Record 634 vice

[Screwdriver]

What a great resto. I had to leave my jaws on my 634 and polish in place as I did not have the kit to get them unstuck. Your pipe jaws look great. I am trolling the web slowly on occasion, looking for NOS parts....I think I will be waiting a long time.
I have never seen a 634 - and there's only about 5 out there I have seen pictures of - with the swivel base or the original pipe jaws.
Thrumcap

Yeah, they really REALLY didn't want to come off.

But I do a lot of restores and have yet to find a stuck fastener that doesn't respond to a bit of heat. Mind you, getting them hot was a task in itself!

The jaws I made are from some 30mm wide stock I happened to have lying around. I deliberately made them set back from being flush with the main jaws.

If I did it again, I'd make them bigger because as they are, they will only grip down to about an inch and a half diameter. I have considered extending them again by building them up at the back but have spent enough time on this project.

Got a few more vices to do yet. Thanks for the comments everyone. Its a great motivation not just to post but also to get on with the job.

S.

 

[Screwdriver]

OK...please don't tease us! Show us more of that stand....I have a few miles of 1 X 3/8" hot rolled bar, to make one.

Happy to oblige but just google "hydraulic scissor stand"

That's what it is....

 

[CNGsaves]

Fabulous end result on the monster Record vice !!!

Based on rarity and restored condition, I'm thinking you're in running for . . .
. . . . . . GJ Top Vise for 2015 !!! . . . .

 

[jipps]

Fabulous end result on the monster Record vice !!!

Based on rarity and restored condition, I'm thinking you're in running for . . .
. . . . . . GJ Top Vise for 2015 !!! . . . .

^^ Late entry but I think it could well be!


Screwdriver - be sure to put a synopsis of the resto and that last pic on "the vises of garage journal" thread, too. Top stuff.

 

[lilredex]

Happy to oblige but just google "hydraulic scissor stand"

That's what it is....

Got it...thanks.


EDIT If anyone is interested. PAL has a version of that lift on sale...$140.

http://www.princessauto.com/en/detail/powerfist-300-lb-dirt-bike-motorcycle-lift/A-p8180663e

 

[xxaler]

I remember you posting in the Vise thread a while ago and out of no where remembered to jot down some measurements for you today. I was only missing one jaw so I just whipped one together really quick and hardened it then remembered it was a double acting jaw at the front, so I needed a spacer attached to the back.

This measurement will do for the back jaws, I will try and find one for the front jaws, if not I will make one with the same measurements as the rears but double acting.

Also, great on the restoration job! You're much faster than I! I believe mine has been sitting idle for close to a year now... haha.

 

[CwazyWabbit]

You've done a lovely job on the resto of the 634

With regards to the swivel base, your vice is newer than the ones in the catalogue and I believe you can retrofit a swivel to it as it was common to some other vices of the era. I have a 633 in my restoration pile that came with a swivel, the markings on it indicate it fits the 633 and the 35 ..... I wonder if a 634 would take the swivel from a No 36.

 

[Screwdriver]

You've done a lovely job on the resto of the 634

With regards to the swivel base, your vice is newer than the ones in the catalogue and I believe you can retrofit a swivel to it as it was common to some other vices of the era. I have a 633 in my restoration pile that came with a swivel, the markings on it indicate it fits the 633 and the 35 ..... I wonder if a 634 would take the swivel from a No 36.

Well I am more than willing to try!

Sensibly though, could you post a photo with some dimensions? Soon see if it would fit...

 

[CwazyWabbit]

I can post a photo of the 633/35 base if you like, it will be too small for the 634. I don't have a swivel base for a 36 .......

Hang on a minute I do have a couple of Record 36's without swivels though so I could get the dimensions from the base of them. It will probably be a week before I can get to them though as I had an unfortunate incident with a shelf full of wood collapsing on to them

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Checking the current irwin catalogue the hole spacing on a No 36 is 165mm, does that match the 634?

 

[Screwdriver]

I'll have a look tomorrow. Vice is in the shed but, you've given me an idea, LOL....

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Seems the Irwin T6SB base will fit the No6,No8,No25 and No36 .... so if it matches the 634 as well you have a lot of potential candidates

BTW someone has made a rather rubbish video on that swivel base