Abused Vise Rescue...

[Shurgosa]

Snatched this Vise off of Kijiji for CAD$ 75.00 DELIVERED!


It seems to have had quite an interesting life. I did not realize it at the time, but there is a giant piece broken off the front . I shudder thinking of what it took to damage the vise like this.....

It came with a swivel base, but the 2 little handles are missing, not a huge deal
Total weight of everything is 140.5 pounds

The parts look like identical a Reed, but its a RAE branded Vise.....to say this style of vise is rare in Canada is a bit of an understatement, so I jumped on it, and the seller told me that as soon as I called, more calls came rolling in....the ad was about 30 minutes old...

I have a whole bunch of photos I will add them a bit later!

- it seems like it could be as old as 1940s based on examples Ive seen...



What do you experts think about the condition, and the strange numbers etc??

Thanks!!!

 

[gman007]

Snatched this Vise off of Kijiji for CAD$ 75.00 DELIVERED!


It seems to have had quite an interesting life. I did not realize it at the time, but there is a giant piece broken off the front . I shudder thinking of what it took to damage the vise like this.....

It came with a swivel base, but the 2 little handles are missing, not a huge deal
Total weight of everything is 140.5 pounds

The parts look like identical a Reed, but its a RAE branded Vise.....to say this style of vise is rare in Canada is a bit of an understatement, so I jumped on it, and the seller told me that as soon as I called, more calls came rolling in....the ad was about 30 minutes old...

I have a whole bunch of photos I will add them a bit later!

- it seems like it could be as old as 1940s based on examples Ive seen...



What do you experts think about the condition, and the strange numbers etc??

Thanks!!!

Shurgosa
First let me say I am not a vise expert but rather a vise enthusiast.

It seems the part that is busted is the dynamic support shelf which means that the dynamic jaw will be drooping, specially the wider the vise is opened the more it will droop and obviously not move very smoothly as a result.

Also when holding a piece the dynamic jaw face and static jaw face might not be parallel. The bigger the piece is, the more dynamic jaw will droop which will result in the jaw faces being less parallel.

However, while granted that it this vise is not going to function as good as an intact one, it is still very much usable. Also this RAE 206 should be a 6" vise and vises 6" and larger do not grow on trees.

Depending on your skill set and access to right machinery such as a milling machine, etc. I would image one could fashion a prosthetic support shelf which could be attached to the static jaw say by brazing and bolting to give some support.

While I am not familiar with the the numbering of RAE vises, it is plausible that the 6 in the 206 refers to 6" jaw width. Your RAE 206 has a swivel base, there seem to be a static base version also which has 6" and which is numbered 106. Incidentally there are also Reed 206 swivel base and 106 static base with 6" jaws as well.

By the way the RAE 206 based on the vise database that one of the GJ members maintains is supposed to weight 127 lb.

Overall for CD$75, personally I would not be too unhappy getting myself a 6" vise even if the dynamic jaw support is partially broken off.

 

[sunder]

I just did the same thing with a cheap one that was headed for the garbage can.




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[Shurgosa]

Shurgosa
First let me say I am not a vise expert but rather a vise enthusiast.

It seems the part that is busted is the dynamic support shelf which means that the dynamic jaw will be drooping, specially the wider the vise is opened the more it will droop and obviously not move very smoothly as a result.

Also when holding a piece the dynamic jaw face and static jaw face might not be parallel. The bigger the piece is, the more dynamic jaw will droop which will result in the jaw faces being less parallel.

However, while granted that it this vise is not going to function as good as an intact one, it is still very much usable. Also this RAE 206 should be a 6" vise and vises 6" and larger do not grow on trees.

Depending on your skill set and access to right machinery such as a milling machine, etc. I would image one could fashion a prosthetic support shelf which could be attached to the static jaw say by brazing and bolting to give some support.

While I am not familiar with the the numbering of RAE vises, it is plausible that the 6 in the 206 refers to 6" jaw width. Your RAE 206 has a swivel base, there seem to be a static base version also which has 6" and which is numbered 106. Incidentally there are also Reed 206 swivel base and 106 static base with 6" jaws as well.

By the way the RAE 206 based on the vise database that one of the GJ members maintains is supposed to weight 127 lb.

Overall for CD$75, personally I would not be too unhappy getting myself a 6" vise even if the dynamic jaw support is partially broken off.

yep it has 6 inch jaws. I don't clamp anything even remotely considered large or heavy luckily!!