Scored My First Old U.S. Made Vise!

[Sheriff Roscoe]

A few of you know I've been looking for a relatively heavy-duty U.S.-made vice.

Came across a CL listing today for a storage facility sale from 3-5 today only. One of the pics was a top view of a large vise sitting in the corner. Hmmm. Called the guy and he said it was U.S. made. Double hmmm?

Said it was a Reed 2C (4 1/2 inch jaw) and wanted $75 for it. It was almost an hour away but jumped in the gas getter instead of the SUV and off I went. Drove more or less legal and arrived just before 5:00.

Operated well an asked if he'd take $60. He said he knew I drove a ways so yes. Probably goes without saying but I'm a happy camper.

 

[SweetD]

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Great score! Is it fully intact?

- welcome to the club!

Dave

 

[3baygarage]

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Nice vise for 60 bucks. If you treat it good you'll probably get a lifetime of use out of it.

 

[justanengineer]

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Someone call the nurse pronto, he has officially caught the fever!

 

[Outlawmws]

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Someone call the nurse pronto, he has officially caught the fever!

Yup!

And nice score! Reed makes great vises to this day!

Now, how bad does he have "the fever"; it it going to get "the treatment"?

 

[Larch]

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Nice Find, Congratulations!

 

[premierplayer]

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Really nice.
Great patina, man, I'd go with it as is.
Maybe a little WD40 clean-up (it is a good cleaner too).
Congratulations, I know it's hard to score a good one.

 

[Sheriff Roscoe]

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Thanks guys. Yes, it is fully intact. Jaws are probably half worn. Swivels freely and the swivel rods are straight. It opens and closes without binding.

Relative to the "fever"; I've been looking through some of the resto threads here so "the treatment" may not be far off. We'll see how it goes with the rest of projects that await me. I did tear down two twin dirt bikes last year and have rebuilt one of them so far. So yes, it's in my blood I suppose!

 

[Filson]

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[CoopVA]

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Very nice! I really like how the pipe jaws are on it...

You ****...


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[bczygan]

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With the prices that vises are starting to go for, there is definite suckage happening here, and YOU are responsible for it! Enjoy!

 

[ganymede]

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That's in good shape . Among Reeds those combos are my favorite.
I'd rather have a 4 inch jaw combo than a 6 " jaw standard model.
Nice vise !

 

[drivesitfar]

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Love that Reed vise. Pipe jaws, swivel base and in good shape and only $60. I did notice you were trying to buy another US made vise shortly after getting this one so is your vise hunting become a vice?

Welcome to the group from one of those that has the same bug.

 

[Sheriff Roscoe]

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Thanks again guys.

I've noticed this "suckage" term is somewhat prevalent on this forum. First saw it a CL-Score-You-**** thread or something like that. It seems to be used in an endearing sense...I think when someone does well.

You all have been encouraging and a few have provided good advice so I guess that means you all ****! . Am I understanding correctly?

 

[Sheriff Roscoe]

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Love that Reed vise. Pipe jaws, swivel base and in good shape and only $60. I did notice you were trying to buy another US made vise shortly after getting this one so is your vise hunting become a vice?

Welcome to the group from one of those that has the same bug.

Man, I hope not...though must admit enjoy the looking for a diamond in the ruff stuff.

Come to think of it, I could use a smaller vise to compliment this monstrosity...

 

[Sheriff Roscoe]

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That's in good shape . Among Reeds those combos are my favorite.
I'd rather have a 4 inch jaw combo than a 6 " jaw standard model.
Nice vise !

Any particular reason the Reed combo's are your favorites?

 

[Outlawmws]

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I think you got the drift...

 

[woody 73]

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Do you work for Hoover Dam? Very nice score

 

[Sheriff Roscoe]

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I didn't waste anytime putting the Reed to good use. The vise came in very handy while replacing u-joints this weekend. Even got to use the pipe jaws to hold the driveshaft.

While no cake walk, must say having a larger vice made the job much easier

 

[Outlawmws]

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Just be careful using a vise as a press. I busted my dad's old swivel jaw vise that way many years ago...

 

[Sheriff Roscoe]

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I started to use it as the press but couldn't get enough oomph on it to pop the joints free. Suprised it didn't work but didn't want to resort to adding a pipe over the vice handle for extra leverage either.

Ended up using essentially a beefy c-clamp that's made for this job. The vise just held the driveshaft. Like most jobs, this one took 2-3 times longer than I thought. Oh well, it's all part of the fun!