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=====Description===== | |||
The Blacksmiths' '''Leg Vice''' ''(aka Post Vice)'' firmly holds hot iron while it is hammered, chiseled or twisted. A normal '''[[Engineers Vice]]''' would soon shatter after such treatment because of the brittle nature of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_iron '''Cast iron'''] from which they are made - Leg Vices were traditionally made from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrought_iron '''Wrought Iron'''] and are still forged in steel. | The Blacksmiths' '''Leg Vice''' ''(aka Post Vice)'' firmly holds hot iron while it is hammered, chiseled or twisted. A normal '''[[Engineers Vice]]''' would soon shatter after such treatment because of the brittle nature of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_iron '''Cast iron'''] from which they are made - Leg Vices were traditionally made from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrought_iron '''Wrought Iron'''] and are still forged in steel. | ||
=====Features and Applications===== | |||
The '''''Leg''''' ensures that the forces it is subjected to are transmitted through to the floor. | The '''''Leg''''' ensures that the forces it is subjected to are transmitted through to the floor. | ||
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Revision as of 12:15, 11 August 2016
Description
The Blacksmiths' Leg Vice (aka Post Vice) firmly holds hot iron while it is hammered, chiseled or twisted. A normal Engineers Vice would soon shatter after such treatment because of the brittle nature of Cast iron from which they are made - Leg Vices were traditionally made from Wrought Iron and are still forged in steel.
Features and Applications
The Leg ensures that the forces it is subjected to are transmitted through to the floor.
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