Antique pattern maker's vise - GIF

[olderdan]

That is a really clever vice and beautifully made.
I have been really enjoying Jons archive photos of huge machinery and apart from the engineering involved, I often wonder about the unsung skills of the pattern makers of the day who rarely get a mention. A highly skilled job back then as it was done by hand mostly to drawings of the finished part requiring an understanding of shrinkage rates per section etc. I can see that vice getting another life in a boat builders yard etc.