Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Living alone, I use the vise as an extra hand from time to time.? It never complains. On 10/17/21 12:45 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Timeless image! > I think the last time I used such a device was in shop class at school, > 46-48 years ago. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > >> On 11 Oct 2021, at 21:54, Jim Nichols<jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: >> >> When I was about 10 years old, in the 1930s, this old leg vise was >> mounted beneath a large Sweet Gum tree as a part of an outdoor blacksmith >> shop where my Dad did repairs on his meager farm equipment used on our >> small farm in Mississippi. Since my Dad's death, the vise has followed me >> as a part of the tools that I find handy. I gave it a coat of paint some >> years ago, and I keep grease on the screw. It still provides faithful >> service just like it did when new, 100 years ago. Mounted to a bench in >> my garage, I still see it every day, and find it useful about once a >> month. I checked, and similar ones are still offered for sale today. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20211011-DSCF3317-Enhanced.JPG.html >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> -- >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Options:http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus >> Archives:http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ >> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition:http://www.tope.nl/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > Seehttp://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA