The VISES of Garage Journal

[vintage nut]

I think what happened with the drawings is that there was a typeo saying diameter dimensions when it should have been radius. Maybe KMS can confirm what it should have been? The picture I got said diameter and I made them to the thou of what was written, so that is all I can possibly think of it being.

you can never have too many tools

 

[vintage nut]

And I'm sure I got the dimensions right, as I measured everything with a starrett mic that had just been calibrated with mitutoyo standards, and checked every measurment against the drawings. I was working to way tighter tolerences than I needed to as some lathe practice.

Look like diameter symbols to me?

you can never have too many tools

 

[KMScott]

A Wilton 825 is not a Baby Wilton like Charger mentioned . Some how we got confused. The 825/925 has 2-1/2 inch jaws. The Baby has 2" jaws and the numbers I have seen is 920 on the side. I do not think I took dimensions on a 2-1/2 Wilton End cap.

 

[ChargerRT]

Aw man I hate to hear that! I want to get this little guy back in business!!

What can I do? I'm open to options including sending the vise somewhere

 

[KMScott]

What sort of heat treating set up have you got? I deal with quite a bit of A2 and O1, and also some stainless for knives. My oven is an evenheat kf22.5 with rampmaster. I was going to get a smaller one, but the Canadian supplier only had a $150 price difference between the tiny 110v one and this, so I got the big guy.
Glad I did actually, as I have already hardened the longest thing that will fit! A2 spring hardened limbs for a roughly medieval style crossbow.

I was thinking A2 for jaws, so I'm glad I happened to think of what the pro uses!

you can never have too many tools

I sold my oven, I have to many to treat every month. Got 266 jaws coming back today. Nice job on the end cap, I am sure someone here needs one for their 2" Wilton.

 

[vintage nut]

Aw man I hate to hear that! I want to get this little guy back in business!!

What can I do? I'm open to options including sending the vise somewhere

If you can get me the dimensions for the one you need, I would be able to make it. If the vise fit in a flat rate box, you could send me the whole thing, and I could make the cap, and the brass jaws if you wanted to. Probably not the cheapest option though.

you can never have too many tools

 

[vintage nut]

I sold my oven, I have to many to treat every month. Got 266 jaws coming back today. Nice job on the end cap, I am sure someone here needs one for their 2" Wilton.

Ahh ok, makes sense. I do lots of small batches (a big batch for me is 6 knives) so for my use an oven is worth it. Oftentimes I just have one part I need to harden, and it's really nice not to send it out.

you can never have too many tools

 

[mikesea]

Hello,new member here. I have a Chas.Parker vise,#207,all 147 lbs.of her.Great ,dailey work horse.Picked it up on the Brooklyn N.Y. docks in the 70's.Pat. Nov 22nd 1910. I located this site where someone has done alot of work,but have no idea how to post on it.Maybe someone here does.They have all info on the Parker 207 ,but no picture.I tried to get in touch ,but no luck. Good info site though. Enjoy http://scuttle.dayid.org/wiki/index.php/Charles_Parker_Vise

 

[jakemac]

On pins and needles....waiting to hear. This is killing me......is it too early for scotch?

I'm on the edge of my seat. Will he ? Won't he ? Will we laugh, or will we cry ?
No, it's not too early in Scotland for a drink.

Hello,new member here. I have a Chas.Parker vise,#207,all 147 lbs.of her.Great ,dailey work horse.Picked it up on the Brooklyn N.Y. docks in the 70's.Pat. Nov 22nd 1910. I located this site where someone has done alot of work,but have no idea how to post on it.Maybe someone here does.They have all info on the Parker 207 ,but no picture.I tried to get in touch ,but no luck. Good info site though. Enjoy http://scuttle.dayid.org/wiki/index.php/Charles_Parker_Vise

Welcome to the site.
From what I've heard - Dayid put a lot of work into that site. So much so that it kind of took over his life for a while. He's since stepped back and taken an extended break in order to actually have a life again. It's unclear whether he'll return to continue adding to the database. There have been talks about trying to do something similar here, but no answers as of yet.

 

[silver98z71]

Silver: i forgot to welcome you to GJ and specifically to the vise thread so welcome and BEE CAREFUL because if you hang around here those vises in your area tend to find their way into your garage even if you already have a couple. BTW if you want a few ideas on building a nice heavy duty and maybe movable steel table take a look at some of the pictures in my welding table thread and link is in my signature. also this vise and grinder stand thread has a lot of great ideas if you need a few more.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=252799

Thank you. I've been lurking for a little while and love seeing some old stuff. I've found myself lately wanting more and more "previously enjoyed" shop tools, the wife just doesn't understand. Haha. I have cruised through your table and stand threads and like quite a few of those options. I will be sure to contribute with whatever I can come up with on mountings.

Hey Silver,

Sorry for the late post. Looks like a good, versatile collection you have.

I'm going to take a wild guess at your vises.
606: I'm guessing the 50s or 60s. Based on the overall style, squared end lead screw at the handle and the embellishments. I can't see the embellishments very well in the picture, but the "Columbian" name looks straight.

D45: I'm guessing that it was made in the 70s. Based on the overall style and the more pronounced "T" styled jaws.

Thanks for the reply. One side has a straight "Columbian" and the other side has a curved "Columbian".



D45

 

[vintage nut]

If anyone is interested I started a thread on a very cool old drill press my dad and I picked up to restore in the vintage tool forum. Never seen one of these in person before!

you can never have too many tools

 

[XCMTB83]

I finally finished my first vise resto/mod. For paint I went with Rustoleum hammered black, Rustoleum Regal Red and Rustoleum Metallic Silver. I need to get my garden shed done so I can put this little guy to work. In case you haven't seen how the turd used to look I included the before pics. Enjoy and keep the old iron out of the scrapyard.

 

[bigcaddy]

For as battered as that vise was, it came out looking great. Nice resto on a vise many would consider too far gone

 

[vintage nut]

Very nice!

you can never have too many tools

 

[vintage nut]

I think I'm going to start looking for a 4" palmgren drill press vise, and a 6" Bridgeport mill vise to go with the new (old) drill press. Have to see what I can find

you can never have too many tools

 

[zkling]

I finally finished my first vise resto/mod. For paint I went with Rustoleum hammered black, Rustoleum Regal Red and Rustoleum Metallic Silver. I need to get my garden shed done so I can put this little guy to work. In case you haven't seen how the turd used to look I included the before pics. Enjoy and keep the old iron out of the scrapyard.

Visionary

 

[tedsters]

My Craftsman 5195 and my 5197 glad to get them home, i got the 5197 from (autopts) i was gonna buy it from him and i had a vise he wanted so we swapped, Nick is a Super guy it was Great Meeting you Nick. Any way got a couple very nice 519x vises i think the 95 i am just gonna leave the way it is and see if i can take it to the auto paint store and scan it and see if they can make a can to match the paint on it and do the 5197 in the same color, never know i may paint them both

 

[joe.striper]

Here is a pic of a Parker 26 swivel clamp that I just made the handle for. Anyone on here can make it. I know this for a fact because I made it and I am an engineering idiot. Yes, for all you OCD guys I know I need to grind one side down a little more as one end is a little thicker than the other and I still have grinding marks on one end but hey I made it before breakfast today and I didn't finish it 100%. I've been meaning to put this up and I just got around to it.

Regardless I think it is cool that I can do this with basic tools. This particular handle was made from a 5/8ths inch bolt so this is a BIG swivel clamp. Directions and more pics are on the vise repair thread.

 

[zkling]

My Craftsman 5195 and my 5197 glad to get them home, i got the 5197 from (autopts) i was gonna buy it from him and i had a vise he wanted so we swapped, Nick is a Super guy it was Great Meeting you Nick. Any way got a couple very nice 519x vises i think the 95 i am just gonna leave the way it is and see if i can take it to the auto paint store and scan it and see if they can make a can to match the paint on it and do the 5197 in the same color, never know i may paint them both

Love the large grooved screw eye on those. I didn't know that some came with the flat blade style swivel lock, thought those were only on the pressed steel slide vises. :

 

[bigcaddy]

My Craftsman 5195 and my 5197 glad to get them home, i got the 5197 from (autopts) i was gonna buy it from him and i had a vise he wanted so we swapped, Nick is a Super guy it was Great Meeting you Nick. Any way got a couple very nice 519x vises i think the 95 i am just gonna leave the way it is and see if i can take it to the auto paint store and scan it and see if they can make a can to match the paint on it and do the 5197 in the same color, never know i may paint them both

Nice pair. Its funny that Nick found you a 5195 because he did the same for me years ago. Its actually the same vise i have on my business cards and it sits in my office as the first 51xx vise i purchased/restored.

Autopts is like a truffle dog when it comes to good quality vises. He buys them before they get a chance to surface on the open market.

 

[bigcaddy]

Love the large grooved screw eye on those. I didn't know that some came with the flat blade style swivel lock, thought those were only on the pressed steel slide vises. :

That might be a replacement from another vise. I've never seen one of those on a 519x but the vise it came from, 517x was made around the same time frame.

 

[firemanast]

XCMTB83 the vice looks great job well done !

 

[joe.striper]

I'm on the edge of my seat. Will he ? Won't he ? Will we laugh, or will we cry ?
No, it's not too early in Scotland for a drink.

Well I assume the deal is dead since he never contacted me back....so very sad. This one will haunt me for YEARS. We need an emoticon that is crying!

 

[Craptain]

Well I assume the deal is dead since he never contacted me back....so very sad. This one will haunt me for YEARS. We need an emoticon that is crying!

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[jakemac]

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[zoomieport]

I finally finished my first vise resto/mod. For paint I went with Rustoleum hammered black, Rustoleum Regal Red and Rustoleum Metallic Silver. I need to get my garden shed done so I can put this little guy to work. In case you haven't seen how the turd used to look I included the before pics. Enjoy and keep the old iron out of the scrapyard.


Now that is a "true restoration"!
Well done, all the way around, great save!!!

Take care!
ZOOM

 

[zoomieport]

Autopts is like a truffle dog when it comes to good quality vises.

HAHAHAHA! Truer words have never been spoken!

Take care!
ZOOM

 

[JZiggy]

Another Paramo No.6 popped up on CL, this time near Pittsburgh. A bit too far for me

https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/5009584720.html

The seller checked the date stamp for me and it's a 1961.

 

[tedsters]

Nice pair. Its funny that Nick found you a 5195 because he did the same for me years ago. Its actually the same vise i have on my business cards and it sits in my office as the first 51xx vise i purchased/restored.

Autopts is like a truffle dog when it comes to good quality vises. He buys them before they get a chance to surface on the open market.

bigcaddy

I got the 5197 fro Nick, the 5195 is the ebay vise i snagged for opening bid of
$99

 

[tedsters]

Love the large grooved screw eye on those. I didn't know that some came with the flat blade style swivel lock, thought those were only on the pressed steel slide vises. :

That might be a replacement from another vise. I've never seen one of those on a 519x but the vise it came from, 517x was made around the same time frame.

it is not the original handle

 

[trijeff]

Here is a C-1 on a welding table available in the Bay area (CA):

http://fresno.craigslist.org/tls/5009841686.html

 

[vintage nut]

I think I'm going to start looking for a 4" palmgren drill press vise for my new project. Hopefully find a used one for less than out of the kbc catalog...
May have found a mill vise already

you can never have too many tools

 

[Tacoma bo]

I don't see many yoke vises on here very much, but has anyone ever restored one if these Armstrong pipe vises?

I got it about six months ago for $20 on clist. I've used it quite a bit since then, but it does need some love.

 

[Outlawmws]

Tacoma, I did a similar pipe vise of my dads when I was in high school. I still have it and its still got most of its paint. (It never did see a ton of use, but sometimes you just need one...)

 

[exmaxima1]

Another Paramo No.6 popped up on CL, this time near Pittsburgh. A bit too far for me

https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/5009584720.html

The seller checked the date stamp for me and it's a 1961.

Where's the date stamp on a Paramo 6?

 

[JZiggy]

Mine was on the machined top of the static jaw just behind the jaw insert. His was on the small machined face on one of the jaws, near the corner of the jaw insert seat.

 

[sgs236]

I don't see many yoke vises on here very much, but has anyone ever restored one if these Armstrong pipe vises?

I got it about six months ago for $20 on clist. I've used it quite a bit since then, but it does need some love.

I restored one a while back. I didn't take any before pictures, but it was in rough condition. It was so rusted up that I couldn't tell what name it was. But, I thought it turned out pretty good.

 

[Seabare]

I've been told I have some pair 6-68 & 3-53

 

[JZiggy]

I've been told I have some pair

One's always a bit different than the other.

 

[454ragtop]

It uses a #4 wrench.

Thank you jrobb. Looked on the Bay, no 4's in sight, not even in completed listings, so figured I'd best make my own. Cut the open end off a Vlchek wrench I picked up for $1. this weekend, dressed the cut end, threw it in the press to bring the handle back level, and ground some of the chamfer off the box end. Then hit it with some semi gloss black, should do the job.
Jim