Thanks Skyman! I appreciate that. Definitely do love old audio gear! I’m pretty much into most things from yesteryear. Old tools steadily increasing in my interest. I’m sure everyone here agrees, you can’t beat the love and quality that things used to be made with.
Thanks for the reply Ed. You are the second person (not on this forum) who mentioned Rock island, you might be on to something there. Curious about the Clipper vise, my guess is it might not have a ton of photo examples out there either… Gonna do some digging and see what comes up,
Yeah, the Parker vises were my first thought as well, but along with the lack of lettering, I can’t find a Parker that doesn’t have a nut right over the screw on the lower front of the movable jaw, like this one.
Yeah, unfortunately
It really does take away whatever collectable market it may have had. There is a fairly simple repair that returns most of its functionality. Here's a few pics of a Parker I accidentally bought without realizing it had the same broken off slide support. Bolt the vise to a base plate with a raised area under the slide to recreate the missing shelf and at least it becomes a working tool again. Parker did call them farmers vises so I figure a practical farmers repair is worthy. Ed.
Yes, I actually didn’t notice when I bought mine as well, though I’m sure I would have brought it home anyway. That is an excellent idea and doesn’t seem to hard at all. Thanks for the advise, no pun intended.
Yes, I actually didn’t notice when I bought mine as well, though I’m sure I would have brought it home anyway. That is an excellent idea and doesn’t seem to hard at all. Thanks for the advice,
Yes, I actually didn’t notice when I bought mine as well, though I’m sure I would have brought it home anyway. That is an excellent idea and doesn’t seem to hard at all. Thanks for the advice,
ahh, thanks man!
