Blacksmith's Leg Vise
notes: label: Description
content: The leg vice was a popular blacksmithing tool, used widely throughout 19th century America, and many current examples exist today. Leg vises are characterized by their vertical jaws operated by a single screw, placed below the clamping area and above the lower fulcrum part of the jaw. A horizontal beam was placed near the bottom of the jaw and slid through a mortise chopped into the bench leg. The leg vise can be visualized as a giant wooden hand screw clamp placed vertically. This form of vise probably evolved from the blacksmith’s iron post vise.
label: Description
content: This particular leg vise is unfinished.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Hand Tools
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Henry Moffett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.123726.01
label: accession number
content: 123726
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Leg Vise
label: Other Terms
content: Leg Vise; Hand Tools