j.robinson389
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Starting to Catch Vise Fever
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wvrrcarknocker
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I'd pass on that one. Generic looking made in china sticker makes me think low quality.
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j.robinson389
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That was sort of how I was leaning, but thought I'd ask and make sure I wasn't passing on a real GEM.
cowboy73
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I bought this Parker No. 955 off of CL for 60 bucks. Weighs 84 lbs.
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chris fresh
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it's a china town one,just looked at one here local while picking up my new brake,guy was selling his for 60,i told him good luck with that.i bought a huge wilton bullit a couple years ago for 25,and my newest is a yost holland 33c for 80,in my sig.
just keep an eye out for old,big, american, and local.
Dustin Echoes
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I'd pay $20, It's nice to have a vise you don't really care about to beat on. Besides, I've had my similar china made one for quite some time, and absolutly tortured it, It's still going strong!
chris fresh
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x2,craigslist,news papers.and look in pictures of guy's selling things,i can almost always spy a tool in the back ground that might be for sale.
kythri
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Here's the same/similar vise new:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/20998902?...1=g&wl2=&wl3=18157216390&wl4=&wl5=pla&veh=sem
In that respect, it's worth the $40. If it was local to me, I'd probably snag it - the design intrigues me, and for $40, it'd be fun to strip it and repaint it.
PCO6
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I agree. I have that same vice and use it as my "outside" vice. I have it mounted on a stand that has a 5 gallon metal can with concrete in it as a base. I've had it since the mid 80's and it's been great.
Generic Chinese multipurpose vise. Probably worth $40 if you need one right away.
It's a "tide me over until I find a better one" vise.
cbacres
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I'd run from it. I have one that I bought years ago from Cummings. It does not hold tight when really cranking on the piece you have clamped in it, the swival moves. On top of that the casting is a turd covered in bondo.
I bought this long before I was on GJ and a vice was just a vise. Long long ago, I'm reformed now.
I bought this long before I was on GJ and a vice was just a vise. Long long ago, I'm reformed now.
PCO6
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Are there any "non-Asian" vices that have rotating jaws that can clamp round stock? To me that's a good feature to have.
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balane
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That big Columbian for $35 is a real score. Those are seriously beefy and well made vises. It's 65 pounds, so a little heavier than he estimated. I don't see those often with the rotating base either. A little clean up and you could give that vise its forever-home.
Man, if that $35 Columbian in Dayton was there when I drove up to my parents' house for Thanksgiving, it'd be in my shop in Atlanta now, and I'd have giggled the whole way home.
I had a slightly smaller Columbian, and it was a very good vise. I replaced it with a 92-pound Reed, only because I found the Reed for $45.
I probably wouldn't have bought the Reed if that Dayton Columbian was in my shop already.
-Brad
I had a slightly smaller Columbian, and it was a very good vise. I replaced it with a 92-pound Reed, only because I found the Reed for $45.
I probably wouldn't have bought the Reed if that Dayton Columbian was in my shop already.
-Brad
balane
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Just last week I redid a Columbian identical to that. (Without the swivel base though.) If you want to see what one looks like all cleaned up check out the below photos. This one was in worse shape than the one posted in this thread, just from the looks of it. It's a really easy vise to restore also.
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retDAC
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I haven't found any that weren't Asian.
There are some that look a lot stronger than HD/HF/Lowe's models.
retDAC
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Vises of this type vary a lot in quality depending on who made them. With limited exceptions, they're only rated for light duty. That one looks better than some but if everything is okay, I still wouldn't give more that $30 for it.
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Well it looks like I am the .1%(joke's in the ad)
It's scheduled to be bought tomorrow. I feel like CL is too popular these days! I'm always too late!
I think this would be worth taking a look at. I'd price the jaws first....And I'd have to paint it the original Wilton color.
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The more I read about good old vises the more I want to know. Is this vise pictured an old quality vise or just a newer import knockoff? It seems heard to tell, without seeing them in person or it saying Reed, Wilton, Parker, Columbian, etc... On its side.
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bl00
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It might be a Nutyp, which is the original of this style. First made in the 1920s.
Outlawmws
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That one could very well be the real deal...
Several details: U channel replaceable jaws, No indication the paint is on over a thick layer of bondo, and the swivel base locking lever is not the usual plated undersized POS.
ajchien
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Get the $35 columbian.
The $100 Wilton looks like it has a broken jaw insert, $50 for a new set of jaws means $150. It otherwise looks in good shape on one pic.
The $100 Wilton looks like it has a broken jaw insert, $50 for a new set of jaws means $150. It otherwise looks in good shape on one pic.
dirtydogintex
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$35 for a Columbian 605-M3(?) that hasn't been to Hell and back?
Almost in the urban legend territory.... even @ $135!!
Almost in the urban legend territory.... even @ $135!!
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Well it looks like I am the .1%(joke's in the ad)
It's scheduled to be bought tomorrow. I feel like CL is too popular these days! I'm always too late!
I want to re-state that the Columbian was all but sold. I called about it and the seller said someone was already scheduled to look at it. I that person doesn't buy it (I don't see that happening) then I have a chance at it.
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Does thick extra close picture help anyone identify this vise? I know it's grainy, but thought I'd try.
