Show us your bench vice(s)

[FR518]

well found -- lots in this picture - I could guess that you just pulled the jaw out and that the lever must cam fix the position while tightening it a bit, but didn't know it would be spring loaded (item 5248) also interesting replaceable anvil (5254) and jaws (5257 -weld on?) I guess 5251 is the cam bearing pin and 52 and 56 are tools for working on this vice, but what is 5250 and where does it fit? (and 5253,55 - parts of the camming action?)

I also like that the photo/engravings show the paint job -- looks black or at least dark and leaves the knob, the anvil the contact areas of the slide and cam and the pin head plus the areas of the jaw that might get hit by a file all bright - much like I painted my much later (1950s) Record 74 for example or smouser painted his bright blue Record above.

where did that eeop come from? - you're in essex lad, not yorks

Thanks 5250 is a swivel jaw attachment

 

[jonclancy]

Do you use a wire brush to bring the shiny parts up so, er, shiny?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Do you use a wire brush to bring the shiny parts up so, er, shiny?

I uses citric acid first, then a wire brush in a angry grinder.

Then a scotchbrite disc in a grinder or drill.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Do you use a wire brush to bring the shiny parts up so, er, shiny?

I use silver paint

 

[SteveB58]

well found -- lots in this picture - I could guess that you just pulled the jaw out and that the lever must cam fix the position while tightening it a bit, but didn't know it would be spring loaded (item 5248) also interesting replaceable anvil (5254) and jaws (5257 -weld on?) I guess 5251 is the cam bearing pin and 52 and 56 are tools for working on this vice, but what is 5250 and where does it fit? (and 5253,55 - parts of the camming action?)

I also like that the photo/engravings show the paint job -- looks black or at least dark and leaves the knob, the anvil the contact areas of the slide and cam and the pin head plus the areas of the jaw that might get hit by a file all bright - much like I painted my much later (1950s) Record 74 for example or smouser painted his bright blue Record above.

where did that eeop come from? - you're in essex lad, not yorks

No idea where that piece of Yorkshire dialect came from. I'm a 'soft' southerner from the fair isle of Portsea and have been doing missionary work in Essex.

Steve

 

[dannysheff]

a rummage where I found the last Swindens and found this one for £5 its stiff and locking

well, I had to drive all the way to Chesterfield today but managed to find FOUR vices for £8

why oh why do folks pay good money for a beaten old Swindens or Parkinsons when for not much more they could buy one of these NEW?

 

[Arc Tourist]

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well, I had to drive all the way to Chesterfield today but managed to find FOUR vices for £8

why oh why do folks pay good money for a beaten old Swindens or Parkinsons when for not much more they could buy one of these NEW?

And its obvious how many generations of owners these have served.

 

[Maker]

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well, I had to drive all the way to Chesterfield today but managed to find FOUR vices for £8

why oh why do folks pay good money for a beaten old Swindens or Parkinsons when for not much more they could buy one of these NEW?

My friend sent me a picture the other week, he had a cheap vice like that and snapped the screw somehow. Immediately ordered a new one too, didn't even consider finding an old Record or Parky.

 

[Dieselman 63]

My friend sent me a picture the other week, he had a cheap vice like that and snapped the screw somehow. Immediately ordered a new one too, didn't even consider finding an old Record or Parky.

You can do that to an old vice if you want. Nip it up really tight and on a cold winter night when the cast metal shrinks it can crack. Always leave a gap when you finish using a vice, jaws slack to compensate for expansion.

 

[oxoseven]

I have been given an old samsonia perfect vise that is rusted up and seized solid. l have been looking through utube for info. how to free it when l found a link to this website and l was really surprised to find so many people renovating old vices. I have come to the conclusion that I could never make anything of it I have no engineering skills at all, I was a truck driver all my life so only basic mechanics and stuff learned at school. If anyone wants this vice let me know through this web page. I live in Worcestershire. The lettering on it says no. 38A model j samsonia perfect vise.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I have been given an old samsonia perfect vise that is rusted up and seized solid. l have been looking through utube for info. how to free it when l found a link to this website and l was really surprised to find so many people renovating old vices. I have come to the conclusion that I could never make anything of it I have no engineering skills at all, I was a truck driver all my life so only basic mechanics and stuff learned at school. If anyone wants this vice let me know through this web page. I live in Worcestershire. The lettering on it says no. 38A model j samsonia perfect vise.

I have see those type of You tubes.
I look, to kill time.

But simple tools, time and effort a seized vice can be freed.

I watched one guy machine up 2 metal spreader bars and used 2 threaded bars to force it.

Last one I had that' seized the only machine tool was a 10 tone ram.

Soaked it in oil. Got the fixed jaw warm in a open fire.
The handle and screw was removed.











Then wedges were used to ease the jaw. Then flat steel was used, with the wedges.
Until the ram was able to be used.
It is that simple.

 

[oxoseven]

The sliding jaws look ok no real rust on them, I think it might be the qr that is seized, underneath where it goes up into the main screw(or thread).

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The sliding jaws look ok no real rust on them, I think it might be the qr that is seized, underneath where it goes up into the main screw(or thread).

Pop it out.
The hard part will be removing the two fixings holding the face plate on.

 

[Arc Tourist]

I have been given an old samsonia perfect vise that is rusted up and seized solid. l have been looking through utube for info. how to free it when l found a link to this website and l was really surprised to find so many people renovating old vices. I have come to the conclusion that I could never make anything of it I have no engineering skills at all, I was a truck driver all my life so only basic mechanics and stuff learned at school. If anyone wants this vice let me know through this web page. I live in Worcestershire. The lettering on it says no. 38A model j samsonia perfect vise.

The sliding jaws look ok no real rust on them, I think it might be the qr that is seized, underneath where it goes up into the main screw(or thread).

And Welcome to the forum. Even if you haven't had engineering skills before, you can learn plenty from the members here who can help you get on with many simple and even complicated projects. You can be confident there's someone here who has done it before and can offer tips and advice.

 

[MattF]

The sliding jaws look ok no real rust on them, I think it might be the qr that is seized, underneath where it goes up into the main screw(or thread).

Disassemble it.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Disassemble it.

 

[Dieselman 63]

I have see those type of You tubes.
I look, to kill time.

But simple tools, time and effort a seized vice can be freed.

I watched one guy machine up 2 metal spreader bars and used 2 threaded bars to force it.

Last one I had that' seized the only machine tool was a 10 tone ram.

Soaked it in oil. Got the fixed jaw warm in a open fire.
The handle and screw was removed.

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Then wedges were used to ease the jaw. Then flat steel was used, with the wedges.
Until the ram was able to be used.
It is that simple.

I did one like that but I just whacked the end with a 14lb steel hammer and a block of wood to absorb the force. Quicker by far!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I did one like that but I just whacked the end with a 14lb steel hammer and a block of wood to absorb the force. Quicker by far!

Did that once.
Broke the movable jaw.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Did that once.
Broke the movable jaw.

You struck too hard. Short, sharp love tap. It’s an art!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

You struck too hard. Short, sharp love tap. It’s an art!

Egg.
Suck.
Show.

I did.