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I have left them assembled wire brush, evaporust and a buff. Similarly I have taken slight bends out the lever by just sliding the vice screw out the way:
This one was worse than it looks in the picture:
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If you polish the end of the tommy bar really well you should be able to see if it's a peened over connection. I know my Record 75 has a screwed on end, but they are ball shaped, the type on your vice look more likely to be peened over.
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I have removed enough of the bend in the tommy bar to enable it to move along its full length - using the bigger vice and jack handle method. It's about as straight as yours!
The 'bigger vice' - a handy-sized No 25, also in need of TLC after decades of abuse in a slightly damp shed:
The components have been cycled through the electrolytic bath in the usual manner. They are very badly pitted and I had hoped to add many layers of copper plating before polishing and nickel plating them:
The No 21 is the current victim of my ministrations - a local selling pages acquisition. I think I'll find the quick release useful. The No 3 I bought new with my own hard-earned pennies many, many years ago. That one will also be No 3 on the refurbishment list. It's an heirloom my boys can bicker over far in the future.
Can't see any peening there, unless it has been amazingly well fettled and finished.
I'll have at it with the butane torch and a little exploratory clamping and twisting. Later though as I am now trying to sort out a workbench and storage solution for the garage.
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Didn't notice that on my Auto-Vice, will have to have a look.
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Look for GPO stamps on the fixed jaw, by the fixings holes. Underneath and on thefront face.
only one end screws off, very handy indeed when restoring
it appears the 75 does as well, will have to check my own one
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Thanks for that.
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The 75 definitely does as it was loose on mine when I bought it.
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Don't ever remenber seeing them on RN ships. We certainly didn't have them in our ME workshops.
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We had records on ours. The type 12's had a few Wodens.
Chatham Had a few swindons. Didn't see any in the others.
But MOD took over a lot of WD, cival defence and the underground stores. That were that they are The MOD part come from.
In the 1970's, early 80's in Berlin you could see USSR Trucks with a clear record coppy on the bumber.
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They were scapping the Whitby as I was in the second year of my apprentiship, worked in the Torquays boiler room when she was the navigation training ship . Worked on most classes up to the Dukes and all I remember using were Records both onboard and onshore.
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HEADS UP !
For anyone here interested, there's a Vono Number 4 Vice currently on the bay of evil. Item # 2556 3711 3478
Usual disclaimer, nothing to do with me. Don't see these come up often.
For anyone here interested, there's a Vono Number 4 Vice currently on the bay of evil. Item # 2556 3711 3478
Usual disclaimer, nothing to do with me. Don't see these come up often.
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My interest has run its course, I'm not acquiring any more vises/vices.
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I mount my 74 and 75 with the two bolts nearest the edge of the bench. This means the rear jaw is in line with the bench edge allowing longer or oddly shaped pieces to be held.
Steve
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A small, but jammed, York Vice.
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"Leader" is known as the brand name of Record for its weld fabricated steel vices.
Presently there is a Leader 4B cast iron vice of the standard Parkinsons Handy Improved type as made by many including Record, listed as a Record Leader on ebay (pricey), but I don't think this is a Record (made in England but doesn't say Record). I have a smaller one of these (size 0) so it's scarce, but not a one off.
Anyone know more about these?
Presently there is a Leader 4B cast iron vice of the standard Parkinsons Handy Improved type as made by many including Record, listed as a Record Leader on ebay (pricey), but I don't think this is a Record (made in England but doesn't say Record). I have a smaller one of these (size 0) so it's scarce, but not a one off.
Anyone know more about these?
