Monday, June 13, 2022

One of my vices is vises, Athol #72


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Previous post on a British Athol company here.








 

3 comments:

Dave said...

Can't speak for the linked wrench but the vise was made by Athol Machine Co in Athol, Mass. AM Co, later Athol Machine and Foundry, was part of a soap opera involving Laroy Starrett and was by all accounts the genesis behind the formation of LS Starrett.

Anonymous said...

That's a serious vise, but why did they leave the lead screw exposed like that? Where it can collect sawdust and/or metal bits, collected and stuck to it by oil/lubrication??

Seriously puzzled by this.

Mister G said...

Perhaps it was a patent thing, but as you know, many cheaper vises had the screw exposed.