Contacted Milwaukee for Morgan jaws, they sent me a parts list, which I'm trying to attach here, for anyone looking for parts. Looks like, if someone wanted to, they could assemble a complete new Morgan from the parts.
Morgan Vice Parts List
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Stuart in MN
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Found an old Morgan Chicago vise at the local flea market with the only marking of 3-1/2 on it besides the Morgan Chicago. It has a toothed swivel base on it with a threaded rod down through the middle with a wing nut on the bottom. I think the rod goes through the bench surface and is tightened and loosened to lock and swivel the vise. I contacted the Morgan vise people and they said no one there had ever seen such a swivel base like it. Has anyone ever seen such a vise before?
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Here is a picture of the Morgan Chicago 3-1/2S vise in the above post.
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Shiftless
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dgmpam:
It is sad that nobody at Morgan Milwaukee knows much about the history of vises. That method of fastening down swivel vises was very common a hundred years ago. Many if not all manufacturers used that system with a long bolt through a hole in your workbench tightened down with a huge wingnut or handle below the table.
I have an older model Prentiss Monarch vise with the through the bench mount.
Here it is in retirement sitting on a display shelf.
I have a Reed with that mount as well. (No pics...it was found in a dumpster frozen solid with rust and I haven’t worked on it yet)
It is sad that nobody at Morgan Milwaukee knows much about the history of vises. That method of fastening down swivel vises was very common a hundred years ago. Many if not all manufacturers used that system with a long bolt through a hole in your workbench tightened down with a huge wingnut or handle below the table.
I have an older model Prentiss Monarch vise with the through the bench mount.
Here it is in retirement sitting on a display shelf.
I have a Reed with that mount as well. (No pics...it was found in a dumpster frozen solid with rust and I haven’t worked on it yet)
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benchracer1
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The only part not shown is the part I need. there's a pin that holds the main nut in place. Is that a standard taper pin or a special part?..Steve
Usually just an appropriate size soft steel rod will work. Morgan pin I'm looking at is not tapered except on insertion end for ease in starting.
LNKMK8
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Looks like a useful reference, plus it has a good exploded diagram that identifies each part.
Interesting.... those parts look identical to the Columbian 603 Vise I just redid.
benchracer1
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Thanx much.