1973 Wilton 9-600 Vise Restoration - 156lbs - 2’ long - 1’ tall

PWRstroke_smoke · Oct 5, 2018

This is my newest addition to the shop. I traveled 4 hours round trip to pick up this beauty and it was worth every minute of drive time.
It’s a Wilton model 9-600.
It weighs about 156 pounds with the swivel base.
It’s 2 feet long and 1 foot tall.
6” Jaws
I can’t find any damage and the jaws are mint.
It should be a straight forward restoration.
Date code on the keyway is 173 (January 1973)

PWRstroke_smoke · Oct 5, 2018

Disassembly continued, I haven’t decide if I should just wire wheel it or send to media blasting?

SJK2 · Oct 5, 2018

Nice one, good luck with the restoration.........

PWRstroke_smoke · Oct 6, 2018

Today I wire wheeled and stripped the vise to bare iron and painted with a new rustoleum color - "metallic black stainless steel"
I used a medium stiffness, wire cup wheel on an angle grinder to clean the entire surface. I also used various sizes of wire wheel attachments and sanding cylinders on the dremel to clean out the counter sunk holes for the jaw bolts.
Followed by scotch bright and 3 acetone cleanings.
2 light coats self etching primer, will run alot if sprayed too close or too heavy.
4-5 coats of the rustoleum metallic black stainless steel paint. Amazed with how easy this stuff sprayed on. I had no issues with it running.
Followed by 4 coats of rustoleum crystal clear. Went on easy as well, with no running. 80 degrees and very low humidity. The wind started to pick up as soon as I finished so I moved it all into the garage to dry.
I did not have all the masking tape pulled off the jaws in the pics below.

PWRstroke_smoke · Oct 6, 2018

new rustoleum color - metallic black stainless steel.

PWRstroke_smoke · Oct 7, 2018

The fasteners that hold the screws retainer plate on were seized and would not come out. All three sheared off, so I drilled them out and re tapped to the next size up. I picked up some new stainless Allen head screws.

JimNC · Oct 7, 2018

Looks great!

PWRstroke_smoke · Oct 7, 2018

All finished up this afternoon.

BeardedOne · Oct 11, 2018

Nice work PWR.

Caseman2 · Oct 11, 2018

Looks great!

PWRstroke_smoke · Oct 13, 2018

BeardedOne said:
Nice work PWR.

Caseman2 said:
Looks great!

Thank you! :beer:

does anyone reading this thread have a sales brochure or manual on this old vise model 9-600 from 1973?

RAGGED · Oct 13, 2018

Very nice, love how it turned out. I’m currently going down a similar road with a slightly newer (76) version with the 2 piece jaw.

jshillin · Oct 13, 2018

Nice!! That thing is a beast!

lis2323 · Oct 14, 2018

That is gorgeous! Nice work[emoji106]

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Bogdan M. · Oct 14, 2018

Extremely cool. I don't have a lot of knowledge on Wilton vises, but this is not only cool but also a rare vise.
Also nicely restored!

PWRstroke_smoke · Oct 14, 2018

RAGGED said:
Very nice, love how it turned out. I’m currently going down a similar road with a slightly newer (76) version with the 2 piece jaw.

Thank you, and Post some pics when you have some time I would love to see it.

jshillin said:
Nice!! That thing is a beast!

lis2323 said:
That is gorgeous! Nice work[emoji106]

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Bogdan M. said:
Extremely cool. I don't have a lot of knowledge on Wilton vises, but this is not only cool but also a rare vise.
Also nicely restored!

Thank you fellow members, I agree it turned out great i wasnt sure how that color would look but i love it! :beer:

RAGGED · Oct 14, 2018

PWRstroke_smoke said:
Thank you, and Post some pics when you have some time I would love to see

It’s definitely not a collector by any means and I’m not at all concerned about it being as it was new. I was mostly concerned with making it as nice looking as possible. It should turn out ok, hopefully get it done this week. Just need to blast the main body and paint it.

jptopdwn · Feb 17, 2021

I know this is an old thread, but great restoration. I just picked up a crusty 600S yesterday and will be restoring it.

1973 Wilton 9-600 Vise Restoration - 156lbs - 2’ long - 1’ tall

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