Columbian 502 1/2 vise Tool Haul

[@_BigLife_]

Very nice find. Looking forward to see what you do with it.

[@GoldmansGarage]

@@_BigLife_ all depends. Really need to finish the 3 or 4 I have taken apart now and get those listed for sale. 2” and 2.5” are very collectible so might be sold before I get around to making it pretty

[@KB-qi3zi]

Curious what styling changes you are referring to that helped date the vise. I have a 603 and trying to figure out how old it is.

[@GoldmansGarage]

Columbian had an interesting history as many manufacturing business did. For a little bit prentiss made vises for them essentially just rebranded prentiss models (they did so for Yost as well). Columbian had a welded model with a sloped back. The model in this video is an earlier model when they had the factory in Ohio and did the casting in house but before they made some changes which lasted the majority of their production history