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Columbian Hardware Co.
Cleveland, Ohio
Do you have a Columbian vise? I would like to use your photos here.
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Columbian Hardware
Co.
made a variety of tools including vises, anvils and clamps. You can
usually find a triangle with a "C" in the middle as their mark.
After manufacturing his own vises as GM
Yost Mfg. Co., Gilmore M. Yost moved to Cleveland, Ohio to work for
Columbian Hardware Co. There he patented more vises as shown below. In
1926, the company changed its name to Columbian Vise and Mfg. Co. In
----, Columbian became Columbian Vise Division of Warren Tool Corp of
Cleveland, OH.
Wilton Tool Group, Columbian and ____ became
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Columbian Vise Div., Warren
Tool Corp.
9021-T Bessemer Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44104
USA
Tel: 216-341-2134
Fax: 216-341-8448
Or call: 800-543-3224
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Today,
Columbian is part of WMH Tool Group Inc, a division of Walter Meier
Holding AG. WMH Tool Group also manufactures Jet, Powermatic, Performax,
Wilton, Waxmaster, Polishmaster and TurtleWax.
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Patent 1,298,145
Dated Mar. 25, 1919 by G. M. Yost.
To see the
official content as published by USPTO, go to
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=1298145 and
click on the Images button.
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Patent 1,298,146
Dated Mar. 25, 1919 by G. M. Yost.
To see the
official content as published by USPTO, go to
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=1298146 and
click on the Images button.
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Model 1A with Taper Adjustment |
Model 3A without Taper Adjustment |
1925 National Supply Co. Tool Catalog |
1925 National Supply Co. Tool Catalog |
Similar to Versa-Vise |
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Similar to Versa-Vise |
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Similar to Versa-Vise |
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Columbian Vise Photos
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Model 3A without Taper Adjustment |
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