The VISES of Garage Journal

[C.BRAXMAIER]

Pozidriv here are 3 Yorks the 6" is a older model the 125 is a newer model, I like the older because the dynamic jaw on the newer are hollowed out and lighter here are some pics of mine.

 

[C.BRAXMAIER]

 

[72CZ]

We must have more pics of the Reed 108!!!

Did you get that other Reed while you were up there? I'm curious about that one too.

Yeah it is one I would like (wouldn't we all??), and he got it for a good price. But I'm patient, I have plenty to keep me busy.

Yes picked up the the 2C it's not a pretty sight.................
Parting out may be the best route for it.
I'll get some photos up manana.

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[nine4gmc]

Here is that 3C I picked up a few weeks back. There is a jaw pad screw broke off in one side and one stuck in the other but I''m working on getting them out. Check out the size compared to the craftsman, both are 5" jaws.
Before:

During:

 

[Outlawmws]

KM: great work on the base plates as usual! The No. 20; isn't it supposed to have a stud and giant wing-nut? I'd love to find a machinist vise like that with the mini anvil horn. It would be a cool model maker or gunsmith hard parts vise! (Still need a Versa Vise for some work though!)

Drives: That is a mill vise, but would be quite at home on a DP. What jaw width? how is it's condition? If too beat for mill work it's fine for DP work generally.

 

[autopts]

Nick (Autopts), that is a sweet 450S you've got on eBay, nice work!
Take care!
ZOOM

Thanks Mike, I've been getting lazy in rehabbing them. You know, the whole flipping thing isn't what it used to be. I have just a couple left, thank God.

 

[autopts]

Superb as usual...

 

[C.BRAXMAIER]

Thank you auto, I was REALLY surprised what my 600 went for holly ****..

 

[KMScott]

Thanks Outlaw, yes both vises are suppose to have the stud and wingnut along with the cast plate. Good candidates for home made bases since everything is missing.

The machinist vise of drives is similiar to the old Bridgeport, Brown and Sharpe machinist vises, might be a old Clausing. It is either 4 or 6 inch jaws, drives did not mention. It is either for a shaper or milling machine. I never liked the old Bridgeport type vises, they do not have the same clamping style like a Kurt, Kurts pull the work down where the Bridgeport vises tend to spring up the more they are used and lose work.

 

[KMScott]

Brax, were the swivel clamps on your 125 and 150 York original? I like them. I need a set.

 

[tool_scrounge]

ALL: i picked up this Drill Press or Mill vise and couldn't find any name on it anywhere. it came out of a big shop that closed down years ago that had huge mills and lathes. it weighs about 25 pounds and wondering if an import or what brand it might be? any idea if it was meant for a mill which i don't own or a Drill press? i might have to clean it up and repaint it with the John Deere colors or buy another gallon or two of boiled linseed oil.

I had one in the past. It had one from Japan and it was marked as such. Totally unmarked - I would guess it was made in China.

 

[pozidriv]

Pozidriv here are 3 Yorks the 6" is a older model the 125 is a newer model, I like the older because the dynamic jaw on the newer are hollowed out and lighter here are some pics of mine.

Nice vises!! I don't think my dynamic jaw is hollowed out, it's one heavy *******. Can I check this by removing the swivle handle?
And.. Can I ask what your 600 went for?

 

[WhoWhatNow]

Nice Reed 108 72CZ, Jason is a good guy to give that one up. You just made the 8" club.

I have been working on the little guys, I have several small Parkers that are missing the plates and hand clamps that mount them to a bench. The kind you swivel from underneath. I had a day to my self in the shop so I made these two swivel bases and I think they will finish up good. The two vises are a #0 Parker and the other one is a no. 20, both with 2-1/4 jaws. The new jaws are next.

Kevin - awesome work on the bases. I have a No. 20 missing the base as well. Mine has part of the swivel mechanism left however. The vise has a center stud and a plate with a pair of T nuts on it. I will try to post a pic tonight.

 

[zoomieport]

And.. Can I ask what your 600 went for?

Not to steal CBrax's thunder, but...

His 600S sold on eBay for $1,170.85 for the vise +$150 shipping=$1,320.85 total.

I was at his house and saw it before he put it on the block, it was better than new, worth every penny, in my opinion...

Take care!
ZOOM

 

[EOC_Jason]

^^^ And still cheaper than a new one!

 

[bheck89]

Picked up my first bench vise yesterday. Charles Parker 104 for $20. I don't know much about vises but did some research here and it seemed like a good vise. I plan on cleaning it up and adding it to the start of my garage.

Doesn't look like the collar here is original though

Thanks for looking!

 

[Cope]

You sure bought it right.

I have seen that arrangement as well as a counter bored bolt. My 954 1/2 has a hex head bolt. It has been in my family since new, and I have no reason to believe it didn't come from the factory that way.

 

[rtvinc]

C.BRAXMAIER,

Take some pix of your packing for sending that 600s!!

 

[C.BRAXMAIER]

The 150's are yours that I got off you, the 125's are original I will need a set for the small 80. If you want I could ship them to you.

 

[KMScott]

The 150's are yours that I got off you, the 125's are original I will need a set for the small 80. If you want I could ship them to you.

I meant the swivel Clamps on the 125 and 150, mine has nuts, yours has a neat looking swivel clamp on both.

I have a 80 here and will make a couple sets of jaws, do not send yours. Nice restore on your Yorks.

 

[Performance]

Very nice. Is that their modern styling of vice or a specific model type?

The first models had patent number on their bodys, models made later was marking with numbers, which means jaws width in mm. For example 150 or 150A. The Model A had litlle bit different design of the static part. At present the vices has L after number( for example 150L),it has different shape of the static part and it also has a bigger anvil. It is making also in Lux version which has zinc-chromate swivel handle and quick release handles on turning base plate. Besides this standard version they make also "Titan" version - jaws width 200-250mm and they are of course hevier. Present models are available with jaws for tubes underneath regular jaws or in hydraulic or pneumatic version or custom versions (different opening lenght, colors...)
YORK and KASPER are quality vices and they last for decades, not like that cheap china copy vices...
Sorry for my english if is something wrong with my text

Performance and Poz: welcome to the Forum and the vise thread with your awesome York vices. good to have a few more new members from across the pond.

Thank you, GarageJournal is awesome

Brax, were the swivel clamps on your 125 and 150 York original? I like them. I need a set.

They are original only on present Lux models.

 

[NicksRodz]

I love threads like this. This gives me an insight into what a decent quality vise should bb and a reasonable price I should pay for one. I think its time to get out there and dig around some more.

 

[oldldh]

I don't know why, but I really like these old exposed screw Reeds...

This 134 1/2 R is on Ebay with an opening bid of $49.99...

Other than the "for sale restored" vises posted by GJ members...

Ebay or CL vises that get posted on this thread are in dire need of refurbishing...this one is nicely restored...

It's a beefy old thing...

And it's a "Non-Swivlin' B@#tard", too...

 

[bigcaddy]

I don't know why, but I really like these old exposed screw Reeds...

This 134 1/2 R is on Ebay with an opening bid of $49.99...

Other than the "for sale restored" vises posted by GJ members...

Ebay or CL vises that get posted on this thread are in dire need of refurbishing...this one is nicely restored...

It's a beefy old thing...

And it's a "Non-Swivlin' B@#tard", too...

Its got a face only a mother could love but there is no denying that its built in the same stout fashion as any other Reed, even if its an exposed screw

 

[bigcaddy]

Oldie,

The 5198 is coming soon......

 

[jakemac]

The last time I got caught with an exposed screw ....................................................

 

[nine4gmc]

Oldie,

The 5198 is coming soon......

say whut

 

[oldldh]

Oldie,

The 5198 is coming soon......

You are such a tease...

Promises, promises...

And I'll bet it isn't painted the "Correct" color...

Now that I've gotten all the bilge out of my system---

We await the unveiling with baited breath...

 

[72CZ]

Reed 108

We must have more pics of the Reed 108!!!

Here they are !

 

[oldldh]

say whut

This one...

Maybe the "only" one!!!

BigCaddy wound up with it because it was too far out of my poor old "retired" budget...

He is "Properly Restoring" it, and will add it to his collection, or sell it to finance a couple of college educations, or a new pickup, or a new boat, or....

 

[bigcaddy]

Re: Reed 108

Here they are !

Did that vise come from the atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe rail yard?

 

[72CZ]

Re: Reed 108

Did that vise come from the atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe rail yard?

I'm assuming it did.
Picked it up from Sanger TX ,north of Denton TX.
Was told it had been in the family there for a long time.
And the AT&SF ran through that area.
Don't know if there was a rail yard there or not.

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[72CZ]

Re: Reed 108

Did that vise come from the atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe rail yard?

Well I'm thinking it must have been one of theirs.
It turns out Sanger TX was named that by the AT&SF.

http://txdepot.railfan.net/Sanger.html

http://sangertexas.org/?page_id=13

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[demoman]

Here is a cast iron sign I picked up a couple weeks ago. I am not a big fan of record vises but this was too cool. I assume this was a vise display topper. Notice they spelled it Vices

 

[demoman]

Re: Reed 108

Here they are !

Nice vise. Very nice find with the stamp intact.
I have one from the ATSF rr shop in Topeka that was on the roundhouse stand but it is a hollands. I do not think it was stamped but the guy i got it from bought it at a sale they had there

 

[72CZ]

Re: Reed 108

Nice vise. Very nice find with the stamp intact.
I have one from the ATSF rr shop in Topeka that was on the roundhouse stand but it is a hollands. I do not think it was stamped but the guy i got it from bought it at a sale they had there

Thanks !
That's something to have one from Topeka !
I had no idea that Sanger TX had such a connection to the Santa Fe RR.

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[thursday]

What do you guys recommend for lubricating a bench vise? I bought some 'multi-purpose' grease but the stuff I bought is too thin for my liking. The vise I took apart had some really thick stuff that I'd like to use as it tends to stick together and not sweat out of the base like this stuff. How can I tell how heavy a grease will be and what's a suitable grease for a vise anyways?

 

[Fretters]

Here is a cast iron sign I picked up a couple weeks ago. I am not a big fan of record vises but this was too cool.

Not seen one of those before. I very much like that.

Notice they spelled it Vices

That would be how the rest of the world spells it. There's only you chaps over there who call them vises.

What do you guys recommend for lubricating a bench vise? I bought some 'multi-purpose' grease but the stuff I bought is too thin for my liking. The vise I took apart had some really thick stuff that I'd like to use as it tends to stick together and not sweat out of the base like this stuff. How can I tell how heavy a grease will be and what's a suitable grease for a vise anyways?

Any lithium or EP grease will be fine for the screw and nut. Just use oil on the external slide surfaces. The stuff on there will appear thick because it's old and knacked. The reason any grease creeps is that the oil gradually parts out from the soap base over time, hence why old grease is quite thick.

 

[Carla]

What do you guys recommend for lubricating a bench vise? I bought some 'multi-purpose' grease but the stuff I bought is too thin for my liking. The vise I took apart had some really thick stuff that I'd like to use as it tends to stick together and not sweat out of the base like this stuff. How can I tell how heavy a grease will be and what's a suitable grease for a vise anyways?

A couple of other options are 'waylube' heavy oil as used for machine tool ways, or 90 or 140 weight automotive gear oil. (transmission/rear axle oil). Both are 'sticky' to remain on the screw, and have 'extreme pressure' additives.

Any oil or grease will eventually collect grinding grit, filings, and general shop dust, over time, and will become an abrasive slurry, Depending on one's class of work, its prudent to have the vise apart, to clean and re-oil the working parts once or twice a year, maybe more often if one does a lot of really dirty work, such as often using portable grinders or disc-sanders on workpieces held in the vise.)

cheers

Carla

 

[72CZ]

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