Check out this fractional vice!

[Tom O]

 

[YYCHM]

I want one

 

[combustable herbage]

Simply an amazing design and build.
I am betting the searches for "fractal vise" will be up thousands of percent in the next few days.

 

[eotrfish]

Spectacular

 

[Dabbler]

the guy who restored it is in Sask. Small world.

 

[6.5 Fan]

A lot of parts on that vise, good thing they are numbered

 

[historicalarms]

cool video. Two things tho...I'd have been extremely nervous prying those 1/2 ring races out of the vise jaws, it they are hard would be very likely if I were doing it, for them to snap in half.

The other thing, he neglected to show in the vid, those little parts catching in that wire wheel and zinging off into some previously unknown dark hole in the shop.

 

[Tom Kitta]

Wow! That thing must have been expensive to purchase! So many parts. All precision made & hardened.

I never seen anything like that! Must be super rare.

 

[Tom O]

I know looking at the picture it was a wtf moment then he moved a part and sure enough it was a WTF moment!

 

[Tomc938]

Amazing! Would be fun trying to get the fixed face square to anything! ;o)

 

[eotrfish]

Looks like Lindsay engraving is resurrecting the design

https://fractalvise.com/

 

[PeterT]

The thing is you need one of those special indicators to tram it in.