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/
Haven't found it a large frame, and I'm a tad under 6 foot. Looking forward to a few days out on it once the weather warms up. Like Sheffield its a bit hilly here in Essex, Dan we didn't have hills in Portsmouth and cycling was much easier there. Mind you, we were in Sheffield a couple of years...
Well, if I must. This is the same model as I bought on HP in 1977 for £79.99, mine got pinched from Portsmouth Dockyard in 79. 47 years later it cost 'erindoors £60. Now in bits being de-rusted, de-greased and awaiting replacement parts. Should, hopefully, be back on the road shortly.
I did try a big old g clamp first, but found it slipped too much. The vice took seconds,. without damaging anything. If I was ever going to do another bike I'd design and make something, but This has to be the last, the very last, absolutely the last., positively the last. Until the next one.
Don't know if anyone has used a vice for removing cotter pins on a bike. These were seized in and no amount of persuasion would make them move. Using this Paramo 00 and a socket both were removed in a matter of seconds.
When aluminium hen exposed to strong magnetic fields, it can be slightly magnetic even though it does not exhibit magnetism under normal circumstances. Apparently, aluminium is a paramagnetic material, which behave like a very weak magnet. When exposed to permanent magnets, paramagnetic...
Thought I had something similar, but had no idea where it was. Then on Sunday while looking for my soldering station there it was! in all it's gnaly glory.
Hate to tell you but I paid £25 for my 75 about 4 years ago. It's nicely gnarly but a really good and usable vice. I imagine you'll strip, clean and lube the voce, in which case getting the spring back in can be a real pig. On line I've seen it done with a spanner, didn't work,. The only way I...
Would that be the same Footprint that made/makes pliers, tin snips, probably other hand tools too? But I only remember my snips being made by Footprint.
Highly unlikely that your grand dad would have done any metal work as complex as making a vice. School leaving age was 14 back then and as long as us proles could read, write and be numerate then that was enough. It wasn't until the 1944 Education Act when the two tier system was set up to...
Not sure what the advantage of the second driven spindle. I'm assuming that it is a type of leg vice which often have the bottom pivot pegged to allow the clamping of a variety of shapes and sizes. Further is there a risk of your chain becoming clogged with shavings or sawdust? An interesting...
I'm no chippy, my experience has been gained from t'net, and books. However, if the jaws are proud you can't use a shooting board or, by using dogs, work on jobs that are wider than you can fin in your vice.
According to an on line site one 1960 shilling, or 5p, is the equivalent in 2023 of £1.42. So the record 111 would be £364.94, the 113 £525.40, a 25 would cost £383.40, a No6 £269.80 the 518 1/2 £2556.
Finally figured it out. The grub screw adjusts the spring which permits the movement of the jaw. Once the jaw is in a position you like the handle clamps the jaw in place. Now all cleaned up, oiled and the clamp handle repaired, happy days.
The little drill vice I picked up on Sunday is proving to be a bit of a pig to dismantle, so I'm looking for some help. Removed a lot of rust and crud, got the locking mechanism working and its a bit cleaner than it was. The slides, which were held in place via a transition fit, have been...
When I said screw head, I was referring to the 'onion' on the main screw that the handle goes through and not the heads of screws or bolts. Apologies to be the source of confusion.
Local barn sale today found this little lump of rusty joy, came with a ton of other stuff for £20. No ideas as to maker, age or pedigree but once stripped and cleaned should be a useful addition to the workshop. Had a little accident with the lever, it snapped off with very little pressure...