Show us your bench vice(s)

[Asphalt70]

Oohh, we got one???

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Oohh, we got one???

Ohhh, yes http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/...to-someone-with-ocd.79050/page-5#post-1114856

 

[Dieselman 63]

Didn't even line up the screw heads.

The colour is a bit bright for my liking (might just be the camera) but good job with the restoration.

I sold my 52 1/2 a while ago as it was far to big to fit on my bench, I've since built a bigger bench and beefed up the first one, I want it back now.

Classic beginner error - don't sell, hoard instead!

 

[Maker]

Classic beginner error - don't sell, hoard instead!

I'd hoarded it for about 3 or 4 years already.

 

[Gragson]

I'm picking up this 6 for £55
Needs a serious spruce and will replace jaws maybe, but the big bonus is it comes with a bent handle so will cut off the end, straighten the bar and weld the end back on
How on earth they got bent like that...

 

[Jim Davey]

Lovely S’bend on that handle!

 

[Gragson]

I don't think I will be messing with him when I pick it up

 

[slim_boy_fat]

How on earth they got bent like that...

Sheer determination

 

[Dieselman 63]

Since these are made of iron you can snap them by doing this. The early pre-war cast steel vices or the later sg iron vices are specced unbreakable, though there's a pic a bit before of someone managing to break one (though it was from hitting the casting, not over-tightening). It happens when someone has put a length of scaff tube to gain higher leverage but it also pushes the vice beyond its stress point.

Crunch:

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/data/attachments/24/24739-876f711cfeb50bb0a7ba5222a0b75274.jpg

 

[Dieselman 63]

I'd hoarded it for about 3 or 4 years already.

I had a tin of Hammerite smooth blue out for the hammers and tbh it's good paint and lasts ages despite being pretty horrible to apply. The hammers came up pretty well too - I've since found a pound (a 1lb hammer that is) and so my ball pein hammer collection is complete

 

[SwanseaRoadBikesInstagram]

Has anyone ever seen a Record No.28 in person? I wouldn't believe it when I first read they made them up to a No.28 until I saw this on Gumtree! It's in very good condition too, ignoring the slightly bent handle.

Here: https://www.gumtree.com/p/clamps-vices/record-no.28-bench-vice/1282778247

The 1935 Buck & Hickman catalogue lists the weight at 180 lb (81.6 kg), 8'' jaws, 10'' opening. Here's the scanned vice pages of CwazyWabbit for anyone who cares to look it up: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9iwuyy1vzrwvszs/AAApmsWFvTmKRWUj53V7eiwla?dl=0

 

[Dieselman 63]

Has anyone ever seen a Record No.28 in person? I wouldn't believe it when I first read they made them up to a No.28 until I saw this on Gumtree! It's in very good condition too, ignoring the slightly bent handle.

Here: https://www.gumtree.com/p/clamps-vices/record-no.28-bench-vice/1282778247

The 1935 Buck & Hickman catalogue lists the weight at 180 lb (81.6 kg), 8'' jaws, 10'' opening. Here's the scanned vice pages of CwazyWabbit for anyone who cares to look it up: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9iwuyy1vzrwvszs/AAApmsWFvTmKRWUj53V7eiwla?dl=0

'Would take two people to lift'

Pah... What are they, dwarves? Just pick it up by the tommy bar.

 

[winchman]

Looks like its had a but added at the back? Possible repair?

 

[Phil_D]

Has anyone ever seen a Record No.28 in person? I wouldn't believe it when I first read they made them up to a No.28 until I saw this on Gumtree! It's in very good condition too, ignoring the slightly bent handle.

Here: https://www.gumtree.com/p/clamps-vices/record-no.28-bench-vice/1282778247

The 1935 Buck & Hickman catalogue lists the weight at 180 lb (81.6 kg), 8'' jaws, 10'' opening. Here's the scanned vice pages of CwazyWabbit for anyone who cares to look it up: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9iwuyy1vzrwvszs/AAApmsWFvTmKRWUj53V7eiwla?dl=0

Sweet, is that the biggest vice record have made?

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Sweet, is that the biggest vice record have made?

Nope, that's still quite a lightweight compared to the big chipping vices or the shipyard vices.

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Looks like its had a but added at the back? Possible repair?

It's a little confusing that piece, it's not factory but seems a strange place to need a repair, unless perhaps someone had been using that part of the vice as an anvil.

 

[winchman]

Now mr Wabbit just the man I need sorry its slightly off topic but as you may know my son collects Britool tools, I don't suppose you have any catalogues from the 50-70's?
So Record do bigger than my 114? ( missing its jaws if any one has any spare?)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Irwin-Record-114-Release-Engineers/dp/B0002JT4KQ

 

[CwazyWabbit]

I do have 4 B&H catalogues from that timeframe, I'll have a look tonight to see if they contain any Britool tools, I had only copied the vice pages previously.
I don't think Record currently produce anything bigger than the 114 now, but they used to produce a couple of vices bigger, No 48 at 240lbs, No49 at 250lbs, No508 1/2 at 265lbs and a No 518 1/2 also at 265lbs.

 

[winchman]

Thanks thats very kind of you. It turning in to a bit of an obsession but we have had some fun and met some nice people whilst collecting his stuff.
I do remember going to Llandudno transport festival and being a massive Record vice for £750! but cant remember the model I have a feeling it was bigger than my 114?

 

[SwanseaRoadBikesInstagram]

Do you guys think that back piece is definitely a mod? It doesn’t look like an actual repair since there is nothing broken, and looking at the slide, there is no indication of any hammer marks anywhere else.

The picture in the 1935 B&H catalogue only shows a regular No.25, but I figure maybe they went a little extra for the biggest model? (The biggest in that series)