"vintage" machine vise?
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dutchgray
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It a rack vise a type of milling vise, very useful on a large pillar drill as you can adjust them a large distance quickly and they have decent clamping power.
They are a lot harder to find in nice condition than a typical milling vise. Yours looks like it should clean up fairly well but you can't see if its been drilled full of holes by carless operaters.
They are a lot harder to find in nice condition than a typical milling vise. Yours looks like it should clean up fairly well but you can't see if its been drilled full of holes by carless operaters.
Yea I think it will clean up - even though it kinda "stuck" in closed position, but from what I can see it's in quite ok condition - wasn't the biggest risk, got it quite cheap so wasn't the biggest risk to take
Will have to do some de-rusting of it, and was hoping to get to use it for a mill and/or drill press.
Size wise it's roughly 50cm long and weight is about 25Kg
jmarkwolf
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Please post pics of your progress.
Sorry a bit late reply, and not much progress has been made as I'v been busy with other stuff, but finally got around to have it into an oven and heated it up, cooled it down, and was able to get it disassembled, from what I can see this can't really have seen much use.....
Any tips on what would be the best ways to clean up the machined surfaces would be of interest, as I was planning to restore it with new paint etc....eventually
And also any pointers to what brand this might be is still of interest.
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jmarkwolf
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I recently saw a Youtube video with a similar vise on a shaper machine. It was very large with 16" jaws, similar stepped bed, and the movable jaw had two jacks on it.
The youtube;
I agree with the shaper or milling vise. Being in Europe you may have more of this style where screw vises became popular in North America.
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That's going to be a nice vise but keep in mind it may be heavy for the typical light drill press. It doesn't take much weight to make a table sag. I know a drill press isn't as precise as a mill, but if you are trying to drill a perpendicular hole or run a tap with a tap guide it can throw you off.
Bill S
Bill S
Was able to identify this machine vise as being a vice produced in Norway by "Stenbek maskinfabrikk" in Kongsberg - Norway (from a time when we actually did make things in this country )
Attached images from another one that showed up in a local "craigslist".....
)Attached images from another one that showed up in a local "craigslist".....
