The VISES of Garage Journal

[SweetD]

Lo Flow -

Awesome Reed and unique Babco - haven't seen that one before myself...

How about a little more info on the anvil, and also on the "mystery vise" to the right???

Dave

 

[jerryW]

I just picked up this one yesterday,

Largest Littlestown I have seen, 4 1/2 wide jaws, weighs in at just over 36#.


And it only ran $35.


jerry

 

[LoFlow]

Lo Flow -

Awesome Reed and unique Babco - haven't seen that one before myself...

How about a little more info on the anvil, and also on the "mystery vise" to the right???

Dave

Hi. The anvil is a Vulcan 10, which I believe means 100 lb. The vise is a Prentice 22 which is shown a few post's back.

The Babco appears to me like it should have a swivel base. One bolt hole is machined flat and the other side bolt hole is just cast and not machined. When I found it, it was bolted to a table as is and I don't know the history of it.

 

[SweetD]

Hi. The anvil is a Vulcan 10, which I believe means 100 lb. The vise is a Prentice 22 which is shown a few post's back.

The Babco appears to me like it should have a swivel base. One bolt hole is machined flat and the other side bolt hole is just cast and not machined. When I found it, it was bolted to a table as is and I don't know the history of it.

Oh, I didn't realize that was that Prentiss - AWESOME vise in great condition!

RE: Babco - I guess lots of older vises have departed from their bases...still very cool and unique.

Dave

 

[GarageEnvy]

Any idea what this vise might be? It's cheap and I was told it was old and expensive. I can pick it up cheap but it's a bit of a drive. I don't need another vise but if someone recognized this as valuable I'd grab it up.

 

[blue dog]

Any idea what this vise might be? It's cheap and I was told it was old and expensive. I can pick it up cheap but it's a bit of a drive. I don't need another vise but if someone recognized this as valuable I'd grab it up.

Looks just like the columbian tagged chinese vise that i have. if it is, you can buy them all day long for $75 new, bought mine for $25.

 

[Gary Indiana]

Looks just like the columbian tagged chinese vise that i have. if it is, you can buy them all day long for $75 new, bought mine for $25.

That's what it is, IMO. There are different versions of it sold at different places under different "brand" names:

http://www.harborfreight.com/5-inch-multi-purpose-vise-67415.html

http://www.lowes.com/pd_210019-52800-BV-MPV5_4294936478+5003699+5003720+4294926866_40_

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006NGEOW/?tag=atomicindus08-20

If there is no country of origin stamped on the vise, then it is most likely Chinese and should be very cheap.

 

[spongerich]

Any idea what this vise might be? It's cheap and I was told it was old and expensive. I can pick it up cheap but it's a bit of a drive. I don't need another vise but if someone recognized this as valuable I'd grab it up.

Unless you really need the swivel functionality, I'd pass on that one and keep looking for a nice older USA vise.

 

[PCO6]

I just picked up another Record vice. It's a Record No. 6 that's in great working condition and just needs a general clean up, lubing and paint. The jaws are 6" wide and open up to 8.25". The jaws are fairly good but I'll probably replace them. I bought a No. 4 new back in the 70's and have acquired Nos. 3, 6 and 8 all within the last few months. All 4 work great.

 

[blue dog]

I just picked up another Record vice. It's a Record No. 6 that's in great working condition and just needs a general clean up, lubing and paint. The jaws are 6" wide and open up to 8.25". The jaws are fairly good but I'll probably replace them. I bought a No. 4 new back in the 70's and have acquired Nos. 3, 6 and 8 all within the last few months. All 4 work great.

Looks like a happy little family hanging out on the work bench.

 

[PCO6]

Looks like a happy little family hanging out on the work bench.

Fortunately only ONE of them is bolted down. I saw a No. 5 on here a while back. Please tell me that it's NOT for sale!

 

[pirana]

My brother gave me this one today. I'd never heard of this company before.

And my little old Sears that I picked up at a garage sale for next to nothing

 

[spongerich]

Fortunately only ONE of them is bolted down. I saw a No. 5 on here a while back. Please tell me that it's NOT for sale!

Now that you mention it, I REALLY should sell this one since I'm running out of room.

 

[demographic]

My brother gave me this one today. I'd never heard of this company before.

I assume that its the same company that makes the cordless powertools.

 

[PCO6]

Now that you mention it, I REALLY should sell this one since I'm running out of room. [/IMG]

That's a nice one. I'm tempted but I'm running out of space too!

 

[pirana]

I assume that its the same company that makes the cordless powertools.

At first, I did too. But it's a different co.

http://www.milwmal.com/

 

[Muffduster]

I sold a 600S this week and its heading to Chesapeake VA. This big Wilton has some massive jaw towers

I saw this vise on CL the other day. What did it wind up going for?

(This is also post # 1,500 on this thread)

 

[autopts]

I ended up selling that one on Ebay, along with a pristine 435 Parker combo for $700. That600S is a very sturdy vise.

 

[demographic]

At first, I did too. But it's a different co.

http://www.milwmal.com/

Thanks, I don't mind being proven wrong as long as I know more afterwards.

 

[asp]

I finally got my Parker 975 (5" wide jaws, opens 8", weighs 104 lbs) mounted to my new 2" butcher block top workbench. I couldn't be happier with its sturdiness and I'm able to have a clean workbench on the other side of my shop from my fabrication bench. FWIW, it's held down with 3 5/8-11 Grd 8 bolts.

 

[autopts]

I finally got my Parker 975 mounted to my new 2" butcher block top workbench. I couldn't be happier with its sturdiness and I'm able to have a clean workbench on the other side of my shop from my fabrication bench.

Oh! Thats nice!!! I'd hate to be the first one to mark it. A plexaglass top maybe? Or is that stupid?

 

[asp]

Thanks!

It's a factory second, so it already has a few dings and the one big dent is against the wall on the bottom. They did the heartbreaking work for me and gave me a discount for it too haha. I wouldn't bother covering it with plexi glass, but I do plan on getting a couple promotional mats for working surfaces. Anything really nasty will go on my other workbench, anyway. This is supposed to be the 'clean' area.

 

[Gary Indiana]

Asp, that is a lovely bench with a lovely vise and a nice pair of Klipsch speakers on it. Thanks for the share.

Looking at your pictures, I would probably mount that vise on the left hand side to have it out of the way in case if I needed to sit down to solder something or do precision work on that clean bench.

 

[asp]

Asp, that is a lovely bench with a lovely vise and a nice pair of Klipsch speakers on it. Thanks for the share.

Looking at your pictures, I would probably mount that vise on the left hand side to have it out of the way in case if I needed to sit down to solder something or do precision work on that clean bench.

Thanks very much (Someone else on another forum commented on the speakers too. I like them a lot)

Unfortunately, this is the best place in my garage/shop for the bench. About 3' to the left of the bench is a cabinet while there is nothing within 5'+ to the right of the bench. That was the driving factor of putting it on the right. If the big vise is empty I still have about 3' of bench width to work with right in front of the area I'd be sitting. (For scale, the bench is 72" long, 30" deep)

You raise a good point about sitting down to solder things. I haven't posted anything yet, but I've been pondering a few options and exchanging pms with Nick (autopts) about a small vise. I have a few ideas and only one of them involves the purchase of another vise. The catch is that I want to be able to remove the smaller vise when I don't need it.

 

[ZRX61]

Appears to be mounted about 1in too far back from the edge of the bench?

 

[asp]

Appears to be mounted about 1in too far back from the edge of the bench?

I was waiting for someone to catch that.

Based on where I put the leg, that's as far forward as I could put the vise. In the picture from the underside you'll notice that the forward bolt's washer is against the inside edge of the leg.

I guess that one solution would be to move the leg and the vise forward, but then I'm left with a couple big ugly holes in the nice pretty bench.

 

[Davefr]

I was waiting for someone to catch that.

Based on where I put the leg, that's as far forward as I could put the vise. In the picture from the underside you'll notice that the forward bolt's washer is against the inside edge of the leg.

I guess that one solution would be to move the leg and the vise forward, but then I'm left with a couple big ugly holes in the nice pretty bench.

It's personal preference but I always mount a vise onto about a 10" X 10" X 1/2" steel plate drilled/tapped to the bolt pattern of the vise's base and then attach the plate to the workbench. You can then select a pattern that works best for the workbench and countersink the holes in the plate.

 

[asp]

Good idea. Live and learn, I guess.

 

[LoFlow]

A Dunlap 5171. I don't know what the numbers represent, but It's a small vise with 4 inch jaws.

 

[Monte]

nice Lista workbench !

 

[autopts]

A Dunlap 5171. I don't know what the numbers represent, but It's a small vise with 4 inch jaws.


This one isn't a very good example, its beat up and on a swivel base. It looks to be about the same vintage and Craftsman's # on this one is 5162. The design is similiar. Might be a Simplex.

 

[asp]

nice Lista workbench !

Thanks

Last night I was working on cleaning up my 2.5" jawed Wilton bullet seen here. I was tapping one of the jaw inserts out of the jaw and the left Klipsch speaker fell to the floor. The mounts inside for both the tweeter and passive crossever broke Somehow, I didn't have any 2 part epoxy either. I should be able to put Humpty Dumpty back together tonight.

I was thinking that Dunlap looked more like a Reed. Look here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=898774&postcount=464

Edit: Having taken apart multiple Parker vises and one Wilton I'll say that Parkers are so much easier to service. I just wish I had a socket big enough to fit the massive bolt head on the bottom of my 975.

 

[BanjoSavesTheDay]

Thanks

Edit: Having taken apart multiple Parker vises and one Wilton I'll say that Parkers are so much easier to service. I just wish I had a socket big enough to fit the massive bolt head on the bottom of my 975.

I put a 24" Crescent wrench on it straight up and down and then stick the handle of a 12" crescent wrench in between the 24" wrench and the bolt head. That way the 24" wrench is grabbing the bolt and the 12" wrench provides the torque. The bolts are usually not on there super tight.

 

[autopts]

I put a 24" Crescent wrench on it straight up and down and then stick the handle of a 12" crescent wrench in between the 24" wrench and the bolt head. That way the 24" wrench is grabbing the bolt and the 12" wrench provides the torque. The bolts are usually not on there super tight.

Thats the great thing about GJ. You will always get an answer. Done that many times myself.

 

[Brad54]

Someone please buy this so I don't have to:
Studebaker hydraulic vise.
$250.
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/atq/2110719947.html

Anyone seen anything like this before? I can't figure out why it has THREE pedals. I can see one to close, one to release... maybe the other is a fast-action/long stroke close, and then a slow close?

Anyway, I want it, have absolutely zero justification for getting it, and can't imagine what I'd use it for that my 40-pound Columbian, 93-pound Reed or big hydraulic press couldn't handle.

But damn... make it rusty and hang an old car name on it, and I throw reason out the window.

-Brad

 

[ZRX61]

Here's one for fishermen:

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/tls/2114751093.html


Ba dum tish....

 

[demographic]

Someone please buy this so I don't have to:
Studebaker hydraulic vise.
$250.
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/atq/2110719947.html

Anyone seen anything like this before? I can't figure out why it has THREE pedals. I can see one to close, one to release... maybe the other is a fast-action/long stroke close, and then a slow close?

Anyway, I want it, have absolutely zero justification for getting it, and can't imagine what I'd use it for that my 40-pound Columbian, 93-pound Reed or big hydraulic press couldn't handle.

But damn... make it rusty and hang an old car name on it, and I throw reason out the window.

-Brad

Justification, reason?

You only have to justify it to the wife by saying you buying it to sell on as it should be worth a bit (then never sell it) and there's no reason to justify it to anyone on here cos we're all tool junkies anyway.

 

[autopts]

Justification, reason?

You only have to justify it to the wife by saying you buying it to sell on as it should be worth a bit (then never sell it) and there's no reason to justify it to anyone on here cos we're all tool junkies anyway.

Thats cool! I don't think I would shell out 250 clams for it, but its different.

 

[ajchien]

Well, after 2 weeks restoring vises, they've finally made it to the vise thread.

1946 3.5" Wilton (needs new jaws). 4" Parker (bolted, and already been put to work), 4.5" Craftsman (made in Japan!)

 

[blue dog]

They all look good, but the Parker is outstanding, job well done sir.