Description: Patient date MAR 6-06 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THIS VERY NICE VINTAGE SLIDE JAW DRILL PRESS VISE. THE MAKER IS ARMSTRONG BROS. TOOL CO. CHICAGO. MODEL No. 2V. THE VISE IN IN VERY GOOD WORKING CONDITION AND BESIDES THE DRILL MARKS AND LIGHT SURFACE RUST THE CONDITION IS VERY GOOD FOR THE AGE OF THIS UNIT. VERY EASY TO USE, ALL YOU DO IS LIFT THE HANDLE UP AND SLIDE THE BACK JAW TOWARDS YOUR MATERIAL THAT YOU WANT TO HOLD AND THEN TURN THE HANDLE CLOCKWISE TO TIGHTEN THE ITEM SECURELY. THE VISE IS CLEARLY STAMPED ARMSTRONG BROS. TOOL CO. CHICAGO WITH THE MODEL NO. 2V Company History The Armstrong Bros. Tool Company began in 1890 as a maker of bicycle parts and service tools, founded in Chicago by four brothers. Their first manufacturing operations were conducted literally from a backyard wooden shed, and the brothers also operated a retail store for their bicycle parts.In 1895 Armstrong introduced what would become their first major product, a tool holder for lathe cutting bits. Developed from their own manufacturing operations, the Armstrong tool holder was a forged handle that accepted small interchangeable cutting bits, thereby replacing the individually forged cutting tools previously required. This dramatically reduced the time and expense involved in making lathe cutting tools, and it's fair to say that these tool holders revolutionized the industry.With the success of the tool holder, in 1900 Armstrong built their first real factory at 617 Austin Avenue in Chicago. This was replaced a few years later in 1905 by a 100,000 square foot brick factory at 317 N. Francisco Avenue, a site they would occupy for many years.Up until 1909 Armstrong concentrated primarily on tool holders and related products, but in 1909 they started producing a line of drop-forged wrenches. This line of tools continued to expand over the years.In 1948 the company moved from the Francisco Avenue site to 5200 W. Armstrong Avenue, where they remain today. A second manufacturing facility was added in 1974, located in Fayetteville, Arkansas.In 1994 Armstrong was acquired by the Danaher Group, a conglomerate with other tool company holdings including Allen, K-D, Matco, and Moore Drop Forging. Armstrong operates now as the Industrial Hand Tools division of Danaher.
Price: 220 USD
Location: Millington, Tennessee
End Time: 2024-03-15T00:10:47.000Z
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