Hello. Today I found these two tools. This thread is probably going to be pretty picture heavy. I think i can only post 5 pictures per post, so i'll have to split this up into a few posts it seems to get all the pictures in.
There are two sets of pictures, the one for the vise, and then another set of pictures for the bevel protractor, I will talk more about the protractor after the first set of vise pictures, so please dont skip over that, the text might be hidden between the picture sets.
I saw this small vise, and I noticed it had the older stamp, just says L.S.Starrett. So i am assuming it is pre 1896. The condition is remarkable for that age, so i am a bit hesitant to assign that age for sure. I have looked around online for other examples, and I realize now that my vise is not complete. It is missing the smaller of the 2 moving jaws, as well as the steel rod that goes through the screw head. If anyone knows the exact diameter of this rod, please let me know.
And apparently these use to come in sets of 2, so I'm also missing the other vise.
I have seen several other examples online, and most of them have the stamp on the side of the vise, not on the top like mine. Also the others i have seen do say "The L.S.Starrett Co." so i have to assume the one i have is in fact older, and maybe pre-1896. But this vise does not have a patent date stamped into it, and i find that almost all of the pre-1896 stuff I have seen does include a patent date typically. So does that mean this vise may be newer given that it has no patent date stamped on it?
I have been able to find it in one of the later catalogs, it is listed as No. 160. In the catalog, the stamp has the "THE" and has the stamp on the side of the vise.
This vise DOES NOT show up in the 1895 catalog, the first time it shows up in any of the catalogs i have seen is in the 1900 number 15 catalog. So does this mean that the vise has to be post 1895? Did the 1895 catalog have all products that starrett made at the time?
Although the fact that the movable jaw is removable is well advertised, i have never seen any pictures of the retention mechanism. It turns out to just be a small split ring in a groove. Also, there is a tiny booboo from when someone drilled into the vise by accident. Probably happened over a hundred years ago.
There are two sets of pictures, the one for the vise, and then another set of pictures for the bevel protractor, I will talk more about the protractor after the first set of vise pictures, so please dont skip over that, the text might be hidden between the picture sets.
I saw this small vise, and I noticed it had the older stamp, just says L.S.Starrett. So i am assuming it is pre 1896. The condition is remarkable for that age, so i am a bit hesitant to assign that age for sure. I have looked around online for other examples, and I realize now that my vise is not complete. It is missing the smaller of the 2 moving jaws, as well as the steel rod that goes through the screw head. If anyone knows the exact diameter of this rod, please let me know.
And apparently these use to come in sets of 2, so I'm also missing the other vise.
I have seen several other examples online, and most of them have the stamp on the side of the vise, not on the top like mine. Also the others i have seen do say "The L.S.Starrett Co." so i have to assume the one i have is in fact older, and maybe pre-1896. But this vise does not have a patent date stamped into it, and i find that almost all of the pre-1896 stuff I have seen does include a patent date typically. So does that mean this vise may be newer given that it has no patent date stamped on it?
I have been able to find it in one of the later catalogs, it is listed as No. 160. In the catalog, the stamp has the "THE" and has the stamp on the side of the vise.
This vise DOES NOT show up in the 1895 catalog, the first time it shows up in any of the catalogs i have seen is in the 1900 number 15 catalog. So does this mean that the vise has to be post 1895? Did the 1895 catalog have all products that starrett made at the time?
Although the fact that the movable jaw is removable is well advertised, i have never seen any pictures of the retention mechanism. It turns out to just be a small split ring in a groove. Also, there is a tiny booboo from when someone drilled into the vise by accident. Probably happened over a hundred years ago.