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V-shaped jaw teeth

Patent drawing of a hand vise and wrench tool showing two long jaws (A and A') joined by a threaded bar and thumb-nut, connected below to a cylindrical wooden-handled body with an internal screw-bolt and spring mechanism, alongside detail views of the jaw tip, nut flange, and handle cross-section.

HAND-VISE AND WRENCHCharles E. Bailey · December 5, 1882

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