Thursday, June 18, 2026

One of my vices is vises; Lakeside



  Lakeside was a brand name that Montgomery Ward used for their tools, a little googling shows people certain that they were all American-made but this 3" one comes from Belgium! Too bad the swivel base is missing, it looks like a nice home workshop vise.



 

5 comments:

JP said...

You can't leave it at that, vices need to be cultivated:

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/my-heroic-vise-rescue-aka-throwing-good-money-at-bad.386001/

Mister G said...

That puts the thing into perspective doesn't it? Now I want to know about the old world craftmanship details of whatever foundry made it!

Joe said...

maybe it was made in Belgium, Ohio - just down the river from Sandusky.

Anonymous said...

Not fond of exposed screws on vises....

Mister G said...

Nope, immediately says hobby qiality.