[TheForge] Bolt heading vise

Thu Dec 13 09:42:01 2001

In the book:  "Blacksmiths' and Farriers' Tools at Shelburne Museum" by H.R.
Bradley Smith on page 193 there is a picture of this type of vise and a
description of its use.  Here it is called a Shoe Calking Vise and Bolt
Header.   According to the text it was used for 3 operations: 1. Sharpening
the blunt toe calks afar they were welded onto the shoe; 2.welding sharp toe
calks onto the shoes; 3.making the head on iron for bolts.

I have seen a number of these and they seem that they would be very handy to
have, especially if you need to upset the ends of round bar.  The very few
that I have seen for sale, have generally been in the $300+ price range.

Albin Drzewianowski
Westminster, MD

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frederick Faller" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 8:55 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Bolt heading vise

> 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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