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Lube the main nut and the spindle generously, lube behind the meatball where it contacts the dynamic jaw tower, and for a fixed base vise lightly lube the underside of the dynamic jaw tower where it contacts the static jaw tower.

It's interesting to note that the very first vise I ever restored is a Craftsman 5163, and it was also missing the center bolt for the swivel base. And it takes that exact 7/8-14 bolt with a brass bushing that I turned on my metal lathe.

Hollands began manufacturing vises in 1887. Here is a page from a Hollands catalog that lists your vise, but I don't know the year.

It’s funny that this discussion came up. I was just using this die grinder I restored to working condition to smooth out a cavity in a Charles Parker dynamic slide on a 69F bench vise. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/very-early-skilsaw-hand-grinder.530390/ The hand grinder did the...

Thanks Micahd! I looked over the slide and there are no date stamps on mine. The jaws are non-replaceable too. So I'm guessing this means it is pre-1920s.

I just picked up this vise earlier today. The only markings on it are what you see in the photos. It has 6 inch wide jaws, and weighs in the neighborhood of 150 lbs. The design looks familiar to me, but i can't seem to put my finger on who built it. Any ideas?

I believe that many of the people here who are arguing about cast versus wrought, steel versus iron, graphite flake versus nodule geometry in various cast iron microstructures, etc. would benefit greatly from consulting this reference book:

It looks like a Lewis No. 10 vise. https://archive.org/details/LewisPatentVises1897

Use them as paperweights.

The Charles Parker 436 vise weighs 185 pounds.

Pexto is correct - there are no patent dates on this plane.

What specifically do you need pics of?

The fellow who owned it took impeccably good care of his tools neophyte. It would not surprise me if Pexto got it right, which I think he did. Thanks Pexto!

I purchased this Stanley Bailey No. 5 smooth bottom wood plane at an estate sale this past week for $15.00. It appears to be in excellent condition, and out of curiosity I was trying to look up what type it is and year of manufacture as a minimum, and this is where I could use some guidance. Is...

Do you mean 0.0015" TIR (total induced runout)?