Columbian Vice No 503 restoration

[grimreaperc4]

I am wanting to restore my Columbian 503 vise and I am wanting to know if anyone knows what the original color was on that vise. The two colors i can see on the vise is white and black but i do not know if either is original color. Columbian on one side is straight and on the other is curved. Please see attached pictures.

 

[hcs1947]

I have no idea if there was only one color, but my 504 which looks just like your 503 except for the size, had original red paint on it.

 

[wayne55]

Here's mine. I don't know what the original color was, as it was painted before I got it.

 

[ZRX61]

Columbian have used red & burgundy in the past. I happen to prefer the burgundy so that's what I use on all my Columbians...

Here's a small before & after example...

https://sphotos-b.**.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/230922_1845134900895_5163194_n.jpg

https://sphotos-b.**.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/222598_1845396107425_6538285_n.jpg

I'm opposed to red because that's the color they use to identify scrap metal at Rolls Royce...

 

[grimreaperc4]

Well I got a fire under me this weekend and decided to paint the Columbian. I am super excited about this vise as it was originally my grandmothers vise then my fathers vise and now it is mine.

I went with Black as it was either black of Wilton Green (you can see my wilton i just did in the back ground of the tear down picture)

 

[oldldh]

Posilutely, absatively spiffy!!!

Nice job....

Ya dun gud...