Show us your bench vice(s)

[winchman]

Winchboy picked this up today looks Victorian?
Any ideas?
When people paint them with Boiled Linseed oil I assume thats different to just Linseed oil?

 

[SwanseaRoadBikesInstagram]

Winchboy picked this up today looks Victorian?
Any ideas?
When people paint them with Boiled Linseed oil I assume thats different to just Linseed oil?
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Aparently boiled linseed oil contains driers to speed up film drying and hardness, without this it can take a week to dry.

 

[winchman]

Just ben given big bottle of Raw Linseed oil that why I asked, it was free with some meths and Acetone
Winchboy is buying vices to sell at a Local Autojumble so he wants to oil them as its easier than paint

 

[MattF]

As mentioned, it's basically some slight processing and the addition of driers. I always use raw personally, slightly diluted with gum turpentine, though any spirit/solvent would do. Apply, leave from a few hours to a day, wipe excess off & then let it harden.

 

[SwanseaRoadBikesInstagram]

Just ben given big bottle of Raw Linseed oil that why I asked, it was free with some meths and Acetone
Winchboy is buying vices to sell at a Local Autojumble so he wants to oil them as its easier than paint

Good luck to winchboy. I like my current collection too much to sell any, but I might buy one just for selling, although I find that quite difficult

 

[winchman]

As mentioned, it's basically some slight processing and the addition of driers. I always use raw personally, slightly diluted with gum turpentine, though any spirit/solvent would do. Apply, leave from a few hours to a day, wipe excess off & then let it harden.

Thanks
Whats your thoughts on the photo?

 

[winchman]

Good luck to winchboy. I like my current collection too much to sell any, but I might buy one just for selling, although I find that quite difficult

He has already been bitten by the bug and kept a Record 75!

 

[MattF]

Definitely an old one. Marples, Woden or something along those lines.

 

[winchman]

The thing that I bought was unusual was the lip underneath to locate on the edge of the bench, removable back jaw and four mounting holes, lets hope Rabbit has a catalogue page??

 

[fizzy]

Too heavy to lift off the shelf without doing myself a mischief - have yet to mount it!
Big Record vice I bought very cheap a few years ago.

 

[fizzy]

I should drag it out to see the model number - possibly from my pic I can make out no 25?

 

[Dieselman 63]

Here's an interesting one for the gang - a Record C/3 - but is it really a Record? Made in South Africa.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/building-...98.htm?rsqid=dccbc22e779a4e3294505d7b25bed097

 

[Seadog]

My new toys

 

[Scruffywelder]

Interesting idea:
http://www.wittmann-gmbh.at/en/produkte-hobelbank/flush-mounted-bench-vice

ISTR Axminster selling something similar a few years back.

I could see the value of a carefully aligned pair of them on the side of a welding bench for example (being a natural klutz I think they'd be a PITA on the front of the bench - I'd never be done walking into them). Handy if you needed to hold something long or awkward but you wouldn't be sacrificing any bench top space.

 

[Dieselman 63]

P. S. & W. Southington, Conn USA. Very small bench vice, I have some clamps of theirs with a patent date of 1888 so I can only assume this is of a similar vintage. I gave it a light brush and oil to retain the patina.

 

[Maker]

Interesting idea:
http://www.wittmann-gmbh.at/en/produkte-hobelbank/flush-mounted-bench-vice

Didn't woodworkers come up with that hundreds of years ago.

 

[InTheHighlands]

Couldn't resist picking up a ludicrously large Record 912 pipe vice - I really struggled to lever it into the back of the car. The mug isn't from a doll's house......

Needless to say, I'll not be using it, but have a nice spot for it as Industrial Archeology.......... After a bit of tidying up.

 

[dobbslc]

That's mental!
Did they use that for holding the Titanics propshaft?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I really struggled to lever it into the back of the car. The mug isn't from a doll's house......

You don't do things by half, do you!!

 

[Scruffywelder]

I know a couple of hydraulic fitters that'd cheerfully kill to get their hands on one like that