Old woodworking vise

i guess leather work

-- gagewestern

the scissors is to hold the jaws paralell
but what its for I don´t have a clue except it can´t be for letherwork
and I don´t think it can upen as much as the screw indicates
slid in the scissor isn´t that long

I do look forward to here one of the clever L Js coming up with the answer :-)

Dennis

Does the threaded dowel pass through the piece on the bottom, push on it, or thread into it? Intriguing, indeed!

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The threaded bolt passes through both pieces and there is a metal plate on the backside of the other piece.
I can’t figure it out and may jusr either hang it on the wall as a decoration or throw it out. I am trying to figure out how to incorporate it into my workbench.

on to the wall with it after you have restored the iron on it :-)

It looks to me that this is a kind of vise. It would have to mounted on a bench vertically with the jaws at the top. Of course to be effective it would have to be capable of applying enough pressure. It isn’t necessarily a woodworking vise.

-- Mike, an American living in Norway.

Could it possibly be a spreader or lift of some sort.
Also, hang it on the wall, it would be a shame to throw it out and find out it was used to build the Ark! Lol.

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It looks like a leather hand stitching vise which was mounted vertically through a bench that you straddle.Ive seen these in several old saddle shops.DONT THROW IT AWAY.

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Why don’t you mount it vertically on the far end of your bench from the main vice & use it as a support vice for planing edges on long planks I guess it looks to be about 6” wide?? please don’t dump it it’s beautiful & obviously has real history
Best
Trevor

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Leather stitching. the bottom sticks thru a hole in the bench you sit on. the jays hold the leather you are working on. You sew with a hand haul.

I’d say a vise.

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I’d say it is possibly a stitching horse of a type I’ve never seen. The rounded jaws would be the top.

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