My Scrap Yard Find Today......Finally

[3dkustoms]

Well I drove by my local scrap yard today and figured I would check out what goodies they might have. I try to stop by every few weeks but really never have any luck. I always ask if they have a vise or anvil and today the guy pointed me to the large pile of heavy scrap and said that a vise was next to the pile. Well I now have my first Wilton bullet vise and this cool old Simplex Jack I found next to the vise. I ended up paying $14.00 for both of these
The Vise works great, just needs a very good cleaning. Looks like someone has greased it lately, cant believe people would scrap something like this.

 

[Jarhead0408]

Ohhh man you ****!

 

[kald]

Very cool! You ****!

 

[Buckgnarly]

Finally someone that did not "**** themselves"!......good find!

 

[3dkustoms]

anyone know how to tell the age of the vise?? I have seen a couple different Wilton logos but not sure.

 

[bowmard]

Great find!

 

[darkk]

That Wilton sure looks to have been rode hard and put away wet! But as grandpa always used to say....can't hurt steel! Oh! I forgot, YOU ****!

 

[nine4gmc]

it's been said, you ****!

 

[fourjeepin]

Someone decided that a new made in China vise would be better. Lucky for you.

 

[Steevo]

The "Schiller Park" logo tells us it was after they moved from Chicago, which I believe was in about 1957?
If you unscrew the movable jaw until it comes out of the vise, then turn it over, there is a keyway on the bottom. Often, Wilton vises have a date stamped on the key way.
The date is the warranty expiration date, which would be 5 years after date of manufacture (I think).

 

[3dkustoms]

The "Schiller Park" logo tells us it was after they moved from Chicago, which I believe was in about 1957?
If you unscrew the movable jaw until it comes out of the vise, then turn it over, there is a keyway on the bottom. Often, Wilton vises have a date stamped on the key way.
The date is the warranty expiration date, which would be 5 years after date of manufacture (I think).

Thanks, I will get it tore down tommorrow for cleaning and see if I can find the stamped date..

 

[mrstrictlygm]

Nice vise, I've got the same Wilton in my garage and use it every now and then, it is excellent.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

I think a vintage Wilton vise for $7 rises above a "You ****" to an "I Hate You"

 

[1982fxr]

Finally someone that did not "**** themselves"!......good find!

hahahahha

 

[JASTECH]

Nice find, Good idea on the scrap yard. I will have to drive to town to the metal recycling and have a peek. Will you restore the vice & jack?

 

[3dkustoms]

Nice find, Good idea on the scrap yard. I will have to drive to town to the metal recycling and have a peek. Will you restore the vice & jack?

I really never thought about the scrap yard untill a couple years ago I was taking off some steel and a guy was walking out with a huge vise that he had got there. Now Its always on my mind that they will be more cool stuff burried in the mounds of steel but I untill yesterday I never found much.

As far as the restore I plan on doing both of them but I am not going to get carried away on the vise as I plan on using it alot.

 

[3dkustoms]

I got it tore down and started blasting it in the cabinet tonight but I have yet to find a date. It cleaned up pretty good, it does have alot of hammer marks in it but I guess that is good because I wont worry about trying to make it too nice and scared to actually use it.

 

[barcalo]

great find! Congrats

 

[Barry Tucker]

You did well on the jack. Check out the link.


http://www.bettymills.com/shop/product/view/Simplex/ORS720-85A.html?source=froogle2&utm_source=froogle2&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=parts&utm_keyword=ORS720-85A&utm_content=Facility&gclid=CJ73g8_377ACFcyc7QodMlOsxQ

A couple of my Simplex jacks

Regards Barry

 

[3dkustoms]

You did well on the jack. Check out the link.


http://www.bettymills.com/shop/product/view/Simplex/ORS720-85A.html?source=froogle2&utm_source=froogle2&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=parts&utm_keyword=ORS720-85A&utm_content=Facility&gclid=CJ73g8_377ACFcyc7QodMlOsxQ

A couple of my Simplex jacks

Regards Barry

Wow, I would have never thought that the jacks cost that much....
Is that the original color of the simplex red??

 

[Provincial]

I walked into the yard office of the local scrap yard today and at the feet of the foreman was a 30-year old 4 1/2" swivel base Wilton machinist vise. I asked him "how much for the vise" and he told me it was going home with him. He had set aside a larger one a year or so ago but someone talked him out of it.

It was scrapped by a local school district when they eliminated all the vocational education classes. I had to settle for a Wilton woodworkers vise I picked off a pallet of 20. Not cheap at $50.00, but like new, including paint and plastic ends on the handle.

 

[ZRX61]

I got it tore down and started blasting it in the cabinet tonight but I have yet to find a date. It cleaned up pretty good, it does have alot of hammer marks in it but I guess that is good because I wont worry about trying to make it too nice and scared to actually use it.

You could invest in a pack of JB Weld, fill those dents, sand & paint.