A friend gave me this Areoproducts Tool Box he had. I went with him to a gentleman who was finishing an Estate Sale and he sold me these two Vices a Prentiss & Reed for $20. The Prentiss slide has a crack. Will it hurt the use of the Vice? Thanks in advance.
Two Vices and a Tool Box
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Packard V8
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The box is a Remline and the crack may or may not cause a problem at some point.
jack vines
jack vines
The Prentiss vise can readily be repaired by brazing. Simply clean the casting meticulously, removing every trace of dirt/oil/grease, aka 'congealed crud', and 'V' out some distance beyond the visible crack (drill a little 'crack-stopper' hole a bit past the end of the crack).
Pre-heat the entire casting to a 'black heat', then braze up the crack normally, building up a little to allow for milling the casting nicely flat after it cools. The sides of the beam may have spread slightly, and may need to be filed/scraped back to parallelism, just enough to slide through the fixed jaw smoothly.
I prefer a 'nickel-bronze' brazing rod for this work. Correct pre-heating of the entire casting and careful slow cooling is absolutely essential for a proper job of this repair.
(This crack is surprisingly common on older Prentiss vises. Many of the Prentiss beams have a weak spot there, suspected to be caused by a 'cold shut' in the original casting process. Once correctly repaired, the vise will be 'good as new', and will serve 'indefinitely' long if not abused.)
cheers
Carla
Pre-heat the entire casting to a 'black heat', then braze up the crack normally, building up a little to allow for milling the casting nicely flat after it cools. The sides of the beam may have spread slightly, and may need to be filed/scraped back to parallelism, just enough to slide through the fixed jaw smoothly.
I prefer a 'nickel-bronze' brazing rod for this work. Correct pre-heating of the entire casting and careful slow cooling is absolutely essential for a proper job of this repair.
(This crack is surprisingly common on older Prentiss vises. Many of the Prentiss beams have a weak spot there, suspected to be caused by a 'cold shut' in the original casting process. Once correctly repaired, the vise will be 'good as new', and will serve 'indefinitely' long if not abused.)
cheers
Carla
mitusa
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I wish I had friends like yours.......
Seriously, you did great. Two vises for ten dollars a piece and a Remline box for nothing.
And great advice from Carla......
Seriously, you did great. Two vises for ten dollars a piece and a Remline box for nothing.
And great advice from Carla......
Provincial
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The Aeroproducts sticker on the toolbox came from an aircraft propellor. A prior owner probably worked in aviation and had a loose sticker available. One of these stickers was placed on each prop blade, and stickers were provided to replace ones damaged or removed during repairs or repainting.
Aeroproducts made propellors mostly for larger engines, but did make some for Pratt & Whitney R-985's used on Beech 18 (C-45) airplanes at the low end. They made propellors used on P-51's, and AD Skyraders, among others.
Cool sticker!
You **** on the Reed! The Prentiss is a good buy, too.
Aeroproducts made propellors mostly for larger engines, but did make some for Pratt & Whitney R-985's used on Beech 18 (C-45) airplanes at the low end. They made propellors used on P-51's, and AD Skyraders, among others.
Cool sticker!
You **** on the Reed! The Prentiss is a good buy, too.
+1 to find qualified person to braze the Prentiss vise. Once repaired, you'll have lifetime use of a quality vise.
Those 2 vises for $20 . . . . heck yeah . . . YOU **** !!!
Have to recommend laying off the whiskey, as you fell over taking those Pic's !!
Those 2 vises for $20 . . . . heck yeah . . . YOU **** !!!
Have to recommend laying off the whiskey, as you fell over taking those Pic's !!