Colombian vise restoration

[Slackmaster G]

Found an ad on craps list and a fella is cleaning out his barn of unwanted tools. Yea that's what I said . Any who I am picking up an old Colombian vise that looks like it needs tightening up . I looked at my 504 m and see an inside collar and a outside washer . My question to all who know more is are these parts /assembly universal on these old Colombians? There is a gap between the turn screw barrel and the vice jaw. I assume the washer if missing is easily replaceable and the tension collar would be an easy tweak . He literally pulled this out of a barn and if I knew how to attach a picture I would . Love some help on that too as I am a helpless noob. Thanx Slack

 

[Carla]

Hi, Slack,

The assembly, and adjustment of the internal collar clearance which sets the 'main screw backlash' of the old Columbian vises is really 'self-evident', once you have the pieces apart, and cleaned up. I've usually found that one or two 'fibre spacer washers' of the type commonly used for end-play adjustment in bronze-bearinged electric motors can be used to take up excess play. The fibre washers are available cheaply in 'kits' from Graingers.

cheers

Carla

 

[Slackmaster G]

Thx upon further prodding I found this barn vise to be a beat up version of the nice Colombian 504 m I already have . He declined my offer of $20 and I won't pay more to disassemble ,clean,repair,reassemble and paint a vise I already have . Gonna pick up my holland 26 on the 19 th will post pics Slack

 

[BillyWhitehorse]

Thx upon further prodding I found this barn vise to be a beat up version of the nice Colombian 504 m I already have . He declined my offer of $20 and I won't pay more to disassemble ,clean,repair,reassemble and paint a vise I already have . Gonna pick up my holland 26 on the 19 th will post pics Slack

I also recently acquired an old Colombian vice-a 203 1/2, I believe. Weighs about 45 lbs and was in sad shape. I got it disassembled, finally and am working on the rust removal, etc.. Does anyone have any pointers on removing a pressed in/pinned in jaw? One is broken from apparent abuse/use as an anvil. The pipe jaws are missing completely, but otherwise the vise was complete, didn’t appear any attempt had been made to disassemble it in the past. Thanks-I’m new to the forum, and have lots of hand tools, but no hydraulic press, extensive machine tools, etc.. to get this broken jaw out.
Billy



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[454ragtop]

If it's the older style "tee" shaped jaws, they come out real hard. It can be a bear just to get the pins out, I drive them out from the bottom, fighting me the whole way. Might have to drill the pins out in some. Then when you get the pins out, the jaws are pretty much a press fit. I put the vise in another larger vise and drive the jaws out from the side with a large brass punch, again fighting me the whole way. Have a vise apart right now, with the insert out of the dynamic, haven't tackled the static yet. Of course then the next problem for you will be to find a jaw to replace your broken one, Columbian jaws can be hard to come by.

 

[va.grouseman]

How are you perking these days Carla?---Are you dialing it back and taking it a little easier?---You better.