Chas Parker Vise

[caper]

Well I've had this Chas Parker vise hanging around for awhile now.I swiped it on my dad on my last trip to Ontario.I figured I'd give it a fresh coat of paint and get the rear jaw freed up.It's designed to rotate when you remove the locking pin to allow odd shaped things to be clamped in it according to the old advertisements I've read.

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[caper]

Here's a link to an old add showing the vise.Scroll down to post 27 and it's the Parker Victor machinist vise shown there.

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/showthread.php/found-big-old-bench-158956p2.html

[Defender Chassis]

I can not see your pics from here at work but I have an Erie vise that has the pivoting rear jaw as is shown in the post you reference. Very neat indead.

[Romanova]

I have a Charles Parker vise... any relation?

[old salvage]

Well I've had this Chas Parker vise hanging around for awhile now.I swiped it on my dad on my last trip to Ontario.I figured I'd give it a fresh coat of paint and get the rear jaw freed up.It's designed to rotate when you remove the locking pin to allow odd shaped things to be clamped in it according to the old advertisements I've read.


Wow, thats a rare bird.
I've only seen one other and it was broken.



I have a Charles Parker vise... any relation?
Yep, chas is abbreviation for charles.

[MAD]

here is mine.

[old salvage]

Mad, is that the original paint ?

[caper]

Mad,nice vise.The wrench for the swivel base is somewhat hard to find if what I've read is right.Cool to see another Parker that still has it.Mine is getting the paint stripped and redone.I'll have to ask dad where he got it the next time I'm talking to him.It may have come out of the ministry of transportation garage he worked at in Ontario or it could have come up from newyork with some stuff he got when his brother passed away.

[jamesemery728]

Here's another, handle and all.

[babzog]

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=35695&d=1247868844

$35? Sold! How much for shipping? :bounce:

[caper]

Wow, thats a rare bird.
I've only seen one other and it was broken.


Yeah,it doesn't strike me as the type of design that you would use as a general hammer and beating type of vise.It seems more of a precision holding type of vise.The jaws match up really well when it's closed up and it doesn't have a lot of slop in the movement of the slide or the swivel jaw.

[old salvage]

Yeah,it doesn't strike me as the type of design that you would use as a general hammer and beating type of vise.It seems more of a precision holding type of vise.The jaws match up really well when it's closed up and it doesn't have a lot of slop in the movement of the slide or the swivel jaw.

Agreed. I'd use it but for filing and stuff like that.
That its nice n tight with good jaws makes it even better.:thumbup:

[metal1313]

how much would you say one of these is worth in decent shape, i think there is one for sale near me...and im not telling where that is

[oldtools]

Just bought this heavy duty Chas Parker for $40. I read somewhere on the internet that it is recommended the patina not be removed or damaged. Does this vise has patina.

[MAD]

Mad, is that the original paint ?

I think the paint may be original. The knurling on the jaws indicates that it has seen only very light use.

[MAD]

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=35695&d=1247868844

$35? Sold! How much for shipping? :bounce:

O.K., but there is as a $300. handling charge to compensate me for the 1/2 mile I had to carry it back to my car, with my daughter on my shoulders.:)

[caper]

O.K., but there is as a $300. handling charge to compensate me for the 1/2 mile I had to carry it back to my car, with my daughter on my shoulders.:)

I think we require the rest of that story.:lol_hitti

[caper]

Just bought this heavy duty Chas Parker for $40. I read somewhere on the internet that it is recommended the patina not be removed or damaged. Does this vise has patina.

That vise has a nice patina to it.Has it been repaired down at the bottom of the fixed jaw side?Looks like somebody did a brazing job on it.Nice work if it is.$40 is a good price.:thumbup:

[MAD]

I think we require the rest of that story.:lol_hitti

Not much to it. Here is the old thread:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18497

[old salvage]

I think the paint may be original. The knurling on the jaws indicates that it has seen only very light use.

Thats interesting to me.
I thought that by the time the handle hub went from bulbous to cylindrical they had started painting them grey or some other colors.
It looks like the letters are highlighted yellow too.
I'll remember that if I ever have to restore one.

[MAD]

Thats interesting to me.
I thought that by the time the handle hub went from bulbous to cylindrical they had started painting them grey or some other colors.
It looks like the letters are highlighted yellow too.
I'll remember that if I ever have to restore one.

It is a very dark gray. The letters may be a faded yellow or a yellowed white. I assume it it is a lacquer based paint. It is a thin coating and there are a few places where some type of solvent dripped down from the jaws and stripped some streaks in the paint.

[old salvage]

It is a very dark gray. The letters may be a faded yellow or a yellowed white. I assume it it is a lacquer based paint. It is a thin coating and there are a few places where some type of solvent dripped down from the jaws and stripped some streaks in the paint.

It is very bright. In an old local history journal I have there is a pic of the inside of the Brown & Sharpe factory. The pic is dark and grainy but you can clearly see the lettering on the bench vises. They used Parkers.

[oldtools]

That vise has a nice patina to it.Has it been repaired down at the bottom of the fixed jaw side?Looks like somebody did a brazing job on it.Nice work if it is.$40 is a good price.:thumbup:

I wasn't paying attention at the time when I bought it. I only notice the repair when I got home. Apparently, they remove the non-flat portion and brazed a flat piece in there instead. I was thinking of painting it, but didn't want to ruin the patina. I kinda like the rusty look so I may just leave as it.

[babzog]

O.K., but there is as a $300. handling charge to compensate me for the 1/2 mile I had to carry it back to my car, with my daughter on my shoulders.:)

LOL

Carried it a 1/2 mile... man, you really did swipe it. ;)

[caper]

So this is where I'm at with this old vise.Totally disassembled,cleaned,rear jaw freed up and reassembled with a fresh coat of paint.

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