Vise-like implement for holding expandable oval box molds while bending and tacking oval box bands. Made of iron bar stock iron nuts and bolts, and two machinist's lathe-turned iron or steel cylinders. Vise was screwed to a work surface such that one leg was fixed, allowing other to move back and forth by way of a lever arm and cam.
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Shaker Museum Vise, Box. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=19521. Accessed on September 22, 2024
