Recent content by The real Cletus

I know that it's mostly North American stuff that gets discussed here, but there's such a wealth of knowledge, I thought I'd chance asking. I have a few (pre-Irwin) Record sash clamps, and in trying to look up some info on them (usual bored, evening time Google searches), I realised that I...

Nice job oneoldboot, especially on the lettering. What way did you go about it

http://www.armslist.com/posts/5110747/oklahoma-city-oklahoma-misc-for-sale--snap--on-wilton-bench-vise Here's a restored one, owner is looking for $325. You'll always pay a premium for having that badge, I suppose. Does the snap on life time warranty extend to vices?

From Ireland, gman, so Records are the most plentiful vice this side of the ocean. All of mine actually came from the old metal work room in the school I teach in, to be replaced by new Irwin Records. Quality isn't a tenth of what they got rid of

Pic 14: Grease up the screw and nut with some Holts blue goodness, or your own favourite libation. Pic 15: Display proudly beside your everyday working vice

Pic 8: Pull the moving jaw back out Pic 9: Take the spring and retaining washer Pic 10: Slide the screw in just enough so you can fit the spring and washer over the end Pic 11: Run the screw into the nut until it takes Pic 12: Take the smaller retaining pin and tap it into the hole in the screw...

Ok, so last October I posted pictures of a Record vice I was restoring, and i was asked about dis-assembly pictures. I didn't have any, and I've only just got back to it, so here are some re-assembly pics, and we know what the Haynes manual says :D Pic 1: Parts laid out Pic 2: slide moveable...

Thanks. I didn't actually take any pictures of the disassembly, but I can do so if the reassembly, and as the Haynes manual says, refit is the reverse of removal

Nope, same vice. The awesome shade of green is in fact grey primer that my phone camera picked up as green. The blue is Fordson Blue

And some more. Im thinking of picking out the lettering in white, but as of yet I'm undecided

So, second post here. I previously posted the Record vices I have, but I started a restoration on one of them. Not complete, but heres the progress so far

Found this thread while trying to date my Record vices. Tried flowers, dinner and the cinema, no luck. I decided instead to take some pics of my vices and throw them up here, because vices. First up my two Record no. 4 vices. The one on the left is bolted down, the one on the right is a newer...