Wilton 3" Machinist Vise

[Roberts210]

I have this Wilton 3" machinist vise that I'm working on. It seems longer than a previous 3" machinist vise that I owned a few years ago, but later sold. Did Wilton make different versions of the 3" machinist vise? The other one was a Chicago vise, while this one is a Schiller Park vise, if that makes a difference.

Schiller Park vise that I'm currently working on. It's 13.5 inches long.

Here is the Chicago vise that I bought in the 1990's and later sold.

 

[Shiftless]

There was a 3HD model back in the day that was bigger and heftier than the normal 3 inch model. Do you see any HD markings cast in?
Here is my 3 HD
It’s on a shelf with a 350 for scale.

 

[Roberts210]

No 3HD on this vise. Only 9300 cast on the other side of the static jaw.

Here's a better picture of the 3" that I sold years ago. It has 930 in that spot. What does 930 mean?

 

[Shiftless]

930 means it’s a 3 inch machinist vise. Many times you’ll see 930 on one jaw tower and 830 on the other. Why Wilton did that I don’t know. Maybe a more knowledgeable expert will chime in.

You’ve got a very nice vise there that you already sold...looks to be still in original paint. To me and many others, that’s valuable.

 

[1982fxr]

It could just be longer. Pretty sure some vise models varied a little on sizes like that if you compare models that are decades apart.

A 4" version would be a 9400, etc etc.

 

[Roberts210]

That gray one with the original paint I paid $45 for in the 1990's. Sold it years later without realizing how valuable original paint was. The jaw inserts on it were pristine too.

 

[larry_g]

For a data point, my 3" is a Wilton No 3 pat.pending with Chicago cast it. It is 12" overall length closed.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[Roberts210]

Thanks Larry. The one I'm working on is 13.5" long, with jaws closed.