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Here's another number 3 pat pend that I sold on ebay last year...it had no stamp on the slide. (I keep records)

Here's a wilton baby 2 inch that I recently sold on ebay...1946 code. Does not have pat pend lettering

191421899117 this is an ebay item number that shows a 3 inch jaw bullet that is a model 930 and not a number 3. It has CHICAGO on it. I don't know what the dif is between a 9300 and a number 3.

It is making less and less sensse to me. Here are pics of both my number 3 vises…they do not have pat pend but they both show 45 year codes. In contrast, my number 3 that has the pat pend does not have any stamp. I still think it is possible that the pat pend vise that has the 45 stamp is a...

Ok, so here's a good question: If the above number 3 Chicago pat pend is stamped 45 and we think it is a 1940, what year is my Chicago number 3 - also stamped 45 - which does NOT have the pat pend mark?

Among some of my wiltons that have Chicago but do not have pat pending...I have several 1945 dates and one 1946 date. My other number 3 that has pat pending does not have a date stamp.

exmaxima1: I am confused. If the company started in 1941, how could the pat pending vise code dated 1945 (allowing a 5 yr warranty) be a 1940 if the company did not yet exist? I had suggested that 1945 is the actual date...and that it is plausible that bodies were mixed up and sold in...

Qoute AFAIK, the patent for the Wilton was awarded in March, 1942, so it seems unlikely that a Chicago vise would still have a "Pat Pend" casting in the mid-40's. I think the gray area for adding 5 years for the warranty was around 1946-1947. My 2.5 has Chicago on the side yet a date stamp...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mark in Indiana View Post Here is my Wilton 840 vise. It has patent pending on the body cast and a date stamp of 11-45. I understand Wilton was awarded the patent for the bullet vises in '41. Which begs the question...was it manufactured in '45 or '40? I think...

I mostly collect the 1940's Wilton (Chicago) bullets. (Although I do have one machinist and one bullet from the 70s). Here are a few that I have restored. On numerous occasions I have had to take them to the machine shop and have the screws removed from the jaws before refinishing so that I can...

I love the belt drive stuff! Here is one of my favorite vintage wire brush / grinder pedestals (probably 1950's Dunlop)...I have several of them with different speeds and different wheels, all for different applications...some more aggressive than others. I put this together and added the...