[TheForge] Forging a post vise

[Bruce Freeman]

I think Dave's right.  A friend of mine took Latane's and Ross's
classes at the Folk School for years and came home one year with a
vise.  I don't recall that it was a post vise - I think it was a
clamp-on bench vise.  But aside from the leg, the design was the same.
 And it was a good deal smaller than what we typically use as a post
vise.  He said it was a lot of work.

Does this friend want to make a  post vise for aesthetic reasons, or
does he just want one?  Not cost effective to copy the original.
There was a design on the web somewhere for a welded post vise.  Acme
screw and nut, etc.  Not so eye-pleasing, but probably as effective.

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:24 AM, David E. Smucker
<davesmucker at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't found the article -- but I kind of remember it.  I think it was
> from a class that Tom Latane did.  Not sure the article was by Tom, may have
> been by someone in the class.  This was a very small post vise if I remember
> right.
>
> Dave
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Ben Barrett" <stircrazyben at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:04 AM
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Forging a post vice
>
>> Hurm, I seem to remember something like that too, but I also cannot find
>> it.
>> This might be a good ref though:  http://www.anvilfire.com/FAQs/vises.htm
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Ron Childers <munlaw2 at hcsmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> A friend of mine thinks he wants to forge a post vice. There was an
>>> article
>>> in a publication or maybe on the internet about making a post vice that I
>>> skimmed through it but don't remember the source. Does anyone know where
>>> I
>>> might have seen that article?
>>>
>>> Thanx,
>>>
>>> Ron C
>>>
>>>
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Bruce
NJ

The total lack of evidence is the surest sign that the conspiracy is working.