Saved from the scrapyard...

[nickjj]

BP oil pump, Woden Vice and Van Dorn (?) Grinder

Gems or junk?

 

[nickjj]

The grinder Van Dorn??

 

[woody 73]

If they both work you got yourself some great old finds if not well then you got some great conversation items for your man cave.

 

[Fretters]

All worthwhile keeping. Van Dorn was taken over by B&D donkeys years ago, which is why old Van Dorn and some B&D grinders look the same. Woden vice, if it's in usable or restorable nick, definitely a good vice. The oil pump is handy to have if you need one.

 

[nickjj]

Woden Vice, needs a coat of paint.

 

[gungatim]

Ok, i'll say it...THOU SUCKETH!

 

[Mustang1167]

Nice find, You ****!

 

[2oolhound]

Yeah, you ****.

The woden has a quick release so you're not spinning the handle for endless minutes every time you want to re-adjust.

 

[nickjj]

The grinder could look like this with a bit of work:

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=12103

 

[Fretters]

I think you'll find that vice is cast steel rather than cast iron, so more resilient to a sound thrashing. Still not advisable to inflict such upon it though. Looks like the QR needs setting up properly too. That lever is 180 degrees out.

 

[nickjj]

I think you'll find that vice is cast steel rather than cast iron, so more resilient to a sound thrashing. Still not advisable to inflict such upon it though. Looks like the QR needs setting up properly too. That lever is 180 degrees out.

The handle's been replaced by a big long bolt, so it may have lead a hard life, found in a workshop nobody had been in for 15 years.

 

[Fretters]

Probably somebody bent the original whilst using a length of pipe. That vice seems to be in pretty good nick, judging from the available photo's. You've done extremely well with that one, if the top, slide and QR mechanism are all as sound as the rest appears to be? 4-1/2" or so on the jaw width, is that one?

 

[toolnut]

Some people throw away some great ****. Nice find!!