joelsdiener
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I recently picked up with this vise with the help of my good friend, and its very unique with the only numbering I can find on it being 102 and 103 on the swivel base assembly, and 105 and 106 on the castings. Is this a Wilton Prototype model?
A few of the unique features are that the threaded nut is made out of brass, and the keyway on the bottom of the dynamic jaw is opposite to how Wilton makes all the other styles. Also a unique feature about this one is that the pins that hold the rear nut in place are actually threaded hex screws, that is a very cool feature because I wondered if that is so that the inner threaded nut can be easily switched out for different applications? Obviously brass is softer that iron so the clamping force would be much less with the threaded nut being that material. This vise weights just over 57lbs, primarily due to the density of the threaded nut. Very interested to know if anyone has any more information about this model, thanks!
A few of the unique features are that the threaded nut is made out of brass, and the keyway on the bottom of the dynamic jaw is opposite to how Wilton makes all the other styles. Also a unique feature about this one is that the pins that hold the rear nut in place are actually threaded hex screws, that is a very cool feature because I wondered if that is so that the inner threaded nut can be easily switched out for different applications? Obviously brass is softer that iron so the clamping force would be much less with the threaded nut being that material. This vise weights just over 57lbs, primarily due to the density of the threaded nut. Very interested to know if anyone has any more information about this model, thanks!
