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Manufactured/Badged by:
Oliver Machinery Co.
Grand Rapids, MI

True Manufacturer:
Oliver Machinery Co., Grand Rapids, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Other
Machine Size:	18"x71/4" face
Submitted By:	Dick Dauphinais

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Vise-No. 1 Universal Patternmakers'
Date of Manufacturer:	unk.
Serial Number:	none
Last Updated	10/26/2019 5:22:02 PM

Comments:

Bought this from a dealer in Oxford, PA a few years ago. Wanted one forever. He had restored it, I painted it Oliver green to match my other Oliver equipment. Per the 1920 catalog posted by Chuck Hess 2/24/2006, it weighs 85#. I believe it. Rich Fink at Eagle said Oliver didn't put serial numbers on "small things" like this. I also have an Oliver 153 Vise w/o a SN. I continue to be fascinated by the design and utility of the Emmert-style vise. As an aside, a few yrs ago I stumbled across a canadianwoodworkingforum.com thread wherein they discussed that an English company named Wadkin & Co. licensed its patented pattern maker to Oliver in the very early 1900s (hence all Olivers are really Wadkins). Interesting reading.
Dick

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Comments: Oliver No. 1 Universal Vise
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