Yost 206 Vise.......6x10
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thats the first thing i seen the handle was not bent the guy tried to clean some of the paint off he said there was a lot on it, I can get it for $50 and another $15 in gas if the jaws are smooth and no screws visible it probally has a lot of use I am not familiar with this vise do the screws come out from under the jaws like a parker
purplezr2
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From the pictures it looks like the jaws are fixed, and not removable.
so I would have to cut a step out of it with the mill if I wanted serrated jaws on it then
Maybe you might consider drilling/tapping a few holes and adding straight/flat jaws rather than chunking up the original ones? Any cannibalism to such a beautiful vise would be a shame, but if it's got to be done...
Maybe you might consider drilling/tapping a few holes and adding straight/flat jaws rather than chunking up the original ones? Any cannibalism to such a beautiful vise would be a shame, but if it's got to be done...
nothing is written in stone or iron
You can mill the vises in fact autopts has had a machinist mill out a ledge for the jaws to sit on and drill and tap holes for wilton bullet style jaws. The vises he has done that to have come very nice. However they lose a little of the vintage look but what you gain in serviceability is very nice. Here is a picture of one of the vises auto converted.
Sent From Snap On Head Quarters deep in China.
Sent From Snap On Head Quarters deep in China.
You can mill the vises in fact autopts has had a machinist mill out a ledge for the jaws to sit on and drill and tap holes for wilton bullet style jaws. The vises he has done that to have come very nice. However they lose a little of the vintage look but what you gain in serviceability is very nice. Here is a picture of one of the vises auto converted.
Sent From Snap On Head Quarters deep in China.
thats just what i was gonna do I have a mill pretty simple task, now i have to wait a week for him to get back home he's going on vacation tomorrow i should have went over there tonite if its meant to be it will be there yet
helterskelter
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I fully support milling out old busted jaws and tapping it for wilton replacements. It's not a work of art. It's a tool! Making it more functional is an improvement in my opinion.
crankshaftdan II
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I have never owned a yost, but some of the older vises have tapered pins holding smooth jaws in place-might want to clean er up first to see if they are truly cast in place. two day soak in apple cider vinegar & wire brush will tell thetruth!
uniballer
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What you going to pay?
heres my $50 find just picked it up tonight the yost website says it weighs in @118# I believe it this this is a beast everything moves freely and seems to be in pretty decent shape the paint can is 8in tall vise is 13in tall the dynamic jaw from back to front of handle is 24-3/4in.
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I would really like to see you clean that up real nice before you modify it. That would make a fine addition to any garage and you are in it so cheap that you could buy another used vise of a newer vintage that you may not have to change at all. Its your vise and I would certainly support which ever way you go, but once they have been modified they just aren't the same old vice.
Just my 2/10 of a dollar.
Wes
oldldh
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Indeed he does...****!!!
kunkernator
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I have a Yost 204 and it is, by far my favorite vise I have ever used. Great find and obviously, you ****!
I will its gonna be a while before i even get to it i have to many things in the fire and working 7 days a week don't really have a whole lot of time to do much, I looked at these jaws and the serrrated part looks like it was made right in the jaw i cannot find any pins,srews, seams or anything never seen anything like it i tried uploading a pic of the jaws last night it wouldn't let me
well the guy i got it from told me he found it in the road i looked it over pretty good i did not find any breaks or cracks and it swiveled ok, after further inspection i can see what happened when it fell off Truck or Trailer it must have fell perfectly flat on the base because there is not one mark on the vise to think otherwise.
after i paid him i asked him what the story was behind the vise,
this should be fun to fix time to try out some 4130 cast alloy mig wire
one pic the flash came on
after i paid him i asked him what the story was behind the vise,
this should be fun to fix time to try out some 4130 cast alloy mig wire
one pic the flash came on
