Recent content by sparty569

Came across this Chas Parker a few times, in my wandering around Craigslist. Today, I said what the heck, and contacted the guy. a few hours later, I had it all take apart, wire wheeled, degreased with WD40, and wiped down with BLO. It's missing the thicker washer that goes with the Parker...

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For those wondering, she's mounted and was able to hold all 228lbs of me on the bar. I think I'll be happy with her for a long time.

To bad I just saw this post. She's mounted already and was able to hold all 228lbs of me on the bar. I think I'll be happy with her for a long time.

WOW! Lucky! I'll give you $25 :beer:

I did come across that as well. The vice is marked on the bottom of the swivel base "Made In Japan." Maybe I should take the swivel base off and see if it is marked with something else on the bottom of the actual base. I probably wont get that adventurous, as I just want to get it mounted and...

I probably could. I found this in my home area, while I was on vacation. Contacted them, they said they would hold it for me. I wasnt really looking for a vise like this. I already a nice 3.5" Columbian on my table, but figured for $40, why not. Then it fell and broke. Oh well. I had it...

Your grandpa is a smart man.

Very much appreciated. I'm sure at some point I will beat on it, and it's good to know that, as long as the repair was done properly, it'll hold up.

I'm done commenting on it. I have posted the last pictures that I will in this thread. I have moved my end of the conversation to the repair thread that LesserSon had suggested, for my, as he put it, quixotic project.

Here are the after pictures. For a $40 vise and a $60 repair, I think I will be happy with my $100 vise. I looked around and could not touch a vise this heavy for that price. This vise will be used next to my anvil for metal work. Twisting, bending, holding for cutting with my angle grinder...

Hi All... I started posting in another thread, probably incorrectly. It was suggested that I post in this thread, as I had some repair work done on a vise. I see a lot of the same "faces" in this thread. I purchased a Japanese Morgan (I believe) knock off. It weighs about 90lbs. I didnt...

Not a bad idea. I'll post over there and see what the feedback on the repair is.

Here's the Jaws closed. I think they are pretty square. And I have to say, I was wrenching it around pretty well last night. The bond at least will hold it's own weight. I did a mini drop test and it held find. Once I get it mounted this weekend, I'll put my weight on it and see how it...

Makes sense, like the other welding processes.