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[BuddyC01]

I just picked up a Columbian D44 M3. It was missing 1 of the replaceable jaws. I figured no problem till I started shopping around. Do I really have to spend upwards of $70 to make this old vise whole again? Hopefully I'm looking in the wrong places since these vises don't seem to be selling for nearly that much.

Thanks
Buddy

 

[fullthrottle24]

If you can't find the money for new jaws, I'll gladly take the vise off your hands. Price does ****, but so does paying 4 dollars for a gallon of gas. Good vise and new jaws should last you 40 years. Where else can you say that with today's garbage.

 

[PCO6]

If it helps, in the last 2 years I have paid from $21 to $43 for Record jaws sets (screws included) at Acklands-Grainger here in Canada. I believe that is "Grainger" in the U.S.

 

[rsanter]

How about you get a piece of cold rolled steel and make a set of smooth non maring jaws and then use the vise for applications where you need a non maring vise

Bob

 

[BuddyC01]

I totally agree with the value aspect, however I can't keep another vise. I have fun buying them and finding new homes for them but so far I've been able to do it with more sweat than $$ into them.

I may have to think about what to do with this one. I may have to get the "marketing dept" to work convincing potential buyers that new jaws make this beauty worth the asking price

Considering rsanter's suggestion I was thinking about a couple of pieces of what look like tool stock (I found in a "treasure box") that might could be fashioned into something that might work. And if the local Grainger's has something as PC06 suggests that might still be doable.

Thanks!

 

[tool_scrounge]

I second the thought of making steel jaws. For reference, I had one of these in pretty nice shape and I sold it for $35 when I upgraded.

 

[Too_Many_Tools]

I totally agree with the value aspect, however I can't keep another vise. I have fun buying them and finding new homes for them but so far I've been able to do it with more sweat than $$ into them.

I may have to think about what to do with this one. I may have to get the "marketing dept" to work convincing potential buyers that new jaws make this beauty worth the asking price

Considering rsanter's suggestion I was thinking about a couple of pieces of what look like tool stock (I found in a "treasure box") that might could be fashioned into something that might work. And if the local Grainger's has something as PC06 suggests that might still be doable.

Thanks!

LOL...so you don't want to pay the markup to someone else while you will resell the vise for more than you paid.

Sometimes we all buy something that ends up a break even on the resell or we ...wait for it...lose money on the resell.

It's the education one gets in the transaction that is of value.

In the way of vises, if it is missing the jaws you keep on walking unless you get it for next to nothing and have the capability to build new HARDENED jaws.

 

[Exceller8]

My buddy made some jaws out of micarta for an old Wilton that I have and I love 'em!!

 

[kunkernator]

I remember reading somewhere on the forum that there is someone that actually reproduces jaws. All you need is a template (the jaw you still have), and he makes them. Look around, it may be cheaper.

 

[Packard V8]

I remember reading somewhere on the forum that there is someone that actually reproduces jaws. All you need is a template (the jaw you still have), and he makes them. Look around, it may be cheaper.

I have fun buying them and finding new homes for them but so far I've been able to do it with more sweat than $$ into them.

The GJ member who makes vise jaws apparently does wonderful work but has to charge a fair price for his labor. So buying new jaws for a used vise always takes any profit out of the deal for those trying to flip it. Lesson learned?

We're pretty spoiled because we're used to buying used vises for cents on the dollar. New vises are humongous bucks, so if a company using vises daily is looking at the choice of replacing with a new vise, the new jaws are a relative bargain.

FWIW, you say you don't mind sweat equity; as long as one isn't trying to make hardened jaws, it isn't rocket science to drill a couple of holes in a piece of bar stock and cut a cross-hatch with a three cornered file. Parker jaws, well, that's another story.

jack vines

 

[kiatech]

At kia that vise is good to go. Boss said it didn't need jaws....

 

[2oolhound]

$70.00!!! That price is.. is.. well, jaw dropping!

 

[cryan]

If you can't find the money for new jaws, I'll gladly take the vise off your hands. Price does ****, but so does paying 4 dollars for a gallon of gas.

Hahaha $4/Gallon!
I live less than 100 miles from the nearest offshore oil rig. I live 10 miles from the terminal where the pipeline brings the oil ashore and 20 miles from the refinery where they turn it into product. I pay £1.40 per litre at the Shell Station for diesel which in USA terms is approx US$9.80 per Gallon!

NOW THAT *****!

 

[Packard V8]

Getting way OT here, but hey, it's GJ late nite. At $9.80 a gallon you're probably not like most of the guys around here, driving a Ram Cummins/Duramax/Powerstroke quad-cab long box 4X4 ***** extension which gets 10 MPG.

jack vines

 

[Steevo]

I never heard of "flipping vises".
I can't imagine there being any money in it unless your time is given away for free.
$70 to bring an old vise back to life is a bargain, but should be done because you want to save it, use it, give it new life. Not because you think it is a quick way to turn a buck.

IMHO

 

[cryan]

Citroen C4 MPV, Lol! Even if I could afford to fuel a big US truck the annual road tax is based on CO2 output and would be crippling. Unless its a classic car pre 1972(Tax Exempt) which is why I lust after a Pontiac GTO or a 69 Chevelle.

Most business's here use a Ford transit or Mercedes sprinter type van. 30-40 mpg and good load space.