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Moldlay wax filament specifically designed for lost wax casting.
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Moldlay wax filament specifically designed for lost wax casting.
. It's a lump. I saw somewhere on this site some info which said the No9 F is 112lb, which is over 50kg in new money. Having picked it up off the floor and carried it, I can believe it .
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yup -- my no9 first version (3 main castings not 2) is approx 119lbs - had to be extremely careful lifting it onto its Parkinson's stand (even heavier but with 2 wee wheels)
biased I may be but I think it's a beaut -- even a couple of folks who are def not vice people have paused to admire
--- although they may say 'why do you need it?' - to which I have no answer ----
second thoughts - now I've got the heaviest vice I could possibly lift, I seem to have slowed down any chasing of 'big boys'
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Another interesting vice vidéo ..
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Yep, cracking video.
That's a cracking vice stand! I've been mulling over how to make a vice stand myself (not much room in my small workshed, so "taking it outside" is on the cards).
My concern though is if you had anything on there that needed "leverage".... are vice stands stable enough - or is it easy to tip one over?
(My idea was to come up with a beefier but similar idea to the Record Pipe Vice Tripods - so the legs are splayed and triangulated to make the vice platform stable in use... but I don't know if I'm trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist).
I've made a vice baseplate out of a chunk of old steel floor from a machine container, which is drilled to accept the Record 35P [currently stripped and cleaned and will be repainted), but could also accommodate the Parky 9-incher. I've also got some thick-walled heavy pipe that'd be good for the legs).
Here's my Record 35P now I've got the crud and rust off it. There's pitting on the plate of the moving Jaw from where it's been left to rust, but the Jaws and Screw seem to be excellent, while the steel castings seem all good - so I think it'll be a good un to use when it's re-assembled.
Under the "Record" stamping though I found a crudely stamped serial number.... anyone have an idea of its relevance?
Best I can make out it's A265/10 (though it might be A263/10 as it looks like it's been overstamped as if correcting an error which has made it unclear). I'm guessing the first part is a batch or order no, with the "10" is that this vice is the tenth in the batch maybe?
Under the "Record" stamping though I found a crudely stamped serial number.... anyone have an idea of its relevance?
Best I can make out it's A265/10 (though it might be A263/10 as it looks like it's been overstamped as if correcting an error which has made it unclear). I'm guessing the first part is a batch or order no, with the "10" is that this vice is the tenth in the batch maybe?
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The Parkinson stands are sturdy, heavy beasts. They're unlikely to shift in normal use. If you're making a stand yourself, aim for the same style three points of ground contact base, with some weight & width. Only using three points of floor contact makes it better on uneven surfaces.
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Is it just me who doesn't see the appeal? I'm not saying I'd turn one down if it was dirt cheap but I wouldn't pay any more for it than I would any other vise. Once you get over the "oOh iT cAn cLaMp A bANanA" novelty it doesn't actually look that useful.
Evening all
Picked up another Parky, this time a No5.
Those look like Military markings on the top of the jaw. Not sure if it's the same with vices but there's a 6 with an arrow, in wristwatches 6b means RAF & this has had blue paint added to it over the red.. Expert info' as always welcomed.
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Picked up another Parky, this time a No5.
Those look like Military markings on the top of the jaw. Not sure if it's the same with vices but there's a 6 with an arrow, in wristwatches 6b means RAF & this has had blue paint added to it over the red.. Expert info' as always welcomed.
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Look round the flanges on the bolt holes on the fixed jaws.
Look for GPO stamps.
The red indicates it was taken up from ear marked stores and used in WD departments.
In Germany you still find WD vices. In The VW factory is a replica of the first VW beetle factory, on the bench is a Blue WD vice.
Cool, good info'.
Ta for that.
It's a nice old thing and being ww2 I find it especially interesting.
Looks to be in good nick! Less wailed on than my No9. I need to try and see if there's any sort of markings visible.
I thought the sort of burgundy colour was the standard Parkinson finish? Mines got the remnants of burgundy colour over a lot of it.
Ta for that, yeah it is in very good condition (apart from the fact someone has bizarrely ground off the little "nub" type casting marks on the side of the back foot that all parky's normally seem to have.)
The red/burgundy colour is the normal finish, I assume Yellow Ardvark ( he certainly knows his stuff doesn't he !) means it was painted normally & left in stores & then somebody (RAF perhaps ??) took it out & bunged the blue over the top.
I can't find any other markings on mine apart from the military broad-arrows & 1945 date on the jaw that i've photographed. Hope you find some on yours.
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Didn't Australia use numbers with the broad arrow? 6 was Tasmania at one time.
