[TheForge] Bolt heading vise

[Roger R Degner]

Here in Minnesota we call them horseshoe vise as most I have seen had three
or four groves for holding and shaping the caulks when welding the shoe.  If
you are lucky enough some had removable jaws for different size bolts
similar to a swedge block but these were usually lost over the years on non
use.  Through out the years of several hundred auctions I have seen only a
few sell and don't know were any are except the one I have and it is not for
sale.
Roger Degner


> A couple years ago I came across a unique vise that
> set on a cast iron base and bolted to the floor. It
> was about 36" tall and had a foot pedal in it, such
> that when you stepped on the pedal, it would shut the
> jaws. It also had a rig on the side of it so that one
> could slide a sort of anvil up and down under several
> collars that would hold different sized rounds.
>
> Someone said it was a railroad vise, used on the back
> of the Caboose and someone else said it was a bolt
> header's vise. Does anyone know of what these things
> are called and where I might find one?
>
> Frederick Faller
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