Barrel vice ,that came over on the Mayflower?

[cornshank]

@cornshank : OMG Thank You! I thought I lost it when it fell off my wagon!

 

[cornshank]

If it was really old the nuts would be square, I bet it's from the 50's since that's when he became a gunsmith. I have quit a few of my great grandfather's carpentry tools. I still use a few of them.

Think your right.

 

[jjmp]

The old square nuts were bad I'm sure they would not take the torque,that's why the new style nut even back then , Very Smart

 

[59FLH]

I bet the vise was an apprentice project, very cool stuff. Get the rust off and use it.

 

[Mike Matteson]

If it was really old the nuts would be square, I bet it's from the 50's since that's when he became a gunsmith. I have quit a few of my great grandfather's carpentry tools. I still use a few of them.

Not really. Look at what car were built. I don't remember seeing to many square side nuts on them.

 

[Citified]

Those wood barrel blocks would do a great job today instead of buying all the bushings for the different barrels.

 

[big johnson]

If all those tools could talk I can only imagine the stories they could tell!

 

[joseytoo]

Take those wood blocks and coat them with powdered rosin and they will hold as good, or better, than most

 

[jdyoung]

He probably put it together with what he had on hand utilizing parts from different eras.

 

[257 STW]

"Necessity is the mother of invention" comes to mind.

 

[59FLH]

If all those tools could talk I can only imagine the stories they could tell!

They would tell stories of old timers hanging out, drinking like fish, lying like hell.

 

[59FLH]

If it was really old the nuts would be square, I bet it's from the 50's since that's when he became a gunsmith. I have quit a few of my great grandfather's carpentry tools. I still use a few of them.

Look again, some of the nuts are square.

 

[Mcranch]

Not really. Look at what car were built. I don't remember seeing to many square side nuts on them.

I had a 49 Dodge pickup and if I remember correctly portions of the bed was bolted together with square nuts. So I would think this barrel vice would be a product of the fifties. My 2 cents.

 

[Hotrod617]

He got tired of having to turn the tightening nut so far. He used what he had on hand to make a bushing so he didn't have to tighten so far??????