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Offline lptools

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Unusual Vse/Jaws
« on: April 11, 2023, 10:15:25 AM »
Looking for info on this vise, around 10" long , 4" tall, 2" wide jaws, and weighs 8-1/2 pounds, wrench included. No visible markings!! I'm guessing it has a specific/crimping use, but could not find a match.
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Re: Unusual Vse/Jaws
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2023, 08:18:45 PM »
Hi Lou,
Nice find! Mine doesn’t have the wrench but is otherwise dimensionly the same. It was patented July 7, 1891 by G S Searle no. 455,414. It was patented as a pipe vise.
Mine is marked on the top of both the moveable jaw and the fixed jaw: Smart & Spencer, Salem, Mass.

They are stamped kind of light so you may have to scrub a bit to get it to snow up.

Mike
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Re: Unusual Vse/Jaws
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2023, 08:52:43 PM »
Something just doesn't seem right here... as a pipe vice, I can see that the lower notches might hold around pipe, but what good would the upper notches do?
Any chance that there were serrated jaws ? now missing?
Joe B
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Re: Unusual Vse/Jaws
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2023, 07:48:30 AM »
Hello, Mike. Thanks for the info! Not sure where I stashed it away, but if/when I find it, I will take a look!
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Re: Unusual Vse/Jaws
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2023, 11:12:49 AM »
Hi Joe, There is nothing missing in the jaw area. It follows the patent drawing.

Mike
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Re: Unusual Vse/Jaws
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2023, 08:20:17 AM »
Hello, Mike. Thanks for the Patent info!!
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Re: Unusual Vse/Jaws
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2024, 09:26:58 PM »
Neat little vise.
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Re: Unusual Vse/Jaws
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2024, 08:08:33 AM »
Hello, yadda. Thanks!! The search is still on , now I'm not sure if I sold it!!
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