I bet @KMScott has designs that will work for you.Picked up this beauty today at a yard sale. It’s damn near mint condition but it’s missing the jaws and pinI searched around for them but no luck! Here it is a Prentiss 2-1/2 swivel jaw stationary. I paid $75 for it, now to get to work on some jaws and pin. Luckily I have a Bridgeport and lathe at work to whip some up.
You are just the guy I was hoping would respond!!
thank you it is just a little bit of a ride that I didn’t want to make for no reason. I’m going to get it then. Thanks again Mr. Scott.yup -- crossed my mind - same shape, but most of such I have seen are weld fab - not sure a casting would take the leverage of that type of hinge?
And I just sold the donor vise for $20 and got the jaws I wanted. All in all a good dayI think I found a set of jaws for my new 2-1/2. Found this broken 52 that I offered $30 for and she accepted. I think I’ll be getting it this afternoon. It would be $30 in material to make a new set so I figured why not. Hopefully it works out.
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Maybe not I just double checked and the 52 has 4-1/4” jaws damn!!
Coors Banquet... we could be best friends!
Next one is on me!
This is a unimat vise for the unimat DB and SL models lathe/milling machine. The T-nuts fit into the T-slot of the carriage or milling table accessory. I don't think the were included in the base machine package, I think they were an accessory you had to buy. They sell for ~$90 on ebay.Here is a pick up from last weekend's GS adventures. This was a Tool & Die maker's joy to own. He was quite proud of it, bought it second hand. Me, being a sucker for home made tools, decided I needed to add it to my arsenal. Jaws are 1-3.8" wide, and open to 1-1/8". Total weight is 294 g or 10.4 oz. Uses a 3/16" Allen key for the handle. I like the fact that it's set up to latch into a T track of some nature'
Sitting at my local brewery now and unfortunately they don't serve apple pie.
take the bend out using blocks of wood to protect the threads.
It almost looks like a thru-bench version of Snediker’s rapid transit vise:
Dang, it really does! Good eye, Micah. It was cumbersome to check out without it being mounted, but I didn't notice any rapid action when I held it with one hand and tested the spindle with the other. Just my kind of luck - I left it behind.
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Aha! Well spotted. Maybe it'll be there next week.
I assume that pivoted or was anchored on the screw shown? (Oops, @Outlawmws just answered this: Is this To tighten up the backlash perchance? ) So it would seem to be to limit it. Did any of the ears on that piece engage in the threads of the screw? If not, I'd agree that its a user added scrap to stop overtightening. If it did engage in the screw, lots of wild impractical ideas come to mind, based on it pivotinginI finally started work on my Craftsman 05198. I noticed something wedged into the drive nut. It was a very crude piece of metal in the adjustment area of the drive nut. Let me tell you I haven't taken this much care in doing anything in a long time. Any guesses as to what in the world it was for?????
And deservedly so. A Craftsman 5198 is definitely a “unicorn” find. Any one of them deserves the most careful treatment.
