Show us your bench vice(s)

Dieselman 63 · Apr 18, 2021

A recently finished Woden 180 No1 pipe vice. These are nice little vices, something a bit different.

Dieselman 63 · Apr 18, 2021

A Vono No4 I’ve rescued, swivel base, plain screw. Nice vice!

Arc Tourist · Apr 18, 2021

Dieselkid 63 said:
A Fortis No11 I’ve done for a customer - the customer will make their own Tommy bar, and I was to supply the rest of the vice in restored condition. Such a nice shape, really cool.

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Nice vice. :thumbup:

Is the customer going to make new jaws also ? Many of the old vices we see have jaws with enough enough meat on the top & ends to allow milling or grinding out the damage for a fresh looking a restoration; it would certainly add to the appeal of using it and bump up the value when selling.

The_Yellow_Ardvark · Apr 18, 2021

Got this nice heavy N.92 pipe vice the other day.

I knew it was damaged, seized and in a poor state.

Apart from the number 92 cast into the main body there is no other details.

CwazyWabbit · Apr 18, 2021

Dieselkid 63 said:
An Entwistle and Kenyon bench vice. Lever operated - these must be rare as by now.

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Seem quite common in the US under the name of Massey which licensed the design from Wilson Riley in the UK.
Here's a picture of mine

Vono · Apr 18, 2021

Dieselkid 63 said:
A Fortis No11 I’ve done for a customer - the customer will make their own Tommy bar, and I was to supply the rest of the vice in restored condition. Such a nice shape, really cool.

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Cool looking vice. That's the next type I want, that shape is just sooo cool.

Vono · Apr 18, 2021

Dieselkid 63 said:
A Vono No4 I’ve rescued, swivel base, plain screw. Nice vice!

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A Vono, brilliant !

I like Vono's as erm you can probably tell. Any chance of any more pics ?

Dieselman 63 · Apr 18, 2021

Vono said:
A Vono, brilliant !

I like Vono's as erm you can probably tell. Any chance of any more pics ?

It’s been broken and weld repaired a long time ago, they’ve done a really nice job and milled the ways back in. You can’t feel any racking at all. Early one with the registered design no still on there.

dannysheff · Apr 18, 2021

CwazyWabbit said:
Seem quite common in the US under the name of Massey which licensed the design from Wilson Riley in the UK.
Here's a picture of mine
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both you and the diesel have used green - my copy of this vice (E&K) is 'nude' but does have some traces of green underneath which I thought was just an overpaint but may they were originally green? that's 3 of these straight away - maybe they're not as rare as I thought or did they just gravitate to our 'club'

and the Vono -- I have a swivel in good nick - bought from right next to the old Vono works - but one size smaller - No 3 - however it is quick release - there was also a 3C (compact?) - same width jaws but no QR and lighter/smaller (still pretty solid) - the Record 2 of many years faithful service has to go and be replaced by the Vono swivel base plus a Vono swivel jaw woodworking on the bench in the garden greenhouse - when the seedling season quietens I hope to sneak this past my wife but I think I'll have to 'fess up but somehow make it look like we're gaining bench space

nice vices, folks - what's next, looking forward

dieselsamurai · Apr 18, 2021

Went back to have a rummage where I found the last Swindens and found this one for £5 its stiff and locking handle missing but ideal for my grinding bench when its cleaned up

dannysheff · Apr 18, 2021

£5 !

(given your county - Aldershot etc - I guess this is ex army -- go and get the rest before they turn 'em in for scrap)

MattF · Apr 18, 2021

dieselsamurai said:
Went back to have a rummage where I found the last Swindens and found this one for £5 its stiff and locking handle missing but ideal for my grinding bench when its cleaned up.

You're just posting these to **** people off now, aren't you.

Smouser · Apr 18, 2021

jonclancy said:
A quick question:

I now have beeswax granules, turps, linseed oil, tung oil etc. What would you recommend for a machine wax please? I’ve decided my Record 84 will be naked, unlike the wonderful example above...

Looking forward to see how your 84 turns out. I have another 84 that needs a bit of a spruce up but not sure I want to prep and then paint that one too.

dieselsamurai · Apr 18, 2021

MattF said:
You're just posting these to **** people off now, aren't you.

Opps not intentional it was a friend to friend price not for selling on

CwazyWabbit · Apr 19, 2021

dannysheff said:
both you and the diesel have used green - my copy of this vice (E&K) is 'nude' but does have some traces of green underneath which I thought was just an overpaint but may they were originally green? that's 3 of these straight away - maybe they're not as rare as I thought or did they just gravitate to our 'club'

and the Vono -- I have a swivel in good nick - bought from right next to the old Vono works - but one size smaller - No 3 - however it is quick release - there was also a 3C (compact?) - same width jaws but no QR and lighter/smaller (still pretty solid) - the Record 2 of many years faithful service has to go and be replaced by the Vono swivel base plus a Vono swivel jaw woodworking on the bench in the garden greenhouse - when the seedling season quietens I hope to sneak this past my wife but I think I'll have to 'fess up but somehow make it look like we're gaining bench space

nice vices, folks - what's next, looking forward

This is the colour mine started out, rust brown

..... if I look carefully it appears to have been black over a sort of duck egg blue primer.