Fretters
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Looks like that's a FPU vice CW?
The VISES of Garage Journal
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CwazyWabbit
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Yep, that's what I thought so I jumped on it without asking too many (any) questions.
zoomieport
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Sure, here you go...
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macgee
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I did a"little" redecorating...
You ****!
That was supoose to be my vise but I'm glad a fellow GJ vise junkie got it. Cheers
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zoomieport
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macgee
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I seem to have bought another vice this evening, idle fingers and the internet are a bad combination!
Your idle fingers grabbed a good one. I think you'll like it, give us a report when you get it and what you think of it.
zoomieport
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Awesome, thank you.certainly looks homemade, but the base appears to have been a casting at one point in time.
The base is the only part that is "rough", it kind of looks like an after thought compared to the finish on the rest of it. This is a well made piece, by a professional, not a high school project (at least not my high school, haha!), very tight tolerances.
zoomieport
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firemanast
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It has 6-75 on it.
Outlawmws
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balane
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Here's a 4" Wilton Cadet. Left unbranded and sold by Wards. I recreated the badge on a foil decal, the original was too far gone to save. Color match is very good. The keyway says GUAR EXP 6-30-55, Autopts showed me in a 1954 catalog that Cadets came, at that time, with a 1 year warranty so that would put this vise at 1953. I can easily state this is the cleanest 100% original Chicago Wilton I've ever had the pleasure to work on.
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bigcaddy
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Anybody here near Ravenna, OH? I found a few Reed vises I would like to pickup for my shop.
I had to assemble something at work on Thursday and found out that I didn't have enough vise for the job!
I had to assemble something at work on Thursday and found out that I didn't have enough vise for the job!
Fretters
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I had to assemble something at work on Thursday and found out that I didn't have enough vise for the job!
Gotta chuckle at the irony.
Fretters
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CwazyWabbit
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Fretters: What's your opinion on this one? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271822562669
Outlawmws
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Anybody here near Ravenna, OH? I found a few Reed vises I would like to pickup for my shop.
I had to assemble something at work on Thursday and found out that I didn't have enough vise for the job!
BC, that needs to become your sig!
balane
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Blue Frog
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Wilton 1780 - 100 lb - 8" jaws on Columbus C/L - $500.00
Craptain
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balane
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Thanks and no, it was a style used for a bit by Wilton.
bagged89s10
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Gotcha. The 1760 I had was dated 6/1993 and it had this style pipe jaws. Good to know.
~Veeps
bigcaddy
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Gotta chuckle at the irony.
No kidding, right? The parts we had to assemble are usually done in the field but the boss asked me to personally oversee the construction of this one in-house. He feels the guys in the field are as gentle as apes with pipe wrenches for these sorts of things.
We got it done using a forklift but I need a vise with pipe jaws in the 6" capacity range. A 2C doesn't have the throat depth to clamp pipe large enough
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FMC1959
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Root, I am going to guess that your 8P was the first gen, attached is a brochure from what I figure would be the next gen to yours. These are "S" swivel models, but looking at the pic, it sure looks a lot like yours.
250 lbs, not too shabby, and yours is a real find with that stand
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firemanast
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wrenchguy
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Root, I am going to guess that your 8P was the first gen, attached is a brochure from what I figure would be the next gen to yours. These are "S" swivel models, but looking at the pic, it sure looks a lot like yours.
250 lbs, not too shabby, and yours is a real find with that stand
please also note the angular shaped cast base, not circular like we kinda take for granted. unique 4 sure.
va.grouseman
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Well Zoom, it appears your were a little more intrigued with the little watch-makers than you let on like.---I wanted it bad, but I have a wife.---If I had of outbid you, I might not have a wife.---But then I could shop for vises like you do.---But I kinda like the old gal.---So there.
zoomieport
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Well Zoom, it appears your were a little more intrigued with the little watch-makers than you let on like.---I wanted it bad, but I have a wife.---If I had of outbid you, I might not have a wife.---But then I could shop for vises like you do.---But I kinda like the old gal.---So there.
Too funny!
You made the correct choice!
va.grouseman
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FMC,---Demo has posted a Desmond Stevens, 81S, on page 155,---post 3093, weighing in at 239 lbs.---Wonder what the difference is?---He is also showing a monster Keystone.----Take a look.
And WHERE is the link.
http://columbus.craigslist.org/tls/4951488730.html
That's going to be a tough sell in that condition. New 1780's can be had for $750 delivered on ebay.
That one has rust, a broken jaw, multiple coats of paint and who knows how much wear.
Outlawmws
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Am I seeing things, or is that Simplex welded to the spacer/base plate?
Fretters
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Seems sound enough, bar the crappy paint job, from looking at those photo's. I'd ask them to take a photo of the other side too though, just to make sure there's no slide damage or suchlike.
Fretters
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I noticed that too. Criminal doing something like that for no good reason.
Fretters
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Took a couple of quick photo's of the Fortis. I'll take some better ones later.
Quite a cute thing. Smaller than I expected it to be, in overall size. 4-1/2" jaws, approx. 17" in length. Judging from the look of the inserts, it appears it may not have had a lot of use. Not sure of general condition as yet, as there's a good lathering of rust and gunge masking the slide surface. The cast quality is rough as a badgers ****. Overall though, I do like it. It has a discernible cutesy factor.
Quite a cute thing. Smaller than I expected it to be, in overall size. 4-1/2" jaws, approx. 17" in length. Judging from the look of the inserts, it appears it may not have had a lot of use. Not sure of general condition as yet, as there's a good lathering of rust and gunge masking the slide surface. The cast quality is rough as a badgers ****. Overall though, I do like it. It has a discernible cutesy factor.
wrenchguy
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firemanast
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I also noticed that and the question is why .
Fretters
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It definitely made me chuckle, hearing you say something like that. We got it done using a forklift but I need a vise with pipe jaws in the 6" capacity range. A 2C doesn't have the throat depth to clamp pipe large enough
Would a dedicated pipe/tube vice not be an option? I assume you have those across there?