AndrewH
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Great looking Parker. I have to ask the paint questions. What brand, what color, primer, no primer? Nice job.
This should answer all your questions.
The VISES of Garage Journal
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This should answer all your questions.
Re: Unknown Wierd Vise
Went to roughly 100 garage sales last Friday---it was the annual neighborhood sale and 200 houses signed up for it. Got a load of stuff, including a Fender USA Jazz Bass, but nothing in the way of tools and it was getting late.
Saw this little guy and bought it mainly to fill that hunger. Have no idea who made it, but I'm old and this vise is probably TWICE my age. Any ideas??
Went to roughly 100 garage sales last Friday---it was the annual neighborhood sale and 200 houses signed up for it. Got a load of stuff, including a Fender USA Jazz Bass, but nothing in the way of tools and it was getting late.
Saw this little guy and bought it mainly to fill that hunger. Have no idea who made it, but I'm old and this vise is probably TWICE my age. Any ideas??
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Not sure on the make of the little vise - but congrats on the fender jazz! I've been keeping my eyes open for one locally.
Not sure on the make of the little vise - but congrats on the fender jazz! I've been keeping my eyes open for one locally.
GETRIDAONE
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Andrews big Parker is a hard act to follow but I'll throw mine in anyway. I haven't painted anything with winkle paint but a steering collar for one of my Pontiacs. It was in the paint cabinet so I gave it a try. The little Rock Island cleaned up and came out OK
bigcaddy
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Andrews big Parker is a hard act to follow but I'll throw mine in anyway. I haven't painted anything with winkle paint but a steering collar for one of my Pontiacs. It was in the paint cabinet so I gave it a try. The little Rock Island cleaned up and came out OK
That is some good looking paint!!
FMC1959
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Well, I mocked everything up this morning to make sure everything is smooth, I can move the jaw with just my pinky and that's with zero grease anywhere.
Andrew, great job on a beautiful beast of a vise!
Andrews big Parker is a hard act to follow but I'll throw mine in anyway. I haven't painted anything with winkle paint but a steering collar for one of my Pontiacs. It was in the paint cabinet so I gave it a try. The little Rock Island cleaned up and came out OK
Getrid, real nice before and after. Looking at the before, I couldn't see the nice vice you finished with
wrenchguy
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why is it that i have so much trouble getting dayids vise info to load?
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That looks great. What paint did you use? Any tips?
Well, I mocked everything up this morning to make sure everything is smooth, I can move the jaw with just my pinky and that's with zero grease anywhere.
Andrews big Parker is a hard act to follow but I'll throw mine in anyway. I haven't painted anything with winkle paint but a steering collar for one of my Pontiacs. It was in the paint cabinet so I gave it a try. The little Rock Island cleaned up and came out OK
both them vises look great good job
t4runner
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wrenchguy
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casting part number, not serial number, date code on bottom of slide indicating when warranty ran out.
bigcaddy
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It looks like a 2nd generation Wilton so the date should be early 1960s.
You **** for that purchase price
balane
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Pro job there. That looks magnificent!
good score on the vise i don't have photo bucket or no way to draw a circle and point with an arrow but on the pic you took the close up of it looks like there might be a crack in the rear stationary jaw right under the serrated jaw maybe someone else can see it also hopefully i am wrong
t4runner
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This is the only number on the bottom of the slide.
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Fretters
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He was lucky with the paint type he used. It could have looked a bit of a ****.
That paint finish looks tidy. I must have missed some of this thread---is this the Parker 88 from Naperville IL with the cracked front jaw? If so, how did it get fixed??
Fretters
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Man, I love this thread. I can't find ANYTHING locally for the past several months that I have been looking. Everything on EBAY seems to be generally well overpriced, based on the prices I see discussed here.
Ebay comes and goes. It just takes patience. You'll find the occasional lulls or the odd one where stuff goes for a fraction of what it normally would, but you just have to stay on the ball.
t4runner
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No there are no cracks
Fretters
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I believe that means it's pre 1972.
McBrownie
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Well, I have needed to look up some information for the past couple of days, so the site appears to be down just to taunt me.
Man, I love this thread. I can't find ANYTHING locally for the past several months that I have been looking. Everything on EBAY seems to be generally well overpriced, based on the prices I see discussed here.
Patience bud, all it is. Check CL religiously (seriously, like several dozen times a day...) Garage sales, auctions, etc can all be great places. I've had the most luck at garage sales, personally.
I've gone weeks and weeks without finding a single vise for sale locally that was worth of damn. And I've thrown two vintage big vises on the bench in the back of the truck within a few minutes of each other, hitting some yard sales. A 5" Reed and a 6" Parker, paid $40 for one and $39 for the other lol.
Point is, take your time, keep saving up for when the big score chance comes along, and than strike when the time is right.
McBrownie
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Either that, or January 1972. Then, the debate rages on as to whether that means the manufacture date, or the warranty expiration date. I tend to think it means the manufacturing date since it doesn't have "GUAR EXP" stamped with it. Either way, that's a great vintage vise.
Bullets like yours for $20 may be the deal of your lifetime depending on where you live. That's a 350S from that era dated 1-72 (if someone hasn't already told you) Its been very lightly used and is in excellent condition. You could probably flip that vise and get 10 times what you have into it. Its not as beefy as its successor that Wilton started making in about 1975 but honestly, I prefer the earlier ones with the smaller anvil. If you use that vise, don't do any excessive amount of work on that anvil. Its cast iron, like the vise, and not hardened. My full time vises are not painted, just lubed. One very nice score!
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Craptain
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<< old enough to know better ... but still too young to resist.
To resist what? another vise?
Outlawmws
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I think I see what he's talking about: If it is a crack, it looks like its just starting and for normal use should not affect anything:
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For you guy's that might want to resurface your anvil. I just did mine.
Just wanted to show how the anvil area I resurfaced turned out.
I used a belt sander. I was really nervious when I first pulled the trigger. I did manage to touch the vise in a couple of spot's when the belt walked. But touch up was no big deal. Then I thought I had better stop. I thought I was rounding the edge's. But I remember I checked it with a big washer last night and it rocked. Now it doesn't rock anymore.
Before and after pic's. I know we shouldn't really use the anvil, but all I'll do with it is flatten washer's or something. You can see in the before pic that the edge's was rounded. So I don't think I hurt it. I think it looks much better now.
Just wanted to show how the anvil area I resurfaced turned out.
I used a belt sander. I was really nervious when I first pulled the trigger. I did manage to touch the vise in a couple of spot's when the belt walked. But touch up was no big deal. Then I thought I had better stop. I thought I was rounding the edge's. But I remember I checked it with a big washer last night and it rocked. Now it doesn't rock anymore.
Before and after pic's. I know we shouldn't really use the anvil, but all I'll do with it is flatten washer's or something. You can see in the before pic that the edge's was rounded. So I don't think I hurt it. I think it looks much better now.
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Craptain
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Andrews big Parker is a hard act to follow but I'll throw mine in anyway. I haven't painted anything with winkle paint but a steering collar for one of my Pontiacs. It was in the paint cabinet so I gave it a try. The little Rock Island cleaned up and came out OK
WOW! That looks really sharp. Makes it look, dare I say..................Modern.
Outlawmws
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Andrew,
That's a great looking Parker! Nice job.
That's a great looking Parker! Nice job.
Well, I mocked everything up this morning to make sure everything is smooth, I can move the jaw with just my pinky and that's with zero grease anywhere.
oldldh
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I wonder if you can get that wrinkle paint in "Arrest-Me-Red"???
That would cover a multitude of minor sins...
I shall investigate that...
Both of the black vises are very well done...
Ya Dun Gud, Bubbas!!!
That would cover a multitude of minor sins...
I shall investigate that...
Both of the black vises are very well done...
Ya Dun Gud, Bubbas!!!
Outlawmws
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You need to find "arrest me red" in hammer tone!
oldldh
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Hell, Outlaw, I'm old...
I like wrinkles...
Wait a minute...men don't get wrinkles...
Men get "character lines"...
Women get wrinkles...
I'll see about "Hammered Arrest-Me-Red"...
I like wrinkles...
Wait a minute...men don't get wrinkles...
Men get "character lines"...
Women get wrinkles...
I'll see about "Hammered Arrest-Me-Red"...
oldldh
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It's in the old hardware store...
Right next to the Craftsman 5198...
Right above the Reed 209...
I am looking for a paint that meets the "eyeball pounding" requirement...
I've seen several, but, so far, everything's a bit wimpy...
Right next to the Craftsman 5198...
Right above the Reed 209...
I am looking for a paint that meets the "eyeball pounding" requirement...
I've seen several, but, so far, everything's a bit wimpy...