That's interesting, never heard that.
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You Parkenson vice, I was awake and board.
So I went looking for information on it.
Few details came to light.
No Stores number on it.
Stamped on top, late more stamping, 2 year date and no WD mark.
This, as far as I can find out means:
Taken up into a Government Department late war, from stores ear marked to the GPO, GPO mail trains or GPO Government mail.
Or earmarked for that from the factory.
Worse case.
Much later stamp to give the impression of a old vice with history.
It gave me something to do at 4am.
You Parkenson vice, I was awake and board.
So I went looking for information on it.
Few details came to light.
No Stores number on it.
Stamped on top, late more stamping, 2 year date and no WD mark.
This, as far as I can find out means:
Taken up into a Government Department late war, from stores ear marked to the GPO, GPO mail trains or GPO Government mail.
Or earmarked for that from the factory.
Worse case.
Much later stamp to give the impression of a old vice with history.
It gave me something to do at 4am.
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Counterfeiting Vices ?
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You have your vices, delete your browers history, some like to fake things to make more ££££
Thanks for that info'. So it might be faked that's not really made my day.
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Must admit I was/am dubious about the stamps. The ware to the jaws has missed the stamps conveniently, and pitting has been softened by ware or emery paper, but not to the stamps which are still pretty crisp. Only my opinion, enjoy it for what it is.
I had another look at the vice & the thing interesting me was the arrowed 6. then I remembered it's an inspection mark. I've seen inspection marks like that before both on tools but also on knives. I collect old army knives (i've got hundreds) so dug one out & this has an arrowed 7 on it (see pic) . I also found an article on other knives (I know it's not a knife but like I say these inspection marks crop up on other stuff too). Scroll down in this & it mentions a 6 & an arrow.. it also mention it being on a late war knife, coincidence.. perhaps ?? http://www.wilkinsonfscollection.co...ow_Including_Ministry_Of_Supply_Markings.html
Here's another pic of the markings on the vice too.
Played with, maybe, but to be honest I think the whole top of jaws have been dressed slightly.
If it's faked fair enough but it wasn't even mentioned when advertised & to be fair I didn't pay that much for it or indeed buy it 'cos of them, I wanted a Parky no5.
Personally I think it may be legit but if it's not so be it, it's still a keeper.
Here's another pic of the markings on the vice too.
Played with, maybe, but to be honest I think the whole top of jaws have been dressed slightly.
If it's faked fair enough but it wasn't even mentioned when advertised & to be fair I didn't pay that much for it or indeed buy it 'cos of them, I wanted a Parky no5.
Personally I think it may be legit but if it's not so be it, it's still a keeper.
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Interesting vice video by Mr Croker. Not sure I agree with everything he does, but I've watched loads of his videos and like his presentation style.
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That should be wear. Would you believe I was teaching English up to 3 months ago. Good grief.
Whats the best way to tidy up this vice. Its been lying about a long time and its tight and sticky.
I dont want to wreck its original paint.
Do I just clean it up with wd40 and oil it or grease it. Or soak it in diesel, or strip it and clean with wire wool or wire wheel and sand the slides.I wouldn't care if it was really bad but I don't want to damage it more.
I dont want to wreck its original paint.
Do I just clean it up with wd40 and oil it or grease it. Or soak it in diesel, or strip it and clean with wire wool or wire wheel and sand the slides.I wouldn't care if it was really bad but I don't want to damage it more.
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What MattF said.
Should I completely strip it and pull the spindle and all out?
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If it were mine I wouldn't , just lubricate and clean.
Just acquired this Record 36, which seems to of had little use in its life. The jaws only open about 4" though so currently stripping it. I cant retract the slide from the body though, it gets stuck with about 2" left, probably for the same reason as the opening issue. I cant see anything that's binding, apart from maybe the rear most runner blocks. Any ideas ?
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Check for nicks in the metal, (they may have bulged the surface slightly), & clean off as much surface rust from the slide as possible. It doesn't take much for them to bind.
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I agree with Matt. If you zoom right in on the photo you can see they've been using the end of the slide as an anvil and you can see bruised metal on the left at least ( probably some on the right too).
Run a flat file along the side to remove any high spots.
Run a flat file along the side to remove any high spots.
Thanks. I had already ran a stone across the slide and took a few high spots off. I did manage to free it last night though with the help of a car scissor jack to prise it open, didnt take much. It was mostly the bottom runner blocks that were gummed up with sawdust, rust and grease. So the cleanup begins.
