Monday, August 31, 2020

One of my vices is vises, Rae once again


We've covered the history of Rae in Orillia and Hamilton, Ontario but I figured we could look at this large old No 50 (5")  vise about to resume its working career in someone's workshop despite the split in the back of the slide.  

I do like the rakish angle of  the cast-in "Hamilton Canada" below. Rae seemed to put their logo and location wherever it would fit.


 

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3 comments:

  1. VectorWarbirdsSeptember 1, 2020 at 9:43 AM

    Casting flaw or old age crack? Interesting place to just crack or was someone using that end as an anvil?

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  2. Mister GSeptember 1, 2020 at 6:38 PM

    It looked like it had been abused as an anvil. I ordered how a weld repair might fix it, but as It doesn’t affect the use, maybe it’s best used as an alert, do not hammer here!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2020 at 7:19 PM

    Now that's a vise....

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