Show us your bench vice(s)

The_Yellow_Ardvark · Jul 8, 2020

http://www.record-planes.com/history/

@nufab4 have a look there.

Viceman · Jul 8, 2020

nufab4 said:
Hi there. I'm a new member but keep ending back on this site as I have several Record vices and like to know their history. The most recent is a record 36 with the serial no: 666598. I've been led to believe this indicates the date, but can't make sense of that. Any help welcome. Also was the original colour the mid blue shade often seen on vices, and if so does anyone have a colour code as I'm trying to put it back to original. Many thanks

Hi there
666598 is the registered design number. Original paint was roundel blue, a quick google will find you some

nufab4 · Jul 8, 2020

Excellent. thanks for that. Another forum suggested the 36 was basically the 34 with larger jaw so 36 had 6 1/2 " jaw. Do you have any idea of ageband of these then? Thanks for all help. I seem to have been going round in circles.

Arc Tourist · Jul 8, 2020

Gordito said:
Hi All - I have been lurking on the forum for a few months, learning what I can about welding. The forum has been a great source of information.
I had never welded before, always fancied it so bought myself a TIG welder over lock down and have been really enjoying making various projects starting with a bench from scarp and a welding cart. A few of my older relatives would have been welders in Harland and Wolff many decades ago and one of them gave my father this old vise over 50 years ago and he passed it on to me today. I was looking online to see if i could learn anything about it, but could find nothing so I remembered this section and within a minute I believe I have identified it as an early Peter Wright and Son parallel vise, I would love to restore this as best possible. If any one could advise or point me in the right direction, i'd be very grateful.

Cheers
Gordon
Norn Iron

nufab4 said:
Hi there. I'm a new member but keep ending back on this site as I have several Record vices and like to know their history. The most recent is a record 36 with the serial no: 666598. I've been led to believe this indicates the date, but can't make sense of that. Any help welcome. Also was the original colour the mid blue shade often seen on vices, and if so does anyone have a colour code as I'm trying to put it back to original. Many thanks

Hello, and Welcome to the Forum ! :waving:

Gordito · Jul 8, 2020

Seadog said:
@spencer 427 is your man. Doing a restoration on one at the moment.

https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/peter-wright-vice.84003/

Excellent thread. Thanks. I stripped it down and gave it a quick clean And grease. It has a few stamps of OEW. Which my father told me was for ‘outside engine works’ at the shipyard. It would appear to have a date if 7/43 and Lilles Hall embossed on the inside. I presume it’s the town in Telford?

Viceman · Jul 8, 2020

nufab4 said:
Excellent. thanks for that. Another forum suggested the 36 was basically the 34 with larger jaw so 36 had 6 1/2 " jaw. Do you have any idea of ageband of these then? Thanks for all help. I seem to have been going round in circles.

If you look for the member CwazyWabbit on this forum he has a link at the bottom of his page to lots of vice catalogues

Jay1st · Jul 9, 2020

No bench vise but i made this contraption, it has offset wheels made of large discarded bearings, so when i tilt it i can move it, the vise is very old but i never managed to brake it !

nufab4 · Jul 9, 2020

Thankyou. Already found it friendly and helpful. Also just found this https://archive.org/details/RecordCatalogueNo141935/page/n12/mode/1up?q=36 which gave me specific details on the Record 36. Thought it might help others too - it's the Record tool's catalogue no 14

morssdn · Jul 9, 2020

I like the “subject to liberal discount” bit. 49 shillings for a Record 23 seems to be about £175 today, never a cheap vice.

FR518 · Jul 13, 2020

Arc Tourist said:
Oooooh, I like that Dawn offset vice. The surface plate has seen better days though.

Thanks yeah it’s cool the plate is fine just a little surface rust

FR518 · Jul 13, 2020

dannysheff said:
wow - quite an offset collection (plus the iron table and leg vice)

now show us your offset, quick release, swivel, cast steel, 8" jaw collection

Lol thanks I have 3 offsets 2 quick release 3 swivels all cast steel and 1 8” & 1 8&1/2” vice. If that counts

Arc Tourist · Jul 13, 2020

FR518 said:
Lol thanks I have 3 offsets 2 quick release 3 swivels all cast steel and 1 8” & 1 8&1/2” vice. If that counts

It's a great starting lineup for a collection. :cool:

Gragson · Jul 13, 2020

slim_boy_fat said:
JB weld it is then.

And so it was, booooodge :ashamed:

. Managed to square the edges as well, biggest hole was 15mm x 10mm, misjudging depth to that level needs a badge of some sort...
Didn't paint any of it in the end torched the cast parts and oiled with boiled linseed, nicer than paint IMHO.

Gragson · Jul 15, 2020

Prizes for the best paint job and optimistic price :doh:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Record-N...e837:g:W~YAAOSwc-pfCt5j&LH_ItemCondition=3000

dannysheff · Jul 16, 2020

Lordy -- look at that red paint, -almost looks like emulsion. However those 75s can go for a lot - I believe there was one (in good nick, with all bits etc) sold for nearly £400 last year

SteveB58 · Jul 18, 2020

dannysheff said:
Lordy -- look at that red paint, -almost looks like emulsion. However those 75s can go for a lot - I believe there was one (in good nick, with all bits etc) sold for nearly £400 last year

Certainly love mine, cost me £25 from a friend who does house clearance.

Whoever buys the one on eBay may have problems as it appears to have been disassembled and the spring not not pinned back. That spring is under a lot of compression and difficult to replace. I bound mine with string, replaced and pinned it then burnt off the string. Possibly not the best way of doing it, but couldn't see another way.
Steve

nufab4 · Jul 20, 2020

nufab4 said:
Excellent. thanks for that. Another forum suggested the 36 was basically the 34 with larger jaw so 36 had 6 1/2 " jaw. Do you have any idea of ageband of these then? Thanks for all help. I seem to have been going round in circles.[/QU

Arc Tourist said:

Hello, and Welcome to the Forum !

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Hello, thanks for all the welcomes from existing members.
So I'm about to purchase the roundel blue paint - sorry for being pedantic, but is it gloss paint, semi gloss, matt??

Wightsparks · Jul 20, 2020

I might have a vice problem. I have 3, one big Record bolted to the workbench, one smallish on the welding bench and one big ish Fortis that I lug outside for mucky outside work. So I absolutely did not need another one.

So of course I bought another one.
This is a fair old size, marker for scale. Can not find anything about it on-line.

dannysheff · Jul 21, 2020

Yes you have a vice problem - welcome to the support group - there is no cure, but admitting it is the first step.

That Teneo Saro looks interesting - I don't know anything about it but have a vague memory of the name - Spanish?

Looks like a well made descendent of the Parkinsons Perfect Vise line.

slim_boy_fat · Jul 21, 2020

Wightsparks said:
I might have a vice problem.

Might??

Looks like someone's been hacksawing close in to the jaws?

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