Recent content by Jadamow2

I just got my jaws and end cap from Kevin at wiltonviseparts.net and they were quality items. He also cleaned up my swivel lockdowns and put new bars in them! Great job! I painted the end cap, put her together and I'm loving the end result. Here's hoping it lasts another 60 years!

I spoke with Kevin at the site provided by thehorse13 and it was a pleasure speaking with him. He is very friendly and quite knowledgeable. He, like 454ragtop, said that I have an old C-1 with 4-1/2" jaws, which was a great relief to me as I thought I wasted my money on a Frankenstein. It...

Thank you for the information, 454ragtop. I wouldn't have thought there was any unsupported jaw area but it sure makes sense.

Thank you for the quick response, thehorse13. After I read your post, I slapped it back together and found that the mainscrew protrudes from the casting when the jaws are not in place. The screw only protrudes app 1/8" when the jaws are installed. Is this normal? It looks like sufficient...

I am new to this site and was hoping that one of you folks might be able to help me identify a Wilton vise that I picked up at a garage sale a couple of days ago. When I googled Wilton vise identification, this site came up but none of the threads that I saw had a vise that matched this one...