Inkman
Member
Hello all I was referred here by someone from the practical machinists forum.
I recently bought an old Monarch 4" vise. Rusted to hell but no major damage, a lot of nicks as expected and someone brazed on a pipe to one of the jaws.
I have torn it down, de-rusted it and at the point where I would like to remove the jaws but they seem monolithic some how. They are either blind pinned with a press fit into the cast, or was cast in place. Has anyone come across this before and removed them somehow, or is it best to leave them in place and just go with smooth jaws?
I like this vise not only because it is old and not very common but because Prentiss made these and it is rumored tho not proven that they were made by Parker Co. that bought out Prentiss and I just so happen to live and have grown up in the same city as Parker. Parker, Bull Dog, and Prentiss vises are very common in this area I assume because of the proximity to the Parker plant, there is one person actually selling just over 300 parker vises currently.
My vise has a stamp on the moveable jaw of 22 2 41, it sure looks like a date format but not positive.
Look at the pictures posted and you can see where the cast changes to steel, the fit is just to damn precise which leads me to believe they were cast in place.
I recently bought an old Monarch 4" vise. Rusted to hell but no major damage, a lot of nicks as expected and someone brazed on a pipe to one of the jaws.
I have torn it down, de-rusted it and at the point where I would like to remove the jaws but they seem monolithic some how. They are either blind pinned with a press fit into the cast, or was cast in place. Has anyone come across this before and removed them somehow, or is it best to leave them in place and just go with smooth jaws?
I like this vise not only because it is old and not very common but because Prentiss made these and it is rumored tho not proven that they were made by Parker Co. that bought out Prentiss and I just so happen to live and have grown up in the same city as Parker. Parker, Bull Dog, and Prentiss vises are very common in this area I assume because of the proximity to the Parker plant, there is one person actually selling just over 300 parker vises currently.
My vise has a stamp on the moveable jaw of 22 2 41, it sure looks like a date format but not positive.
Look at the pictures posted and you can see where the cast changes to steel, the fit is just to damn precise which leads me to believe they were cast in place.
