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Texas, Parker made theirs out of spring wire. Measure the groove's minor diameter and find a spring at your local hardware store in those pull drawers with different compression spring sizes close to size or a little smaller. The wire diameter can also be measured from your lockdown. Basically they used spring wire that is called music wire in the machinist trade and is pliable enough to bend but heat treated to spring temper to hold it's shape. I made one for a Parker 22 and it worked fine.
I bought it off an estate liquidator. He probably didn’t knew what it was, since the brandings have been grinded off at some point, unfortunately.
You scored big time on that one, that’s a classic design.
That's it? That's all you got three 4" Starrett vises?
Smitty You ****! I say that with great admiration! I've never come across an Athol or a Starrett vise in the wild. Yet.Here's a look at one clip but I'm not sure for what model. ---I believe you could make one by cutting one ring out of a spring of the right size. ---Just a thought.Well, I finally got the Charles Parker No. 975 I picked in March cleaned up and put back together. This is a good example of when form and function come together to create a tool capable of doing the job at hand and being pleasing to the eye. It was missing the wrench and the only No. 3 wrench I've seen on ebay got snapped up before I woke that day. Thanks to GJ user elidas for the 15/16" Billings wrench!! Man, I LOVE THIS VISE! Does anyone have a pic of the clip that goes on the swivel lock nut to keep the wrench in place? I'd like to try to get as close to the original clip as I can. Thanks!
Mine looks pretty much like yours, but it is stamped PJBd-100 (~4" in millimeters) on the moving jaw. You've seen it before, but if you want to look it over again, page 1893, post # 75 681.
BeautyScooped up this Athol 324 1/2 X today. I rarely see Athol vises with pipe jaws for sale. 80 pounds!
Thanks Smitty.
Well, I finally got the Charles Parker No. 975 I picked in March cleaned up and put back together. This is a good example of when form and function come together to create a tool capable of doing the job at hand and being pleasing to the eye. It was missing the wrench and the only No. 3 wrench I've seen on ebay got snapped up before I woke that day. Thanks to GJ user elidas for the 15/16" Billings wrench!! Man, I LOVE THIS VISE! Does anyone have a pic of the clip that goes on the swivel lock nut to keep the wrench in place? I'd like to try to get as close to the original clip as I can. Thanks!
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PJDb is the Polish type designation according to the PN-61/M02814 standard. As for changes in the shape of the end of the handle and the molding of the jaw - the only way to find out is to compare the appropriate number of vices and known production dates. Unfortunately, in FPU / Bison Biał they do not attach much importance to keeping information about the production - I did not manage to get information about the models from the 90s, so the chances of getting information about vices which production ended at the turn of the 70s and 80s are less likely.
For 750 miles, they could have kept the vise! lol
Thanks Outlaw, Happy New Year
Thanks Shift, I really go out of my way to find these original paint beauties.Another great addition to the Smitty baby bullet line up. It never ceases to amaze me at all of the original paint babys that seem to find their way to your shelves.
I get scolded every time I recommend gasoline when this comes up, so I'll recommend a less flammable solvent, such as turpentine, instead (but we used the heck out gasoline as a solvent in the Army and I still do because it works great!)
Small steel and cast iron parts were often coated in BLO for long term storage. Some of it was never wiped off and parts were congealed in it. A solvent will cut right through it, Tex.Sometimes you get used to the long drives. We live in Ft Worth and our kids go to Texas Tech in Lubbock, a 650mi round trip.
