Help me ID this vice?

[HyperPete]

I'm in the midst of cleaning out my old home to move. I'm coming across a lot of "stuff" that I've had tucked away for years / decades. I do not even know where this thing came from.

I don't think it's anything special. Jaws are not removable / replaceable. Absolutely no markings anywhere on the vice. However, I don't know a lot about vices. I figured I would check here before I slap a coat of Rustoleum on it and use it.

It was really rusty, it just came out of an evaporust soak and subsequent cleaning. To me, it does not look like it's made out of "Chinesium", so is this just some kind of older US generic clamp-on vice?

I don't remember if there is a way to put images inline, so I have attached them.

Thanks in advance, & cheers!

 

[HyperPete]

I just did a Google image search. Could it be a "STANLEY SWEETHEART #766 3" VISE", and are they worth anything in the condition this thing is in?

 

[neophyte]

Practically any old tool made in the USA by Stanley is worth something if it is still functional.
Cut or file marks on the top of the jaws aren’t desirable, but a huge percentage of older vises have them.

 

[Shiftless]

That’s a nice little clamp on but it’s not a Stanley 766
All of those cut marks are unfortunate too. You can fill those with weld material or epoxy putty prior to painting if you like.

If you can use a small lightweight vise like that go ahead and use it. I can’t see much collector value there.

Here are comparison pics. The Stanley has cast in lettering as well as those horizontal style lines also cast in. The shape of the jaw support is also different.

 

[HyperPete]

Yes, I have several old vices that are not worth much. I don't collect them, but I wanted to check before I went ahead and used it. Thanks for the replies.

Next up is my dad's (possibly grandfather's) Columbian C4S. Any suggestions on how to get many coats of probably latex paint off?

 

[Shiftless]

My favorite technique is soaking in undiluted Simple Green.
It works faster if you can heat it up. I use an old crockpot.

Here is my current project, a Colombian C 43 1/2
The old red paint was easy to brush off under running water after a good long soak.

In my experience, house paint or spray bomb paint is easier to remove than old factory paint.


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[HyperPete]

My favorite technique is soaking in undiluted Simple Green.
It works faster if you can heat it up. I use an old crockpot.

Here is my current project, a Colombian C 43 1/2
The old red paint was easy to brush off under running water after a good long soak.

In my experience, house paint or spray bomb paint is easier to remove than old factory paint.

I only have about a pint of simple green, but I have over a gallon or "Purple Power." It put that in the heated ultrasonic cleaner with the vice. We'll see how it looks after 30 minutes, and then again at one & two hours if needed. Thank you for the idea. I did not want to use that strong paint stripper if I could avoid it.

Edit: After an hour the paint is very clean!
Guess I'll keep it running all day.

I wish I could set the timer for longer than 30 minutes at a shot. Maybe that prevents transducer burnout.

EDIT(2): It worked great, thank you!

 

[HyperPete]

So they are FAR from perfect, but for using them in my shop, I think they came out OK using brush-on Rustoleum plus a hardener. The Columbian Vise, unfortunately, has a broken casting. It's not visible at a glance, however. (The Columbian had 4 coats of paint on top of the original factory red.)

 

[Copymutt]

Never paid much attention to my vice except to abuse the snot out of it. I’m not about to cut it off the drill casing stand and don’t see any makers name. Anyone have an ID on it?

 

[RTM]

Generic Chinese made