Recent content by Inkman

Nice idea, I will give that a try!

Thrust washer and locking collar is the way I will go. Just wish there was a way to put a little preload on it so its not sloppy.

No hole, but three half moon scallops, you can see one in the pic. I think maybe at one time it had a collar in there and the three scallops were peened it in place.

He is down to a 116 last I checked, they are all old and rusty. I beleive he has some wiltons as well. But he wants a premium for them even in the terrible shape they are in.

Thats why it is confusing about the stamp. Information on this particular brand is very limited, some people state it was manufactured by Parker but Prentiss owned the rights, and some say Parker manufactured them after buying Prentiss. It is a Monarch 215, with the Prentiss Watertown NY stamp...

Hello all I was referred here by someone from the practical machinists forum. I recently bought an old Monarch 4" vise. Rusted to hell but no major damage, a lot of nicks as expected and someone brazed on a pipe to one of the jaws. I have torn it down, de-rusted it and at the point where I...