Catalyze
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Grats Zoom!! Anvils are okay to post up also. Too many folks use these old vises as anvils...witness the cracked slides.
Craig
ps- Happy Fourth of July everyone!
Craig
ps- Happy Fourth of July everyone!
The VISES of Garage Journal
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Have you made out a will yet? My name is easy to spell.. Keep your colection safe. Catalyst's magnetic Space Ship will be going East soon. I have all my stuff locked in the basement. Your collection astounds me.
Metalmagpie.....Its great. By the way, that Record is the 1st one that doesn't look like a typical Record that I've ever see. Its kinda Columbian looking. Very nice!
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zoomieport
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Thanks guys!
Catalyze has 30 vises bigger than my anvil, he doesn't want that little "toy"!
Is that "autopts" with an "A"? haha!
Catalyze has 30 vises bigger than my anvil, he doesn't want that little "toy"!
Is that "autopts" with an "A"? haha!
Outlawmws
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Zoomie, you ****! 
zip95864
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Low Friction
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Anyone want a Hollands 18? Wonder where the biding will end?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120942958385?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120942958385?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619
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Catalyze
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If Autopts would give me his Ebay password, I would be all over the latest Matchless offering. However until then......
Zip - Nice Wilton purchase! Post some more photos when you get the urge to tear into it.
Zoomie - I hope that anvil was a local purchase! Now a lazy man like myself would just upholster the top of it and sit on it. That way I could watch others work and offer advice while having a sturdy stool.
Craig
Zip - Nice Wilton purchase! Post some more photos when you get the urge to tear into it.
Zoomie - I hope that anvil was a local purchase! Now a lazy man like myself would just upholster the top of it and sit on it. That way I could watch others work and offer advice while having a sturdy stool.
Craig
Catalyze
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Now I have received numerous complaints about the vises that we post. At least the voices in my head are complaining. They say "but Catalyze, my mother/wife/girl friend won't let me have a 208 Reed in the house. She says it will scratch up the coffee table." Friends, she may have a point but don't just keep stacking doilies or drink coasters under that Reed. Here is your solution:
The Prentiss Model 85 Vise. Let me do like MC Hammer and "break it on down" for you."
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Now let's put it all together so you can start to visualize the possiblities.
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Now here is the beauty of the vise. Just imagine instead of a workbench, that you mount it on the side of her china hutch or your bedroom chest of drawers! That's right, no more worries about scratching counter tops or coffee tables like a normal vise. With this Prentiss you don't have to settle for a wood vise with smooth jaws. These babies will firmly grip that pickle jar or even her most delicate silks should she need to crush something silk....who knows what women do with vises?
View media item 21307Once again, I live to keep domestic bliss in all your houses! Just bolt this baby up to that Chippendale whatever it is she keeps putting Pledge on, and go to squeezing!
Craig
The Prentiss Model 85 Vise. Let me do like MC Hammer and "break it on down" for you."
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Now let's put it all together so you can start to visualize the possiblities.
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Now here is the beauty of the vise. Just imagine instead of a workbench, that you mount it on the side of her china hutch or your bedroom chest of drawers! That's right, no more worries about scratching counter tops or coffee tables like a normal vise. With this Prentiss you don't have to settle for a wood vise with smooth jaws. These babies will firmly grip that pickle jar or even her most delicate silks should she need to crush something silk....who knows what women do with vises?
View media item 21307Once again, I live to keep domestic bliss in all your houses! Just bolt this baby up to that Chippendale whatever it is she keeps putting Pledge on, and go to squeezing!
Craig
SweetD
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Craig -
Where did you find this rare '85' beauty? It's really nice! Nice restoration job (as usual)...
Dave
Catalyze
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Thanks Dave!!
I always wanted to ask you about your avatar....what is the dog staring at? LOL
Both the Prentiss pipe jaw attachments and the unusual vise above came off of Ebay some time ago. Nobody bid on the Model 85 so I think it might have been $20.00 or so. It really is a funny vise style. I just can't wait until I hit both my knee and my hip on the corner of that bench now!
Craig
I always wanted to ask you about your avatar....what is the dog staring at? LOL
Both the Prentiss pipe jaw attachments and the unusual vise above came off of Ebay some time ago. Nobody bid on the Model 85 so I think it might have been $20.00 or so. It really is a funny vise style. I just can't wait until I hit both my knee and my hip on the corner of that bench now!
Craig
Craig - Nice "85"! That is really cool and I think different types of vises make collecting vises fun. I picked up an unusal vise just to put it on the shelf. Also you write some good stories for Vises of GJ!!
PS did your wife give you the pink basket? or was that a barter to put a vise in the living room??
Dave - I also wondered about your avatar, but then I wonder about alot of the avatars...
PS did your wife give you the pink basket? or was that a barter to put a vise in the living room??
Dave - I also wondered about your avatar, but then I wonder about alot of the avatars...
Catalyze
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Isn't it amazing what we walk by every day for years and never notice? I had no clue until now that the crate was pink. She just gave me something to put all the 10' and shorter extension cords into. If I ever get a big 8" vise, I will photo it in her china cabinet!
Craig (feeling froggy with no 8" vise)
Craig (feeling froggy with no 8" vise)
SweetD
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That's my dog, and he is demonstrating his obsession with the tennis ball. Actually two tennis balls in that photo...fresh off his Mensa meeting.
Dave
zoomieport
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Catalyze has the coolest toys...
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That model 85 is great. I've never seen anything close to it in function.
Outlawmws
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Picked this up today at a yard sale; Reed 104-1/2, A little rusty, the screw was rough but A liberal dose of WD-40 let me get it out. The handle is clearly a replacement handle and too small for the hole so I'll see if I have a length of some forged rod that size.
Question for someone with a 104-1/2 with a stock handle: How long is that handle from the factory?
And does anyone know what the Parker 974-1/2" weighs? one or the other of those two are my second (or third) biggest vise... I half expect the Parker will be heavier, since it does have the swivel base... (The Reed is at 56 lbs BTW)
Jaws seem OK except for some topside dings, that are the usual fare for a big vise. The jaw faces have minimal wear/abuse. Someone did use the end of the slide for an anvil and for cutting with a chisel (Repeat after me; the top of a vise slide is NOT an anvil!), but it's not terrible, just noticeable...
Question for someone with a 104-1/2 with a stock handle: How long is that handle from the factory?
And does anyone know what the Parker 974-1/2" weighs? one or the other of those two are my second (or third) biggest vise... I half expect the Parker will be heavier, since it does have the swivel base... (The Reed is at 56 lbs BTW)
Jaws seem OK except for some topside dings, that are the usual fare for a big vise. The jaw faces have minimal wear/abuse. Someone did use the end of the slide for an anvil and for cutting with a chisel (Repeat after me; the top of a vise slide is NOT an anvil!), but it's not terrible, just noticeable...
zoomieport
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The Parker 974-1/2 weighs 76lbs...
Outlawmws
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Thanks Zoomie; so this is #3 in the heavy hitters parade here...
gatewaysysop
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Question for someone with a 104-1/2 with a stock handle: How long is that handle from the factory?
I just checked my similar vintage 204 1/2 R, if that is a good approximation, and it measures right about 12.5"
TreePointer
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My similarly looking Reed 204-1/2 (no R) has a 11-1/4 handle with 1" spherical balls on each end. That makes for a total length of 13-1/4"
Outlawmws
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Hmmm I wonder if they were on a "+- an inch" tolerance for the handle?
TreePointer
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I'll try to sneak out to the barn later for a remeasure and a picture.
Just saw this by my house
http://longisland.craigslist.org/tls/3115223971.html
http://longisland.craigslist.org/tls/3115223971.html
Link-Belt
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gatewaysysop
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Got a line on another big'un last night, we'll see how it pans out. I'll be running out of room for the big game if this keeps up.
Well, as luck would have it, it definitely did pan out! Happy to report back with an update and show off one heck of a restoration on a particularly obscure and somewhat rare Columbian 406, 6", 120+ lb., swivel base, swivel jaw vise!
I think my old man out did himself on this one. Check out the freaky casting 'issue' on the base, you'd never know it had ever been there. The man has mad skills, what can I say?
Enjoy the pics!
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and you're not on your way to get it
You ****, read about the free beer too, double suckage sir!!!
Well, as luck would have it, it definitely did pan out! Happy to report back with an update and show off one heck of a restoration on a particularly obscure and somewhat rare Columbian 406, 6" swivel base, swivel jaw vise!
I think my old man out did himself on this one. Check out the freaky casting 'issue' on the base, you'd never know it had ever been there. The man has mad skills, what can I say?
Enjoy the pics!
love that swivel function and props to your pops, you can't tell it was repaired but you can see it's properly restored!!
bigcaddy
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I just got back from a long vacation, and from what i was told, you are supposed to relax and slow down a bit on a vacation.
That went right out the window the second we got to the beach house and i went into the shop to find this old Reed bolted to the bench. Its been there since the day the house was built in 1915.
The second vise is a No. 156 Prentiss in very good shape. I dug that out from under a mound of pine needles in a horders backyard. He had other interesting vises but everything needed repairs or was too big to deal with shipping with the amount of time i had.
The 3rd is an Athol 614 my dad picked up over the weekend at a yard sale. It too is extremely clean for how old it is. The jaws are smooth and have very small marring to the surfaces.
That went right out the window the second we got to the beach house and i went into the shop to find this old Reed bolted to the bench. Its been there since the day the house was built in 1915.
The second vise is a No. 156 Prentiss in very good shape. I dug that out from under a mound of pine needles in a horders backyard. He had other interesting vises but everything needed repairs or was too big to deal with shipping with the amount of time i had.
The 3rd is an Athol 614 my dad picked up over the weekend at a yard sale. It too is extremely clean for how old it is. The jaws are smooth and have very small marring to the surfaces.
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bigcaddy
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This vise is one that i finished just before i took off for vacation but didn't have time to post pictures before leaving.
I picked it up at a sale months ago and just got around to finishing it mid June. Its a Erie Tool Works "Superior No.43" with 3" jaws.
The small nickel plated vise is a German made G. Boley that came out of a basement i was allowed to dig around in for a while and keep anything good i found. There was another Littlestown vise mounted on the bench but i decided not to take that one since the owner still might need it someday.
The Boley vise is really tiny with the jaws measuring 1 1/2" wide. Its a fairly unique vise with a rear dynamic jaw/stationary front jaw. The slide is fitted to the base with a dovetail and the anvil is smaller then a dime.
I don't really know anything about it so if any members have any information, it would be welcomed.
I picked it up at a sale months ago and just got around to finishing it mid June. Its a Erie Tool Works "Superior No.43" with 3" jaws.
The small nickel plated vise is a German made G. Boley that came out of a basement i was allowed to dig around in for a while and keep anything good i found. There was another Littlestown vise mounted on the bench but i decided not to take that one since the owner still might need it someday.
The Boley vise is really tiny with the jaws measuring 1 1/2" wide. Its a fairly unique vise with a rear dynamic jaw/stationary front jaw. The slide is fitted to the base with a dovetail and the anvil is smaller then a dime.
I don't really know anything about it so if any members have any information, it would be welcomed.
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5mall5nail5
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Got to use my vise this evening to hold this suspension arm for my BMW
Enerpac RTAB removal by Jon Kensy, on Flickr
Enerpac RTAB removal by Jon Kensy, on Flickr
Outlawmws
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Bigcaddy, nice scores! how DID you manage transport for them from back east?
What No. is the Reed? (did you see my latest a few posts above?)
I like that little reverse jaw vise, very cool find!
I'm beginning to have a small thing about the small clamp on vises. Sort of a fun sideline from the "serious" vises...
What No. is the Reed? (did you see my latest a few posts above?)
I like that little reverse jaw vise, very cool find!
I'm beginning to have a small thing about the small clamp on vises. Sort of a fun sideline from the "serious" vises...
bigcaddy
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Bigcaddy, nice scores! how DID you manage transport for them from back east?
What No. is the Reed? (did you see my latest a few posts above?)
I like that little reverse jaw vise, very cool find!
I'm beginning to have a small thing about the small clamp on vises. Sort of a fun sideline from the "serious" vises...
All of the small vises fit easily into USPS flat rate boxes and shipped home for basically nothing. The Reed is still sitting exactly where i found it. It doesn't belong to me since its part of the girlfriends family vacation house.
Maybe someday ill end up with it but i could be a long time before that ever happens.
It was a Model 104, btw
phy6
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Made a visit to ZoomiePort. Took a bunch of pictures of his vises to help catalog some of the rare and unique items.
Also helped him make some space for more Morgans by buying his larger vises. I should have made another offer on his Reed C3 though.
My copilot posing next to our loot!
Made the trip from DC to Michigan and back in 25 hours. This is what 500+ lbs of vises does to an Accord:
At their new home, where they'll be cleaned up and put to use.
Also helped him make some space for more Morgans by buying his larger vises. I should have made another offer on his Reed C3 though.
My copilot posing next to our loot!
Made the trip from DC to Michigan and back in 25 hours. This is what 500+ lbs of vises does to an Accord:
At their new home, where they'll be cleaned up and put to use.
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bl00
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More pics of the Zoomi-vises, please!
If you had let the locals know about your road trip in advance, we could have found at least another 1000lbs of stuff for your backseat.
If you had let the locals know about your road trip in advance, we could have found at least another 1000lbs of stuff for your backseat.
phy6
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kngkong
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Made a visit to ZoomiePort. Took a bunch of pictures of his vises to help catalog some of the rare and unique items.
Didn't he have any bigger vises?
Nice scores
phy6
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Catalyze
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It's nice to know that there is an Old Vise Home at Zoomie's place. Makes me wonder all of the things that those vises help build over the last 100 years. Lots of men made a living with them. Good old American workers......bless 'em.
Craig
Craig
phy6
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Ok, here's my score from Zoomie:
The orange one is a Prentiss #23 (7" jaw) with a Parker 953-1/2 I bought in PA recently.
Green one is a Reed 305
Chas Parker 806 in Gray
Chas Parker 976 in rust
Near mint Chas Parker 106 in Red
The orange one is a Prentiss #23 (7" jaw) with a Parker 953-1/2 I bought in PA recently.
Green one is a Reed 305
Chas Parker 806 in Gray
Chas Parker 976 in rust
Near mint Chas Parker 106 in Red