August 25, 20232 yr Popular Post comment_319970 i'm sure some of you already know what this is...i couldn't believe it when i found it sitting there waiting to be junked. Report
August 25, 20232 yr Popular Post comment_319983 Lets see if I'm correct. Vise for sharpening hand saws. Report
August 25, 20232 yr Popular Post comment_319993 Agree. Might be easier viewed this direction. Nice save and can be handy as a brake for thin metals. Edited August 25, 20232 yr by HandyDan Report
August 25, 20232 yr Popular Post comment_320013 Great rescue Pete. Any name, numbers or identifying marks on it? @steven newman...any guess on the maker? Looks to be fully original. Report
August 25, 20232 yr Popular Post comment_320029 MIGHT be a Disston? maybe a No. 2? Edited August 25, 20232 yr by steven newman Report
August 25, 20232 yr Author Popular Post comment_320030 i wish i could tell you more. i looked it over top to bottom (and yes, i posted it upside down...sorry) and couldn't find a single mark on it anywhere...no numbers, names, etc. everything seems to work (after a fashion) and i want to clean it up a bit and put it to work with the set i just got (it's safe in a box somewhere). i'm guessing the party who put it into the "throw this stuff away" bin had not a clue that it was for holding saws for sharpening and setting Report
August 25, 20232 yr Popular Post comment_320031 looks a bit like the small one I have? If the bench is too thick, one can add a stick, and clamp the stick into the bench vise.. This one has 2 locking levers.. Upper one to open the jaws a bit, and then clamp down on a saw's plate.. While the other lever allows things to tilt back a bit.. Saw is 18" long, BTW There is a No. 3 cast into one of the jaws... Report
August 26, 20232 yr Popular Post comment_320077 19 hours ago, p_toad said: (it's safe in a box somewhere) Sounds like me trying to remember which box and where whatever I'm looking for is after putting it that "Somewhere" I told myself not to forget after having put it away many years ago. Report
August 26, 20232 yr Popular Post comment_320099 8 hours ago, Larry Buskirk said: Sounds like me trying to remember which box and where whatever I'm looking for is after putting it that "Somewhere" I told myself not to forget after having put it away many years ago. Don't worry... it'll be in the last box you look in! Report
August 27, 20232 yr Popular Post comment_320113 13 hours ago, HARO50 said: Don't worry... it'll be in the last box you look in! I've got boxes of "Stuff" in five or six locations. Report
August 27, 20232 yr Author Popular Post comment_320161 interesting....i cleaned up the vise a tiny bit and it shows the number '94' and i found this on another site "ANTIQUE EARLY SARGENT SAW VISE # 94 CLAMP CAST IRON OLD" with the attached pictures so, although i don't know age or production years yet, i do know more. Report
August 27, 20232 yr Author Popular Post comment_320164 so, to make this story complete - this is the Stanley 42W saw set which i found at the store...ok, this one cost me a couple of bucks... Report
August 28, 20232 yr comment_320166 Very cool Pete. You have quite a collection of pull chains/ cords, pulls, lamp finials and switch nuts there. I could have used that assortment a few months back. Report
August 28, 20232 yr Author comment_320173 That just kinda scratches the surface of lamp parts that i have on hand... Report
September 1, 20232 yr Author comment_320386 just because i was curious....i did a web search for the .65 the saw vise shows costed in the 1911 catalog and that's about $21.00 in today's money. not too shabby, although i frankly doubt we could produce one at that price anywhere in the world these days. Report
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