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zoomieport said:
erimille said:
After about 50 pages of vise/vice ****, I hadn't run across too many from Prentiss, so I thought I'd include my 181. I'm afraid I don't know much about it (other than its a bit old and a beat up... like its owner) but it's hard to imagine being without it.
Cool old Prentiss!!! Welcome to the forum ERIMILLE! From now on you'll know not to post a vise right after DEMOMAN post one of his prehistoric MEGA-VISES... He gets all the headlines! LOL!
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Seriously! I was thinking the same thing! :lol_hitti
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Here's a little Reed 203 1/2 A ,
all discombobulated . Cleaning and de-rusting underway.
 

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That Reed looks like it's in nice shape other than a little rust. That could easily become your favorite vise, as it is a nice size for most everyday uses, and high quality.
 
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Bret888 said:
That Reed looks like it's in nice shape other than a little rust. That could easily become your favorite vise, as it is a nice size for most everyday uses, and high quality.
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Spot on.
I live in a small apartment and the Parker I have now is just a wee bit big.
 
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While we're talking about vises, I wonder if any of you guys have
ever seen a vise like I used in the engineering shop I worked in for
over 20 year.
It was small about 5 inches long and 1 1/2" wide and high.
The bottom and both sides were machined square and perpendicular
with each other so it could sit on it's bottom or either side and be square.
I used it all the time, I wish I had liberated it when I was packing up my
desk after being unceremoniously laid off after 20 years and 10 months.
I usually got to work at 7am and when I was walking from the parking
lot I noticed my boss car was already there, I wondered then what was going
on that he was here already.
I sat my briefcase on my desk, picked up my coffee cup and turned to go
the the coffee bar my best friend and I had built when I saw the boss coming across the lab, he said "can I see you in the office".
On the way there I could see the plant manager and the HR manager already
there waiting for us.
Twenty minutes later I was packing my desk. The one thing I hate about
it is I didn't drop that little vise in one of the boxes.
I know now he did me a big favor, I wouldn't have wanted to be there as
they changed completely everything we had done for over 20 year.

I wish I had a picture of the vise to show you, does it sound familiar
to anyone?
 
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Radio Ron said:
While we're talking about vises, I wonder if any of you guys have
ever seen a vise like I used in the engineering shop I worked in for
over 20 year.
It was small about 5 inches long and 1 1/2" wide and high.
The bottom and both sides were machined square and perpendicular
with each other so it could sit on it's bottom or either side and be square.
SNIP
I wish I had a picture of the vise to show you, does it sound familiar
to anyone?
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Ron, that sounds like a small drill press vise.

Pic of a couple of my small DP vises, (Quarter for scale, they come larger in the same pattern)

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I've gotten all my DP vies out of yard sales but that is admittedly slim pickings in general for those.

Eprey always has some out there

I'd bet Palmgren still sells them (Not sure of COO...); Sears may, at least in the catalog/web sales.
 
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Found a Wilton 101028 4" vise at a flea market. I didn't see any welds or other repairs and the vise closes and opens well. One jaw is lose. Other than cleaning and a grease job, what is a good price? They have it marked at $75. I'd upload pictures, but I'm on the edge if cell service. Thanks, Chris.
 
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Artes said:
Found a Wilton 101028 4" vise at a flea market. I didn't see any welds or other repairs and the vise closes and opens well. One jaw is lose. Other than cleaning and a grease job, what is a good price? They have it marked at $75. I'd upload pictures, but I'm on the edge if cell service. Thanks, Chris.
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I think you did great, and I don't even need to see it lol.
 
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What could go wrong with a vise, eh? Well.... I have a 5" "Alltrade" which I picked up at an estate sale. It looks like this, but not as clean.

http://www.alltradetools.com/catalog/vises/1380-835273-multipurpose-bench-vise.html

(I was surprised to see that Alltrade has Snap-on under its umbrella, but I digress)

Anyway, I was trying to use my vise as a press to press a rusted shaft out of a bore. Something you would use a hydraulic press for if you had one. I rigged up a punch of sorts and a die on the other end to press the shaft into, and I cranked on that vise. I cranked, let it sit for a day, more penetrating oil, more heat on that frozen shaft, and cranked the vise again, a fraction of a turn, lather, rinse, repeat. Long story short, never was able to press the shaft out and had to have it drilled out.

But now my vise, through my own stupidity, will not smoothly crank in and out. It binds on every rotation of the screw thread. I clearly deformed something, but I can not figure out what. The threaded shaft still seems true and I can not see any areas where the thread is damaged, etc. I've disassembled, cleaned, lubed, and it still binds. It's not totally shot, but I can't spin it with one finger, for example. Anyone have any suggestions? Do I need to put a dial indicator on the thread and check the entire thing for even invisible deformation? TIA for any suggestions.
 
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Artes said:
Found a Wilton 101028 4" vise at a flea market. I didn't see any welds or other repairs and the vise closes and opens well. One jaw is lose. Other than cleaning and a grease job, what is a good price? They have it marked at $75. I'd upload pictures, but I'm on the edge if cell service. Thanks, Chris.
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For that price if not damaged, JUMP ON IT
 
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Allgonquin said:
What could go wrong with a vise, eh? Well.... I have a 5" "Alltrade" which I picked up at an estate sale. It looks like this, but not as clean.

http://www.alltradetools.com/catalog/vises/1380-835273-multipurpose-bench-vise.html

(I was surprised to see that Alltrade has Snap-on under its umbrella, but I digress)

Anyway, I was trying to use my vise as a press to press a rusted shaft out of a bore. Something you would use a hydraulic press for if you had one. I rigged up a punch of sorts and a die on the other end to press the shaft into, and I cranked on that vise. I cranked, let it sit for a day, more penetrating oil, more heat on that frozen shaft, and cranked the vise again, a fraction of a turn, lather, rinse, repeat. Long story short, never was able to press the shaft out and had to have it drilled out.

But now my vise, through my own stupidity, will not smoothly crank in and out. It binds on every rotation of the screw thread. I clearly deformed something, but I can not figure out what. The threaded shaft still seems true and I can not see any areas where the thread is damaged, etc. I've disassembled, cleaned, lubed, and it still binds. It's not totally shot, but I can't spin it with one finger, for example. Anyone have any suggestions? Do I need to put a dial indicator on the thread and check the entire thing for even invisible deformation? TIA for any suggestions.
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How did you check it? you probably won't see it unless you get the screw out and first roll it across a flat surface to see if you bent it. Then you need to look at the threads closely for deformation or possibly even the threads "Expanded" where it was getting a lot of pressure, or you may have stretched the screw a bit between the head and where the thread were in the nut during the press job.

You may have even bent the slide, but that should not cause different binding during a rotation.
 
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Got a line on a bench w/vise and grinder included. Not real familiar with vises. Can anybody identify what this vise is from the picture. Pretty small so I apologize. Thanks for your time.

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Got a line on a bench w/vise and grinder included. Not real familiar with vises. Can anybody identify what this vise is from the picture. Pretty small so I apologize. Thanks for your time.
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I'd say Wilton Tradesman 1745 or 1755.

Edit: since the bench legs are probably 3.5" I'm going to say 1745.
 
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Black the vise might be a duralast which is a "wilton" copy it might be the re deal but looks too slim to be a tradesman to me though.
 
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ganymede said:
Spot on.
I live in a small apartment and the Parker I have now is just a wee bit big.
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Apartment too small...?

I noticed when I got rid of 120lbs of dead weight, it freed up about 2,600 square feet in my house...
Now I can put my toys wherever I want to...
Yes, that is a Reed 4C, a Wilton 600S and a little 5" Ridgid in the livingroom (and a few hundred sockets...)!

No wife, no kids, no rules... :rocker:

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LOL... I'm guessing it wasn't one of those, "But we will always be friends...." kind of break up....

I wish my living room looked like that...
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You should see the basement (emergency waiting room) and the garage (not-so-urgent care), it looks like a used Vise and Vintage Tool Store (or a junkyard, depending on your point of view I guess)...

Who needs a 401K when I've invested in all of these treasures! LOL! :headscrat

ZOOOOOM

PS. We are still friends, when she needs help of course...
We trade "services" for payment, hahahaha!
Gives a whole new meaning to "snaking out a drain..."
 
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Hello Vise Friends,

Here is another repurposed vise that I made into bookends. Attached are the before & after pictures. This set is a gift for my son in Boston.
 

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Here's a 9400 HD, I just finished up... It's marked 11-46.
It's headed to ebay unless one of you guys want to trade me a 300S for it...
That's right, my 4" for your 3".... PM me if interested.

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