barney rubble
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I got one just like that. My deceased son got it for me for x-mas about 10 years ago.
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I got one just like that. My deceased son got it for me for x-mas about 10 years ago.
caper
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The pre Irwin Record vises are great vises.I routinely use a hammer on the ones at work to get the handle a little tighter.Also been known to hang my 240lb body on the handle.I used to use a six inch Record for pressing FWD wheel bearings into the spindles.Tighten the handle till it won't go any more and then hit the movable jaw with a 4lb hammer.Tighten it some more and repeat.I've broken a couple of lesser vises this way but not a Record.I have 3 records-a no1,no3 and a no6.There's a number 8 at one of our remote shops I'd love to have.I keep watching for the company to decide to shut down that shop.
GeorgiaHybrid
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I need to move north for a few months, just to get deals like that. Either that or move to Atlanta...
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Kevin54
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I really like that. I have never seen one that small before. If it were me, I think I would clean it up and get it off of the bench before something hits it and snaps the ears off where the screws mount it. It would be a shame for anything to happen to it.
Is that thing a salesman's sample or something? I can't imagine a vise that small would still be built to the same proportions as a big vise. You don't need that much strength in something that small... the stock you're working doesn't require it.
Still, that's FREAKING AWESOME. If I could find one, I'd give it to my daughter for her doll house....
Still, that's FREAKING AWESOME. If I could find one, I'd give it to my daughter for her doll house....
jpilgrim
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Here are my two vises:
My beloved late grandfather's well used Reed 203 1/2
A Record 3VS given to me by a friend who wasn't using it and had it sitting out in the weather
My beloved late grandfather's well used Reed 203 1/2
A Record 3VS given to me by a friend who wasn't using it and had it sitting out in the weather
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BTW that's a Sears and not a crafty but it is is a rebadged Columbian. I just noticed the part number on the side and compared it to this:
http://www.owwm.com/Craftsman/manufacturers.aspx?sort=1
http://www.owwm.com/Craftsman/manufacturers.aspx?sort=1
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Bryan Burns
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Grew up with this Prentiss vice my dad had in the basement. I used to beat on it when I was a teenager.
Dad's gone and now the vice is mine although I did let my brother and brother-in-law have it for awhile because I thought my much smaller Craftsman was more suitable. Then I wised up, thank god.
Dad's gone and now the vice is mine although I did let my brother and brother-in-law have it for awhile because I thought my much smaller Craftsman was more suitable. Then I wised up, thank god.
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harvero
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I was given this as a Christmas present, having expressed a desire for a decent, BIG engineers vice. Came from a country trash and treasure market. Looks like a dead ringer for the FJT branded one. This one had no branding on it anywhere but the sleeves are all fairly close tolerance and it's very heavy.
Sandblasted and done with engine enamel, it now looks like this.
I'm doing a fair bit of gearbox and diff work so I made some alloy soft jaws and had to duplicate one of the pipe grippers. It's a thing of practical beauty now.
Saw a very similar Wilton hanging off the back of a truck today.
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harvero
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I was given this as a Christmas present, having expressed a desire for a decent, BIG engineers vice. Came from a country trash and treasure market. Looks like a dead ringer for the FJT branded one. This one had no branding on it anywhere but the sleeves are all fairly close tolerance and it's very heavy.
Sandblasted and done with engine enamel, it now looks like this.
I'm doing a fair bit of gearbox and diff work so I made some alloy soft jaws and had to duplicate one of the pipe grippers. It's a thing of practical beauty now.
Saw a very similar Wilton hanging off the back of a truck today.
autopts71045
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Thats one very nice Bull Dog!! Those jaws might be the same ones as they used on the Morgans. When or if you need jaws, I can have the Milw. Morgan catalog and I think they list them by width and inside groove. I have it in Adobe if you need it.
Info on this vise...FPU stands for "Fabryka Przyrzadow Uchwytow" which is a Polish company also known as Bison-Bial.
More Info:
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/slidingtail-vise-200007/
I had one that was broke so I made something else with it.
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ZRX61
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After a short delay while I wondered where the dang parts were, I finally finished the Paramo this morning.... Turns out the Alumimun jaws were buried on the welding bench.
Val_C
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Reed vice I got on garage sale. The woman was selling things that her ex-husband left behind.
Reed vice I got on garage sale. The woman was selling things that her ex-husband left behind.
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Nice find! If you take the lead screw out, rest the slide bar against a heavy steel surface (I use 2" square bar stock) and got to town with a brass hammer you can get it pretty darned straight.
Enjoy it!
06wt
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Info on this vise...FPU stands for "Fabryka Przyrzadow Uchwytow" which is a Polish company also known as Bison-Bial.
More Info:
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/slidingtail-vise-200007/
I had one that was broke so I made something else with it.
i knew we would get some info
thanks smokey
They were used in shops of all kinds, mostly those that dealt in heavy, awkward items. The idea is that you can position the work with both hands, and the vise closes with your foot. Pretty snazzy.
Your Wilton should have a date stamped in the keyway. Se the video in the bench vises link in my sig to find it.
BanjoSavesTheDay
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My Reed 4C next to a 6" Craftsman vise.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/45099362@N02/4599743474/" title="IMG_3721 by BanjoSavesTheDay, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1067/4599743474_95d0e28b5b_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="IMG_3721" /></a>
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I did a full restoration on it. You can see the thread here http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64018.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/45099362@N02/4599743474/" title="IMG_3721 by BanjoSavesTheDay, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1067/4599743474_95d0e28b5b_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="IMG_3721" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/45099362@N02/4599732624/" title="IMG_3725 by BanjoSavesTheDay, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1258/4599732624_63c2b0ef62_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="IMG_3725" /></a>
I did a full restoration on it. You can see the thread here http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64018.
Here are a couple from work-
Haven't seen any other examples here so I thought I'd share:
Jorgenson, Made in USA
Brand new Rigid. I was surprised to see that it's Made in Germany.
Company just replaced all the old workbenches with Lista units(!) but got rid of 6 Wilton vices. I missed out on the drawing for the vices and benches - this time.
Haven't seen any other examples here so I thought I'd share:
Jorgenson, Made in USA
Brand new Rigid. I was surprised to see that it's Made in Germany.
Company just replaced all the old workbenches with Lista units(!) but got rid of 6 Wilton vices. I missed out on the drawing for the vices and benches - this time.
arkangel06
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Love that sign!
Brand new Rigid. I was surprised to see that it's Made in Germany.
Company just replaced all the old workbenches with Lista units(!) but got rid of 6 Wilton vices. I missed out on the drawing for the vices and benches - this time.
Arne73: Get some time on that Rigid and then come back and tell us of what you think of it after you time using Wiltons. Thanks!!
Looks really nicebgott
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DavidB
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I have a Prentiss Bulldog 525. Here it is when I found it on CL...
And today.
Here is the thread on the restoration I did: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63428
And today.
Here is the thread on the restoration I did: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63428
y'sguy
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You guys are making me have Vise envy, so I've been shopping around.
Here's one that's listed in my local area but I don't know?, 175 bucks-seems pricey for a cheapskate like me! what do you experts say. I guess the guys getting some free posting, thanks to me.
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/tls/1738184976.html
Here's one that's listed in my local area but I don't know?, 175 bucks-seems pricey for a cheapskate like me! what do you experts say. I guess the guys getting some free posting, thanks to me.
http://tulsa.craigslist.org/tls/1738184976.html