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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Leg Vise from the Past
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:05:25 -0500
References: <5e3b3d52-59c0-ab6b-cd61-d909b14e2adb@lighttube.net>

I like the mounting system to the bench.  I bet there was a series of tools
that could be mounted.

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 2:55 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
wrote:

> When I  was about 10 years old, in the 1930s, this old leg vise was
> mounted beneath a large Sweet Gum tree as a part of an outdoor
> blacksmith shop  where my Dad did repairs on his meager farm equipment
> used on our small farm in Mississippi. Since my Dad's death, the vise
> has followed me as a part of the tools that I find handy. I gave it a
> coat of paint some years ago, and I keep grease on the screw. It still
> provides faithful service just like it did when new, 100 years ago.
> Mounted to a bench in my garage, I still see it every day, and find it
> useful about once a month.  I checked, and similar ones are still
> offered for sale today.
>
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20211011-DSCF3317-Enhanced.JPG.html
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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-- 
Don
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