Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This type of vice takes its name from the leg-like extension that stretches from the jaw to the floor. A leg vice such as this one was employed in the shaping and finishing of metalwork by a blacksmith or machinist.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 93.5 cm x 15.4 cm x 49 cm; 36 13/16 in x 6 1/16 in x 19 5/16 in
- Object Name
- vice, leg
