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I do have space on shelving but will ultimately hear the wife nag about my tool hoarding lol. I just noticed the Yost 33C pipe jaws may fit since that vise is heavily based on the 288 1/2. I may order the jaws and try. Buyer wants to come by Saturday and pick up. Sent from my Pixel 3 using...

Debating right now... Sold the 24X Chas Parker I bought for what I had into it. I'm left with the 288 1/2 (back) that someone has offered me $100 more than I paid for. This thing is mint but missing pipe jaws... Not sure if I should keep or sell for $300. Thoughts? If I keep I'd likely spend a...

Cleaned up the screw and static jaw. Decided to use ACF50 to protect after I burned in the linseed oil with a map torch. Ignore the rust o. The handle, it's residual from the inside of the slide. Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk

Gman, Appreciate it, found these threads real helpful when making the decision to buy an antique vise. That's a real bummer on the Parker vise, should have left it at the end of his driveway early morning on a weekday haha. VA, I wish the pipe jaws were there, the seller reached out to me the...

New member here, bought a Columbian 204 1/2 last week that was covered in years of oil and grease, took it home and left it in a purple power bath for 24 hours. After cleaning it up and grinding all the weld boogers off of it, I noticed it was fractured on the static arm in 2 areas... $100 down...

Evening all, New member, long time lurker. Bought a Columbian 204 1/4 on CL that had caked on grease and I didn't notice the fractures at the bottom of the static jaw until I left her in a bucket of purple power overnight. Anyone looking for parts? The handle and thread is in excellent...