While in Australia last month, we found time to visit the Binalong Motor Museum in Binalong, NSW. It's a combination of personal vehicles and items loaned by other institutions, and is well worth a visit if you're passing by.
While wandering about the restoration workshop I spotted a very interesting bench vise. The jaws are offset to the right such that long lengths of material can be clamped vertically. Posted a pic and description to the dropbox. Dawn40S_BenchVise.jpg and Dawn40S_BenchVise.txt are the files.
The one I saw is a Dawn 40S and was made in Australia. I'd love to have one similar to this. Given the cost of shipping to and from Oz, I'd love to find something similar here in the US. Has anyone seen one like this here and recall the manufacturer? I just spent 20 minutes on ebay and came up with nothing. I'll bet they are rather rare.... ($$$)
> While in Australia last month, we found time to visit the Binalong Motor > Museum in Binalong, NSW. It's a combination of personal vehicles and items > loaned by other institutions, and is well worth a visit if you're passing > by.
> While wandering about the restoration workshop I spotted a very > interesting bench vise. The jaws are offset to the right such that long > lengths of material can be clamped vertically. Posted a pic and > description to the dropbox. > Dawn40S_BenchVise.jpg and Dawn40S_BenchVise.txt are the files.
> The one I saw is a Dawn 40S and was made in Australia. I'd love to have > one similar to this. Given the cost of shipping to and from Oz, I'd love > to find something similar here in the US. Has anyone seen one like this > here and recall the manufacturer? > I just spent 20 minutes on ebay and came up with nothing. I'll bet they > are rather rare.... ($$$)
> I didn't believe there would be none on ebay - you are right, maybe it is > just an Aussie thing!
Well, rare here in the States perhaps? I don't want to keep slogging through several hundred vise auctions, but unsure of brand names, it's better to cast a wide net. Soon as I have a few names, I can narrow my searches and let Ebay notify me when something comes up.
If I find one in Oz, I'll ask if they'll ship to my eventual home in NSW and have it waiting there for me!
--Prolly a decade and more back I picked one up from one of the catalogs; maybe IPS or Rutland? Very well-made; came with a set of varying length spacers to adjust bottom location.
-- "Steamboat Ed" Haas : Currently broke and Hacking the Trailing Edge! : looking for a job... www.nmpproducts.com ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---
steamer wrote: > --Prolly a decade and more back I picked one up from one of the > catalogs; maybe IPS or Rutland? Very well-made; came with a set of varying > length spacers to adjust bottom location.
Thanks for the lead. Rutland has a Soba 4" vise. I was searching for offset or off set, it's listed as 'off center'. So I have another brand name to run through ebay. As I suspected, they are not exactly cheap, but it does look well made.
<janders1...@comcast.net> wrote: >While in Australia last month, we found time to visit the Binalong Motor >Museum in Binalong, NSW. It's a combination of personal vehicles and >items loaned by other institutions, and is well worth a visit if you're >passing by.
>While wandering about the restoration workshop I spotted a very >interesting bench vise. The jaws are offset to the right such that long >lengths of material can be clamped vertically. Posted a pic and >description to the dropbox. >Dawn40S_BenchVise.jpg and Dawn40S_BenchVise.txt are the files.
>The one I saw is a Dawn 40S and was made in Australia. I'd love to have >one similar to this. Given the cost of shipping to and from Oz, I'd love >to find something similar here in the US. Has anyone seen one like this >here and recall the manufacturer? >I just spent 20 minutes on ebay and came up with nothing. I'll bet they >are rather rare.... ($$$)
>Jon
Hey Jon,
Not exactly what you saw for sure, but these will grip vertically.
> Interesting to see that replacement parts are available for most of the > vises, including vise body and movable jaw!
> Also see that they are distributed by Repco among others. If the Coota > Repco can't order one, I can get one out in Young.
> Jon
Dawn tools are very good quality. Their vices will handle being beaten with a sledge hammer and having 4' of cheater pipe slid over the handle and swung on. They last a lifetime.
Jon Anderson wrote: > While in Australia last month, we found time to visit the Binalong Motor > Museum in Binalong, NSW. It's a combination of personal vehicles and > items loaned by other institutions, and is well worth a visit if you're > passing by.
> While wandering about the restoration workshop I spotted a very > interesting bench vise. The jaws are offset to the right such that long > lengths of material can be clamped vertically. Posted a pic and > description to the dropbox. > Dawn40S_BenchVise.jpg and Dawn40S_BenchVise.txt are the files.
> The one I saw is a Dawn 40S and was made in Australia. I'd love to have > one similar to this. Given the cost of shipping to and from Oz, I'd love > to find something similar here in the US. Has anyone seen one like this > here and recall the manufacturer? > I just spent 20 minutes on ebay and came up with nothing. I'll bet they > are rather rare.... ($$$)
> Jon
Dawn make great vices , I have been in the engineering game for just over forty years , every place I have worked had Dawn vices and I've never seen one broken ,plenty of abused ones and still going strong . A Dawn vice is the best investment you can make if you are in engineering , long after you and your children have passed on the vice will still be working . The engineers offset vice is a good design and very functional.
-- Kevin (Bluey) "I'm not young enough to know everything."
>Dawn make great vices , I have been in the engineering game for just >over forty years , every place I have worked had Dawn vices and I've >never seen one broken ,plenty of abused ones and still going strong . >A Dawn vice is the best investment you can make if you are in >engineering , long after you and your children have passed on the vice >will still be working . >The engineers offset vice is a good design and very functional.
I have 2 Dawn woodworking vices which I bought abought 1967, they have outlasted 3 workbenches. Current bench is only 15 years old. My smallest engineers vice is also a Dawn, probably 30 years old.
<>>The engineers offset vice is a good design and very functional.
> I have 2 Dawn woodworking vices which I bought abought 1967, they > have outlasted 3 workbenches. Current bench is only 15 years old. > My smallest engineers vice is also a Dawn, probably 30 years old.
> Alan
Ok, Alan, please help me with the Australian to American translation of "engineer" - I thought I had you guys figured out when I learned "bunny duster", but this one has me baffled
> <>>The engineers offset vice is a good design and very functional.
>> I have 2 Dawn woodworking vices which I bought abought 1967, they >> have outlasted 3 workbenches. Current bench is only 15 years old. >> My smallest engineers vice is also a Dawn, probably 30 years old.
>> Alan
> Ok, Alan, please help me with the Australian to American translation of > "engineer" - I thought I had you guys figured out when I learned "bunny > duster", but this one has me baffled
In this case an "engineers vice" is a vice used for metal working .
The term "engineer" can be used loosely and can mean any qualified tradesman who works in the metal working industry or similar . Aircraft Engineer is a fancy term for an aircraft engine mechanic in some cases ,unless the person can produce the formal qualification of "Aircraft Engineer" by way of a degree. Although one needs endorsement for each aircraft type to be able to carry out maintenance work on aircraft ,so I guess this can qualify as a formal qualification of a sort.
To use the term "engineer" formally is usually in the context that the person has completed a University degree in , Mechanical , Hydraulic , Civil or Aviation Engineering.
Hope this helps.
-- Kevin (Bluey) "I'm not young enough to know everything."
> <>>The engineers offset vice is a good design and very functional.
>> I have 2 Dawn woodworking vices which I bought abought 1967, they >> have outlasted 3 workbenches. Current bench is only 15 years old. >> My smallest engineers vice is also a Dawn, probably 30 years old.
>> Alan
> Ok, Alan, please help me with the Australian to American translation of > "engineer" - I thought I had you guys figured out when I learned "bunny > duster", but this one has me baffled
In this case an "engineers vice" is a vice used for metal working , and usually bench mounted .
The term "engineer" can be used loosely and can mean any qualified tradesman who works in the metal working industry or similar . Aircraft Engineer is a fancy term for an aircraft engine mechanic in some cases ,unless the person can produce the formal qualification of "Aircraft Engineer" by way of a degree. Although one needs endorsement for each aircraft type to be able to carry out maintenance work on aircraft ,so I guess this can qualify as a formal qualification of a sort.
To use the term "engineer" formally is usually in the context that the person has completed a University degree in , Mechanical , Hydraulic , Civil or Aviation Engineering.
Hope this helps.
-- Kevin (Bluey) "I'm not young enough to know everything."
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