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va.grouseman
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Svt, you've got it, and this isn't like the measles outbreak, there's no inoculation for this disease.---Have your checkbook ready.
Outlawmws
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I appreciate the effort,
but nothing after 73 - they got way too heavy for good mileage, did not offer the 1600 Kent engine, and 73 gets me out of smog testing... 
I stuck a cam, ****** intake (webber staged 2bbl) and a header on one 1600, and decked the block for more compression and it would get second gear scratch in the heavier 74 wagon... Still got 30 MPG
Oily Nails
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Ayup from Yorkshire!
Found this little nugget at a Car Boot sale this morning and throught it worth posting up here (No not the bottle opener!) :
BRIDGEPORT Hand Vise, Made in USA.
Lovely little thing with some nice features you don't see on many hand vises, such as the square notch in the centre of the jaws and the rounded frame that makes it comfortable to hold.
Quickly cleaned it up with some WD40 and Wet&Dry paper and she's ready for use.
Are these common in America?
Is it the same Bridgeport as the machining centres?
Found this little nugget at a Car Boot sale this morning and throught it worth posting up here (No not the bottle opener!) :
BRIDGEPORT Hand Vise, Made in USA.
Lovely little thing with some nice features you don't see on many hand vises, such as the square notch in the centre of the jaws and the rounded frame that makes it comfortable to hold.
Quickly cleaned it up with some WD40 and Wet&Dry paper and she's ready for use.
Are these common in America?
Is it the same Bridgeport as the machining centres?
trijeff
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DarkMonohue
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Sounds like you are well on your way. There's a lot more going on around here than just vises, too, in case your interests extend past clampy-holdy things, and lots to learn and/or contribute. Welcome!
Outlawmws
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Possibly a rebranded Millers Falls, though this doesn't have the center notch in the jaws.
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Or the other way around; MF had a lot of things contracted out
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AndrewH
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So the guy I bought the 8” Parker 60X ended up being willing to grab a pallet for me and umm bolt the vise down to it for me so that I can have a trucking company pick it up and bring it to me.
He sent me a picture of the finished product today!
He sent me a picture of the finished product today!
DarkMonohue
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Wow. Apparently half-assed was too much to ask.So the guy I bought the 8” Parker 60X ended up being willing to grab a pallet for me and umm bolt the vise down to it for me so that I can have a trucking company pick it up and bring it to me.
He sent me a picture of the finished product today!
How much friction do you think you'd get if you got him on the phone and explained what those funny holes on the bottom of the vise were for? You might also have to introduce him to the term "2x4" and walk him through the concept of lefty loosey, righty tighty, but if it means the vise stays attached to the pallet...
mikeswrenches
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Oily Nails:
Are these common in America?
Is it the same Bridgeport as the machining centres?
Hand vises are not uncommon here, but marked ones less so. I would agree with Trijeff that it is probably a rebranded Miller’s Falls. My no. 3 MF only has the vertical notch on one side but also has a horizontal notch, also only on one side.
Not the Bridgeport machine co. but rather the Bridgeport Hardware Manufacturing Co. They made high quality tools.
Mike
Are these common in America?
Is it the same Bridgeport as the machining centres?
Hand vises are not uncommon here, but marked ones less so. I would agree with Trijeff that it is probably a rebranded Miller’s Falls. My no. 3 MF only has the vertical notch on one side but also has a horizontal notch, also only on one side.
Not the Bridgeport machine co. but rather the Bridgeport Hardware Manufacturing Co. They made high quality tools.
Mike
dutchgray
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Oily Nails
I have the exact same hand vice that I also found at a boot sale a couple years ago, they are much nicer than most you see.
I have the exact same hand vice that I also found at a boot sale a couple years ago, they are much nicer than most you see.
Today is a day for prayer.
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Shout out to all the Peeps on the vise thread
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DarkMonohue
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I'll take your word for that. In my house it's a day of laundry and yardwork.
Are you saying that Andrew can't call until tomorrow, or that he's praying that the vise stays attached to the pallet?
I’ll give the seller an A for effort but pipe strapping, drywall screws and twine are no match for a 60X.
AndrewH
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We can collectively pray that it makes it to me.
I already have.
va.grouseman
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It'll probably wind up in Flagstaff, or Pascagoula, or Bismarck, or maybe Buffalo, but it was the thought that counts.
Actually I prayed for them to ship it to my house.It'll probably wind up in Flagstaff, or Pascagoula, or Bismarck, or maybe Buffalo, but it was the thought that counts.
Svt_ivan
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Shiftless, probably picking up more knowledge than anything around here with so much experience all over the place. I am simply a Power Plant operator staying busy with plenty of hobbies in the garage.
Va, you're not lying. Since I've started picking them up, I can't help myself keep looking for them. All I hear is my GF saying, "Another one!?" Haha.
Dark, definitely into other things as well. Just yesterday I picked up a Craftsman power hacksaw and two weeks ago I picked up an Atlas 618 lathe. Need to really finish setting up the small lathe so I can fiddle around with it.
Va, you're not lying. Since I've started picking them up, I can't help myself keep looking for them. All I hear is my GF saying, "Another one!?" Haha.
Dark, definitely into other things as well. Just yesterday I picked up a Craftsman power hacksaw and two weeks ago I picked up an Atlas 618 lathe. Need to really finish setting up the small lathe so I can fiddle around with it.
I bought a vise today to flip, needs a good cleanup and paint but while I was there I saw the guy had a Rock Island 542-bx 4-1/2" jaw combination vise. Messy with oil etc, but jaws weren't bad at all, I think it would have cleaned up well. He didn't want to sell, I tried to talk him down but we only got to $225 upon which time I walked away. What do you guys think price wise? Would YOU have walked away?
Svt_ivan
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As promised...the line-up.
Hopefully they post up.
Besides the Wilton vises, all of them need to be cleaned and worked on. Just need to find the time.
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Hopefully they post up.
Besides the Wilton vises, all of them need to be cleaned and worked on. Just need to find the time.
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Well, I believe you're like me, I have a soft spot for Rock island vises. When this 542-bx came available on FB last year I dropped everything to go get it (only 15 mins away). I can't remember what I paid but it was somewhere around 100. 225 seems steep to me, don't know if I'd pay that. But RI combos are rare. For perspective I also got a Reed 2C for 150, so I think that would be my personal max.
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Svt_ivan
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Here’s some before and afters on the Wilton...
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Thrumcap
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Gravity and inertia are of some use......
The last two times I handed vises to a freight company to palletize:
1) two big vises - “hey can you strap those on?” “Got something better!” Puts pallet though pallet Shrink wrapper machine, creating a vise cocoon
2) the last big Record - arrived on a third of a pallet, unsecured. I had to crowbar the pallet off the vise as it embedded into the pallet rather well
I would hold everything else on the truck in your thoughts.....
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honza.vosalik
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Here is my little Wilton vs. York video.
TTMotorsports
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It's a 1780. Not an 800. Unless there is another I'm missing.
I think that weighs ~100lbs vs ~240lbs for the 800.
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/tls/d/scottsdale-wilton-8-bullet-vise-made-in/6870556610.html
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TTMotorsports
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That's it saw 8" jaw on side and thought that was a big one. Not familiar with these vises other than the limited reading I've done on here.
va.grouseman
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Interesting vise on craigslist today. Gonna try and grab it tomorrow. There is also a big 8inch Wilton o. Phoenix craigslist for 600 I believe.
One just like it on eBay.---Not as nice.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NICE-WORKING-VINTAGE-4-JAWS-BENCH-PIPE-SWIVEL-VISE-V22/312574703408
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va.grouseman
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Previously posted by Thrumcap.
2) the last big Record - arrived on a third of a pallet, unsecured. I had to crowbar the pallet off the vise as it embedded into the pallet rather well.
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But Thrum, it arrived.---Glass half full.
2) the last big Record - arrived on a third of a pallet, unsecured. I had to crowbar the pallet off the vise as it embedded into the pallet rather well.
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But Thrum, it arrived.---Glass half full.
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For $100 I would have jumped at it. It is a great looking vise for sure, and like you say not exactly common. I think he was dreaming a bit at $225 though. I offered him $150, he came down a whopping $25 from his original quote!
Thanks I appreciate it I couldn't get ahold of him soon enough and he probably wouldn't be interested in the drive.
Yeah, I’ve had a couple of delivery nightmares as far as pallets are concerned. People don’t realize what happens to a huge chunk of metal when you hit the brakes. I had an 800lb press arrive at my door on a damaged pallet with parts missing once, I was livid.Gravity and inertia are of some use......
The last two times I handed vises to a freight company to palletize:
1) two big vises - “hey can you strap those on?” “Got something better!” Puts pallet though pallet Shrink wrapper machine, creating a vise cocoon
2) the last big Record - arrived on a third of a pallet, unsecured. I had to crowbar the pallet off the vise as it embedded into the pallet rather well
I would hold everything else on the truck in your thoughts.....
Thrumcap
chrisnazzy
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I'll be the glass is half full guy!
Chances are even if that monster Parker 60x ended up banging around in a semi trailer a bit, it would probably pale in comparison to not only the heavy work it was designed to do, but also the actual beatings it's taken over the last 80-100 years.
Let's all hope because I personally can't wait to see it compared to the Reed 108. Something tells me it may be one 8" vise that might just dwarf the Reed.
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Chances are even if that monster Parker 60x ended up banging around in a semi trailer a bit, it would probably pale in comparison to not only the heavy work it was designed to do, but also the actual beatings it's taken over the last 80-100 years.
Let's all hope because I personally can't wait to see it compared to the Reed 108. Something tells me it may be one 8" vise that might just dwarf the Reed.
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