Category Archives: vise

Black Brothers Patent Clamp

AKA “And you thought handscrews were simple” For the most part clamps are simple. There is the occasional innovation, but for the most part any style of clamp is interchangeable with any other of the same type. Perhaps the best example is in handscrews. There are really two types: wood thread and metal thread with […]

Dovetail-Slide Piano Maker’s “Studley-esque” Vise

Reflecting, I realize that I’ve found a lot of amazing tools in Northern California. I’ve hauled enough iron ~400 miles south to the LA area that compass readings might be affected. Luckily my latest trip up was no different. As they often are, my trip was a bit last minute. I stealthily slipped up and […]

Desmond Stephan and Morgan vise half-nuts

Desmond Stephan vises have come up before and almost always with a request for replacement bronze half-nuts. I’d picked up a Desmond some time ago with the intention of making it my main vise and upon cleaning I was having seconds thoughts about the lifespan of the nut. I was recently cleaning up a Morgan […]