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Thank you for the correct information! I appreciate you passing this along to the Parker experts!

Hello, I am restoring a Chase Parker No 20 vise. I have no idea the value but the date on it is 1854. I is missing the swivel mechanism but everything else is in great shape. Can someone tell me the value? Can someone tell me how to get or make the bottom swivel mechanism? Thank you!!

wow, thank you vert much!

Yes, this vise is strange and interesting. With out the pipe jaws and the base like the one on the Yost, I don't know how much value it has but it will still make a fine tool when it's finished. One problem, no matter how many times I remove the rist fron the top of the slide it returns. Any...

I"m a newbe - this is my first vise project

What is a yost?

Hi Maui Interesting, I took the rust off of the vice and what I uncovered is fairly interesting. First, on the side of the base of the vice there’s a very small stamp of the number 33. On the other side of the base of the vice there is written, Pat pending USA but it’s not imprinted nor is it...

Maui thanks again - the base does not appear to be be machined at all and there are no threads in the hole in the center.

I can but it will be tomorrow I'm away from the shop today. I measured it twice because I had a spreadsheet that someone sent me with all the Reed vises identified by weight, jaw width, opening distance. I went through the entire spread sheet and not one matched my specs however it the vise is...

Maui thanks I took some photos of the base of the vise it might help. But still with 6 inch jaws and 122.6 pounds and no writing it's a mystery vise.

The 33 weighs the same but has 5" jaws. The 34 has 6" jaws but weighs 178 pounds so it may be an older model.

I can clearly see on your vise the square bolt heads holding the vise jaws in place. Mine is missing the vise jaws. I'll check the base later today but I can say for sure the bottom of my vise is flat, it doesn't have the mechanical patterning to work with any other parts. It does have a hole...

The vise I have has no writing on it and it has a flat base that bolts directly onto the bench. Also there are for square head bolts, two on each Jaw. I believe there were parts that mounted under the jaws but I'm not sure. It could have been bolt on pipe jaws like the one inn the catalog you...

Re: Can someone help me identify this vise? Does anyone know how to find a photo of a Reed 34? I'd like to photo compare to my vise.

How can i find a photo of a reed 34?