work. What I missed getting was a self made carpenter's wood tool chest. I guess that from time to time he had worked on small parts of some sort. There are some file marks on the board, which has holes for attaching it to a bench.