Show us your bench vice(s)

[slim_boy_fat]

And possibly a very large Kerry's lathe to fit in.

You'll never make it......

 

[Arc Tourist]

I woke up about 3:15am on july 7th, poured a cup of coffee, and clicked on to the forum to see what I had missed during the hours wasted sleeping. Being a viceaholic, my attention turned to the " Another Swinden's " thread, where I noticed that in the last entry, James Butler had just posted a link to a Swinden's for sale on the Bay. Half awake, I had a look, then took another gulp of coffee which gave me the boost I needed to push " Buy It Now "; once again, Thank You James !

The 4" vice arrived today, and although cosmetically rough, I doesn't appear to have had a hard life other than the occasional torture inflicted on its face, but a little time with a grinder should clean up the warts. I've dissassembled most of it, and removed the two screws on the ring holding the rear jaw assembly on the base, but it seems stuck and I don't want to force it. Any advice on how to remove the ring would be appreciated ? ? ?

Here are several before restoration pictures.

 

[MattF]

That ring is only a slip fit onto the cylinder, so either light rust or burrs are holding it on. Either tap the rear jaw forward with a rubber mallet, else get a scraper tapped down between the ring & body. Or even just try tapping with a hammer & wooden dowel in one of the countersunk holes to rotate the ring & free it.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Thanks Matt,

Will give it a go tomorrow. Plan to spend a couple of hours cleaning it up.

 

[monkeh]

The Mrs found this buried in a shed at work.



After a few days of electrolysis and a few minutes of wire wheel i ended up with this.




Cleaned up lovely and the jaws are in good condition. Is it actually a record or a copy? It's doesn't say record in it just made in England and no3 rd68982 id say it's on par with my other record vice.

 

[rtbcomp]

https://offerup.com/item/detail/466606295/

 

[MattF]

It's a Parkinson Handy. The Rd no. is 689821.

 

[Farside]

View attachment 147729


Cleaned up lovely and the jaws are in good condition. Is it actually a record or a copy? It's doesn't say record in it just made in England and no3 rd68982 id say it's on par with my other record vice.

Phoowar...

 

[Ry k]

Not strictly a bench vice but for £20 I'm happy

 

[MattF]

Any metal or wood working vice qualifies. If the thread title had just been "Show us your vices" though, this thread would have gone downhill fast.

 

[God mode restorations]

Any of you chaps no how large the record drill press vices went up to.

 

[Turbo]

Any of you chaps no how large the record drill press vices went up to.

Are you thinking of something for your camel back drill? How about something like this one?

Self centering, pivots on it's base & vertically. That's it sitting on my cb drill so it's huge & weighs over 50 kg!

You can pick these up quite cheap, I think I paid £30 for this one. Due to their size & weight they are only suitable for very large mills or drills, a small market.

 

[Turbo]

There was a really good Parkinson No 7 Model F at the local auctions. It had a coating of surface rust but the jaws & slides were unmarked, it had seen little use. Unfortunately money is very tight this week so I dropped out at £45, it sold for £50!

I am a bit gutted but the other bidder was bidding very fast & I dare say he would have kept going & outbid me if I didn't stop.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Any of you chaps no how large the record drill press vices went up to.

Record 645 is the highest I believe. There’s the 412/3/4 series if you want a toy vice, but for something heavier a 643/4/5 is better. I have a 643 and despite an idiot trying to kill it, it’s beautiful

 

[God mode restorations]

Record 645 is the highest I believe. There’s the 412/3/4 series if you want a toy vice, but for something heavier a 643/4/5 is better. I have a 643 and despite an idiot trying to kill it, it’s beautiful

Yes. I want that big one

 

[God mode restorations]

Are you thinking of something for your camel back drill? How about something like this one?

Self centering, pivots on it's base & vertically. That's it sitting on my cb drill so it's huge & weighs over 50 kg!

You can pick these up quite cheap, I think I paid £30 for this one. Due to their size & weight they are only suitable for very large mills or drills, a small market.

Yes that will do nicely

 

[Arc Tourist]

I've stripped the Swinden's down, degreased it with Gunk, and ground & belt sanded the surface blemishes away.
There was very little rust, and only one tiny hole on the surface of a jaw face, which I filled by hammering a piece of lead (about the size of a grain of rice) into and filing smooth. Here's a before, and a couple of after photos.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Considering that the movable jaw required some work, it would take a long time for the shiny face to develop a patina to blend in with the rest of the surfaces; so I decided to paint it, but maybe I should have only painted the jaws, and not the base ?

 

[Dieselman 63]

Considering that the movable jaw required some work, it would take a long time for the shiny face to develop a patina to blend in with the rest of the surfaces; so I decided to paint it, but maybe I should have only painted the jaws, and not the base ? View attachment 148045

Meh. Looks good to me. Points for not painting the anvil face like some people do.

 

[james butler]

how do you get the screws out of the jaws if theyre in tight?
i would love to rebuild my vice but cant even get the jaws out the flat head screws are well stuck.