Show us your bench vice(s)

[CwazyWabbit]

To me that's a leg vice that someone has cut a portion of the leg off. You can still see the normal mounting bracket under the screw

 

[CwazyWabbit]

I have what I believe to be either a Wilson Riley or Massey quick action vice on it's way to me It's siezed at the moment but hopefully I can sort that. Looks interesting.

 

[MattF]

Had that in my watchlist too. Any chance of plenty of disassembled parts photo's when you restore that one?

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Of course mate

I've just bought a Record 114 up your way, I need to work out an economical way of getting it back here now .....

 

[CRB]

You guys.

 

[CwazyWabbit]

You do know your vices!!

What where they used for?

This is the description

"Unusual vice with no makers mark but has a sticker with Dohm 167 Victoria Street London, it weighs 8kg has a 7" base is 10" long and 5" high with 4 bolt holes.Very sturdy with 2 x 3/4" dia. support rods, the moving vice jaw is 3" long and 1" deep with a strong gripping surface and a curved central vee groove. It has a brass protective plate that can be swung into place across the jaw to get a softer clamping action. The fixed half of the vice has a 6 position rotary action and has 1 fixed position facing the moving jaw, the other 5 contoured positions are designed to allow vertical clamping of tubular materials from 1/2" to 1 1/4" diameter , the one fixed position has a centralised horizontal and vertical vee slot and has a smooth clamping face"

and a few pics

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I like that, I'm quite partial to unusual vices especially those for holding awkward shapes.
I have a different style Dohm vice to yours, quite a bit smaller, more of a traditional drill press vice size

 

[MattF]

What area/town is the 114 currently in CW? I take it the seller won't ship it?

You guys.

 

[CwazyWabbit]

After a bit of discussing I've managed to arrange a courier to collect it for £22 and the seller is going to bolt it to a slab of ply and wrap it for me

It's currently residing in Grimethorpe, seller is being really helpful considering it was a pick up only vice.

It's going to be my smallest and lightest 8" vice when it joins my other pair

There are a couple of deep cuts in the top behind the jaw on it that I'd like to fill. Can't decide whether to fill it with bronze or nickel, neither will be a good colour match especially when the 'patina' starts to develop on it again.

 

[MattF]

If there are any problems with the courier etc., give me a shout. I could always collect it and stash it here for a while.

I'd go with bronze for the filler, personally. A bit of braze against a backdrop of iron/steel never looks bad, IMHO.

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Hopefully the pick up will be ok on Monday but if it goes belly up I might take you up on that offer.

Bronze is my preferred option, mainly as I have some in the pile of rods

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Interesting idea of slight damaged http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OLD-BENCH-VICE-RECORD-NO-6-SLIGHT-DAMAGE-6-034-jaws-/251888982688

 

[brightspark]

Interesting idea of slight damaged http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OLD-BENCH-VICE-RECORD-NO-6-SLIGHT-DAMAGE-6-034-jaws-/251888982688

ive thrown better away

 

[mr migwire]

Interesting idea of slight damaged http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OLD-BENCH-VICE-RECORD-NO-6-SLIGHT-DAMAGE-6-034-jaws-/251888982688

bleedin eck did he fish it out of the local canal???? thats scrap is that.....

 

[brightspark]

under sellers information hese a star allright

 

[CwazyWabbit]

You have to go some to make that much of a mess even if it is one of the lower end Record vices.... I love the comment about it'll be fine with some new jaws.

 

[brewdexta]

look at his other vices for sale, he has bought a pot of paint but can't afford a brush so he's decided to turn the lights off and use if ar5e to apply a precision coat of coach lacquer

 

[CwazyWabbit]

look at his other vices for sale, he has bought a pot of paint but can't afford a brush so he's decided to turn the lights off and use if ar5e to apply a precision coat of coach lacquer

I couldn't have put it better myself

It's not difficult to paint a vice yet there are so many examples of tipping a pot of paint over the vice and call it restored on ebay :-/

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Had that in my watchlist too. Any chance of plenty of disassembled parts photo's when you restore that one?

Well it arrived 20 minutes ago and I couldn't resist a quick play in my 'coffee break'

Came apart with a few light taps from the dead blow mallet, no apparent damage and the rust doesn't looks too bad either

Think it will be visiting the tank this evening.

 

[CwazyWabbit]

So far the quality of the castings is really good and both racks have cleaned up and show no damage. The only negatives I've come across are the closing lever has one side flattened from hammering and for some reason the top rack had cardboard packing behind it.

 

[MattF]

Probably just to shim it up to get good engagement between the racks when locked.