The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Then you can give it to me.Sell it to me and you'll have no dilemma!
Then you will get the good feeling of helping others.
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Then you will get the good feeling of helping others.
Or I can keep it and have the good feeling of helping me.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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But it will gather dust, leading you to suffer.Or I can keep it and have the good feeling of helping me.
Give it to me and you will not suffer.
It will get dusty with grinding dust. Thats what vices are for.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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But you will have to clean that dust. More work, less output.It will get dusty with grinding dust. Thats what vices are for.
But here it will be used by others, cleaned by others.
Many hands make light work.
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To be honest I am Fortis / Record man but as I had heard so much about them I bought a Swindons when one came up at what I thought was a good price.Sell it to me and you'll have no dilemma!
I do have a Polish vice I still cant make my mind up about but a Polish Chap told be its a good one made by BENN Bielsko, until recently it was on a bench in Winchboys Garden with a plastic tub over it!
It's now inside. The front jaw is fixed rear one moves which I thought was point less but it doesn't intrude in to the are you are standing it, its more balanced so for now its another keeper.
I also have a York and a few Little imps.
I do have a vice problem!
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ref Winchman and arctourist fine Swindens - here's my 'The Herbert - Amourers Vice' patented because fabricated from welded plate/tube (19 pieces, a bit heavy with the weld, but should be even stronger than the Swindens) 4in straight jaws, 2.5in curved, 44lbs) only made by Geo Herbert (big London weigh machine company ) as part of their WWII effort, 1940/50s - one size of this and a straight vice which later became the Record Leader Steel.
I mounted it on a spring/gas loaded cylinder lift, which gives a very secure height and swivel adjust (found in junkshop, think it's an older version of one still sold by Leinen or Heuer for a reasonable price for different weights of vice -recommended - (mine pot luck £25 - didn't know it would work until got it home)
I mounted it on a spring/gas loaded cylinder lift, which gives a very secure height and swivel adjust (found in junkshop, think it's an older version of one still sold by Leinen or Heuer for a reasonable price for different weights of vice -recommended - (mine pot luck £25 - didn't know it would work until got it home)
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ps - sorry turbo - keeping it, -- likewise ardvark, even tho I believe you pass things on to a good cause after your fine resto - and I'm always dusty anyhow
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Speaking of " spring loaded ", awhile back I acquired a spring loaded adjustable height steel work bench. A good platform for the Swinden's vice. The table swivels 360*, and is good for welding smaller stuff.
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even better - good vice stands/platforms/tables are not easy to find - this looks the best
ps just edited post -- both Leinen and Heuer have similar adjustable height and swivel posts - I'd say get em while you can (I think there must be a car-type shock/spring inside the cylinder)
Haven't seen anything that's different or at a reasonable price, can't sell any either
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I'm simply all viced out, now.
It'd have to be something truly special to consider a new addition.
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We all know about your vices.I'm simply all viced out, now.
thats a nice one, fine quality i hear
The other day when visiting my Son's house I saw he had just been erecting a second hand 6x6 wooden shed I said why do you need that he said it was for his 12 years old son who has an interest in mechanical things, I said now that's great..so yesterday I asked him what his son wants for his birthday present he said something mechanical.I had a thought !! As I was shopping, and I was by B/Q I went in and asked do you have a bench vice yes sir was the answer £45 ah OK I will check with my son which I did, yes dad would be great was the answer .. However, by now I was outside Tool station, so I went in there and spoke to the guy on the counter he said we have one on offer £29 I looked at it, and it was the same as the one in B/Q who wanted £45.
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A good start for the Young man.
As far as imports go, that 4" Minotaur vice should be strong enough for anything he is likely to crank down on. Try to get him interested in looking for good quality used tools that can be acquired at low cost, and can be referbished or cleaned up with minimal work. I learned more about the working of things when I was young by doing this, and still have most of the tools I started out with..
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Have a look at the "details" of the image. The size will be shown in KB or MB.
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Went back to the same savage yard last week and the Parker was still there. Now very rusty and crusty, obviously been outside in all weathers for the past 18 months. Gave it a poke, seized and in need of some TLC. I thought if I can get it for a good price I'll take it home, clean it up. bolt it to a bench. Good price I thought sub £35, so I asked. It seems my estimate was somewhat short, about £150 short to be exact. Apparently, the owner had seen a mint one on line for £600, no idea where, needless to say it's still there and likely to be there for the foreseeable future.
