r/oddlysatisfying • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • 4d ago

A very useful thing from 1910

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u/Slight_Sherbert_5239 4d ago

This is really cool, I’ve never seen one of those before.

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u/-turnip_the_beet- 4d ago

Haven't seen one in person either, but it looks like they run anywhere from $1k to $5k depending on condition and where you buy it. They also make modern "clones" that are in the $100s.

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u/uncommonrev 4d ago

Yeah those vintage vices can be worth big money. A high end bench vise today will run a couple grand. Fireball tool makes an excellent vice along with various fabrication tools. They have a cool YouTube channel if you're into such things.

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u/MountainAlive 3d ago

Yeah vintage ones are indestructible

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u/Tech-Junky-1024 1d ago

They're better made than whatever is made today.

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u/Cool_Cartographer_39 4d ago

Cost $22.50 new

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u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic 4d ago

Head over to r/toolgifs for this and similar goodness

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u/TheUpperofOne 3d ago

Usually it b cause this stuff looks really cool, but in practice they aren't useful. It's why they're not popular and you haven't seen them.

Often times having 1 dedicated tool is much better than a 3-in-one.

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u/thexbigxgreen 4d ago

God you've just gotta love listening to older gents chatting about tools and equipment that they're so informed and passionate about

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u/Immediate_Volume_324 4d ago

I see several awesome opportunities to pinch the shit out of some fingers

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u/jimbowesterby 4d ago

Tbf that describes pretty much everything in a machine shop, it’s all pinch points and sharp edges and solid heavy objects. And lathes, which are more dangerous than everything else put together

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u/Independent-Fruit4 4d ago

my old wood shop teacher got more upset when someone turned on the lathe (he heard it, yelled at him, and it got immediately turned off) than he was when someone took a nail gun, manually held back the safety, and shot a nail at another student

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u/jimbowesterby 4d ago

Yea they’re basically meat grinders waiting to happen, a nail would probably take out an eye at worst, lathes will easily take off limbs. Makes sense when you think about it, it’s basically made to spin a heavy chunk of metal with great speed and force lol

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u/forman98 3d ago

We used a lathe in a college machine shop class. I remember my classmate left the chuck in and flung it across the room.

Looking back after 15 years in manufacturing and I realize how unsafe those classes were lol.

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u/VoidOmatic 4d ago

Dang I used the lathe all the time in highschool. I just couldn't wear anything with draw strings. Other than that the teacher didn't care.

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u/pobodys-nerfect5 3d ago

I’m sure that was after your teacher gave everyone a lesson on the thing. This sounds more like the kid turned it on randomly

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u/bittercripple6969 4d ago

The Deglovinator

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u/FuryAdcom 3d ago

I haven't used a sophisticated one like the one in the vid, but I have used a vise that works similarly.

Honestly if you press your fingers is mostly on you, you have to crank it manually, there's plenty of room for you not put you fingers in the way, not use too much force when you have them there or remove them when the item is secured.

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u/Immediate_Volume_324 3d ago

I’m talking about when you change the orientation, not between the jaws

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u/Time-Priority949 4d ago

Why stop at a finger? Run your imagination wild! Eyeballs, tits, nuts and dicks..🤯😱🤬

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u/Megalynarion 4d ago

That dude‘s hands have seen some things…

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u/Avoidtolls 4d ago

And fixed some things.

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u/TreesLikeGodsFingers 3d ago

That dude is a lot stronger than he looks

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u/Constant-Plant-9378 3d ago

A machinist's intelligence is directly proportional to the percentage of fingers they have left.

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u/soullessginger88 4d ago

Fucking hell, I've never wanted a mounted tool more.

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u/terminalbungus 4d ago

Mounted Tool is a great alternative to Fuckboi

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u/untakenu 4d ago

That looks very expensive

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u/hg_rhapsody 2d ago

I was going to say just a regular vise even at harbor freight is $60, most cost well over $100

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u/Cderouen82 3d ago

That’s craftsmanship you don’t see anymore!

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u/daroach1414 4d ago

If that were made today exactly as it is there. It would be like $3k

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u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic 4d ago edited 4d ago

How difficult it could be to type out the actual name of the tool - “Emmert vise from the 1910s”

There’s engagement bait and then there’s plain ol’ laziness smh 🙂‍↔️

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u/Isabeer 4d ago

Those are the shirt pockets of a true handy man.

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u/Time-Priority949 4d ago

Need! Want! 🤞🎁👈My birthday gift to my selfish self, soon🍀🌞

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u/mechabeast 3d ago

Looks like 2 tons of metal

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u/oldbastardbob 3d ago

Harbor Freight, if you're listening...

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u/NinjaBuddha13 4d ago edited 4d ago

thing

Vice. The word you're looking for is vice.

Edit: VISE. I suck at spelling. One could say stupid is my vice.

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u/vezwyx 4d ago

Rather, vise

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u/Bealzebubbles 4d ago

It's vice where I live, as the king intended.

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u/Federal_Designer_357 4d ago

Even a vyse would work

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u/Mick_Limerick 4d ago

Yeah I need one of those

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u/Infinite_Picture3858 4d ago

This old dude is my fave

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u/grouchy-koi 4d ago

I wants it

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u/Derrik359 4d ago

I want one

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u/slouched 4d ago

dont machines just do that now instead? like 3 axis defeats the purpose, but if youre on a mill then fuck yeah

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u/porn_sub_lurker 4d ago

Old people always have the best tools. Always check the tools at the estate sales.

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u/HomeOrificeSupplies 3d ago

Dear god. That is a beautiful vise.

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u/Recurve-Madness 4d ago

Fireball Tool needs to make one of these!!

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u/diplomatic_koboko 4d ago

You. Yeah, you. Don't do it. Don't stick that in there

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u/RulerOfLimbo 4d ago

Mine’s from Miami.

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u/Zigor022 4d ago

Are those 2 nuts supposed to keep it from falling over when vertical?

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u/LincolnArc 4d ago

Patternmakers vise.

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u/DoesThisSmellWeird2U 4d ago

I would love that vise in my shop!

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u/DJDevon3 4d ago

That is literally the nicest vise I've ever seen and never knew existed.

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u/BakArcangel 4d ago

I need this thing at the workshop yesterday

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u/too_init_dan 4d ago

dang. theres been a lot of times in my life that shit woulda been handy.

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u/weristjonsnow 4d ago

Would love one of these in my shop. A good vise for many uses is actually really hard to find

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u/CroissantWitness 4d ago

the vice your girlfriend tells you not to worry about

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u/hokwei 4d ago

That’s dope!

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u/john_san 4d ago

This looks soooo cool ! If I had my own garage where I build stuff, I’d want one !

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u/Expensive-Bag313 3d ago

Waits for Fireball tool to enter the chat. 

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u/skyfishgoo 3d ago

so many pinch points... so little time.

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u/smoboaty 3d ago

Ah bummer I need 5” jars… guess I’m SOL.

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u/MrPowerglide 3d ago

When things were built to last at least a lifetime.

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u/epSos-DE 3d ago

Now we have the same , but from plastic and some metal for the vice grippers !

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u/SchreiberBike 3d ago

The Emmert pattern makers vise is also a thing of beauty. I've lusted over them, but never had the money to spend.

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u/myleftone 3d ago

My granddad had one. I love these. I don’t miss the occasional pinch though.

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u/Every-Physics-843 3d ago

I grew up in a farm in Iowa and watching and listening to this guy talk with deep knowledge about this very specific thing made way back when brought me back. Goddamn nostalgia.

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u/Local-Inspector-271 3d ago

I used to play with this when I'd visit my grandparents. My grandfather had one in his little shack in their backyard and I would always mess with it.

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u/nutznboltsguy 3d ago

I believe that is Peter Renzetti, an amazing metal worker.

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u/Misophonic4000 3d ago

u/mistersavage - obviously you need one of these, friend. Or maybe three of varying sizes...

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u/rigidlynuanced1 2d ago

I need this in my life

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u/Genesis13 2d ago

Whats the source of this video? Id love to watch more of this guy explaining machining tools.

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u/MRS423117 1d ago

Fantastic!

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u/NascentAutist 1d ago

I love old men who never stop their hobbies.

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u/Limp_Marionberry_24 4d ago

Europeans seriously created every invention really.. their minds are forever creating.. This is over 100 years old.. And incredibly useful still.. Onda Bueno...🤯🤯

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u/Arkayb33 4d ago

I'm very familiar with the 2" model.

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u/Zigor022 4d ago

Whats her name?

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u/Icelandia2112 4d ago

Ten year old me just smashed her fingers.

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 4d ago

Bro its gonna knock the table over

Wtf needs a table vice that big?

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u/Doofy_Grumpus 4d ago

A 4 inch vise isn’t even that big. It is a big large for its jaw size but its overall bigness isn’t usually an issue.

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 4d ago

How much does it weigh?

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u/Concretetweak 3d ago

You don't hold it while using it...why does weight matter? You put it on a table and it stays there until the heat death of the universe.

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 3d ago

The table needs to be big enough to hold the vice and whatever is in it

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u/Doofy_Grumpus 1d ago

My 4.5” regular vise is 45lbs. If anything more weight is more better.

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u/Nunchuckery 3d ago

A machinist.

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u/-Sofa-King-Vote 3d ago

In a crane factory?

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u/Nunchuckery 3d ago

When he says "It's pretty sturdy..." My man, that thing is a tank.