Recent content by Zegekaf

Some more pics. Oh and one more thing. This vise has no set screw. Anyone know what size screw that is and where you might be able to get one?

Ok so here it is. My restored Reed 104 1/2 R vise. This vise was left in the garage when I bought the house. The dynamic and static jaws were ceased up. I found this forum trying to figure out how to get this thing moving again. I used a ton of break free and kept working the jaw back n forth...

Ok I used some redneck ingenuity and turned my floor jack sideways between the vise jaws and pumped it right apart. Beginners tip for anyone with a seized vise. I’m so siked to start restoring this beast.

Ok I appreciate it. I just wanted make sure there wasn’t some kind of stop I was missing. I’ll just muscle it somehow.

Hello, I’m new to this forum but in my vain attempt to start fixing/restoring an old Reed vise left to me by the previous home owner I have run into a bit of a problem. I want to break the vise down to clean, grease and repaint. Thanks to this forum I realized I didn’t break the two piece ring...