Show us your bench vice(s)

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

How?

Drill and braze in two rods. 75% the thickness off the casting.
Grove out the crack, clamp together.
Pre heat, then weld weld up with the correct rods.

 

[JOEPRO]

Unless it's a £500 Wilton, if a vice breaks half in two I personally would never waste time welding it up. Its strength is compromised and besides that guy said this one was a copy so not worth the effort. Mind you, I wouldn't break a vice in half in the first instance - no cheater bars and use a press for pressing things.

 

[Gritineye]

Unless it's a £500 Wilton, if a vice breaks half in two I personally would never waste time welding it up. Its strength is compromised and besides that guy said this one was a copy so not worth the effort. Mind you, I wouldn't break a vice in half in the first instance - no cheater bars and use a press for pressing things.

Yebut yebut I lent my press to a friend cos I had no room for it and i was in a hurry...

 

[E T]

Yebut yebut I lent my press to a friend cos I had no room for it and i was in a hurry...

Never, I say never lend out your tools. They are sacred.

 

[Gritineye]

Never, I say never lend out your tools. They are sacred.

That one wasn't..

 

[dannysheff]

scrap the cast iron and save the thread and nut. Could be useful if you ever want to rig up a press/wood vice/etc

 

[Notarecord]

G'Day Everyone,

Allow me to present to you my first vice! It may have taken a while to pop my cherry but now that I have I'm proud as punch. 17 all over again.

Thanks to the resources found on this forum and others, despite being unmarked I believe it's a 1940s era Parkinson No. 3 (4") handy vise. I bought it off an 80 year old kiwi bloke who brought it over with him when he immigrated to Australia in the mid 90s. Apparently he purchased it off a British chap who had immigrated to NZ some years before. He incorrectly deciphered the markings (which had been "welded on") and advertised it on gumtree as a Record No. 3 68982 (hence my username was born). After 30 minutes worth of research I'd determined he was very likely mistaken and it turned out he was. Armed with the specifications from the 1940s parkinson catalogue found online I rocked up with a pair of verniers and a scale and was delighted when the measurements were a perfect match!

I don't know the first thing about vises' but she shows very little signs of abuse. Handle is a bit bent but can be operated with a finger. There are a few spots where the original paint (brownish red) can still seen on the moveable jaw (which obviously hasn't been used as an anvil in the past.) Definitely worthy of a restoration but before that I'll enjoy opening my account with a solid example of what is by all accounts a great starting point. I've already purchased a 5 SP Dawn which I pick up on the weekend and am looking at a 1950s 4 Carter 4in this weekend as well - both of which are Australian made. Will be interesting to compare this British made parkinson to the 4 carter. Judging by pictures alone the moveable jaw looks to be a far tighter fit in the fixed jaw in the parkinson than it does the carter.

Thanks for your interest.

Cheers, N-A-R

For those interested, I paid $60AUD for her.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Hello, and Welcome to the collective.

 

[SteveB58]

G'Day Everyone,

Allow me to present to you my first vice! It may have taken a while to pop my cherry but now that I have I'm proud as punch. 17 all over again.

Thanks to the resources found on this forum and others, despite being unmarked I believe it's a 1940s era Parkinson No. 3 (4") handy vise. I bought it off an 80 year old kiwi bloke who brought it over with him when he immigrated to Australia in the mid 90s. Apparently he purchased it off a British chap who had immigrated to NZ some years before. He incorrectly deciphered the markings (which had been "welded on") and advertised it on gumtree as a Record No. 3 68982 (hence my username was born). After 30 minutes worth of research I'd determined he was very likely mistaken and it turned out he was. Armed with the specifications from the 1940s parkinson catalogue found online I rocked up with a pair of verniers and a scale and was delighted when the measurements were a perfect match!

I don't know the first thing about vises' but she shows very little signs of abuse. Handle is a bit bent but can be operated with a finger. There are a few spots where the original paint (brownish red) can still seen on the moveable jaw (which obviously hasn't been used as an anvil in the past.) Definitely worthy of a restoration but before that I'll enjoy opening my account with a solid example of what is by all accounts a great starting point. I've already purchased a 5 SP Dawn which I pick up on the weekend and am looking at a 1950s 4 Carter 4in this weekend as well - both of which are Australian made. Will be interesting to compare this British made parkinson to the 4 carter. Judging by pictures alone the moveable jaw looks to be a far tighter fit in the fixed jaw in the parkinson than it does the carter.

Thanks for your interest.

Cheers, N-A-R

For those interested, I paid $60AUD for her.
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Welcome to the forum, nice old vice you have there. How are you planning to restore it? With a rotary wire brush or an oily rag?

 

[winchman]

Welcome
You can never have too many vises

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Welcome
You can never have too many vises

Ohhh er Miss's

 

[GRW]

Anyone recognise any of these from the jumbled pile

 

[winchman]

Bottom right is one of the unusual ones rear jaw moves, we have a similar one made in Easter Europe I think from memory?

 

[Beeezer]

Bottom right is one of the unusual ones rear jaw moves, we have a similar one made in Easter Europe I think from memory?

Lamb..

 

[SteveB58]

Anyone recognise any of these from the jumbled pile
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The green one is in the Perter Wright style., similar to a leg vice in construction. Sometimes they can be stamped. https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/peter-wright-vice.84003/

 

[GRW]

The green one is in the Perter Wright style., similar to a leg vice in construction. Sometimes they can be stamped. https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/peter-wright-vice.84003/

It was a photo off FBMP being offered for sale. I'm not clued-up enough, but figured people on this thread would know.

 

[ranger08]

its been a little quiet on here
Here is one i couldn't leave behind, record 773 clamp on, looks to be railways, couldn't find it in any of the old catalogs, the bench clamp is very wide so suggest a portable maintenance vice for attaching to railway sleepers
Has 85mm wide jaws, very heavy, solid and tight, jaws look hardly used
anyone have an idea of age or what material was used in tha casting

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Not sure on the answer to any of your questions, however I'll add that there is also a Parkinsons version of this vice.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A few small ones in use.

 

[CwazyWabbit]

its been a little quiet on here
Here is one i couldn't leave behind, record 773 clamp on, looks to be railways, couldn't find it in any of the old catalogs, the bench clamp is very wide so suggest a portable maintenance vice for attaching to railway sleepers
Has 85mm wide jaws, very heavy, solid and tight, jaws look hardly used
anyone have an idea of age or what material was used in tha casting


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The Parkinson one