Show us your bench vice(s)

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

From this, unloved Redord Imp Vice.

Bing as well.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

A few more of vices.

A few hours work.

This suction base Alloy vice just needed a dlean.

 

[Gregb23]

As far as I can make out. I Carter and co. 33 maybe new something
Manchester
Something Nov 1878

 

[CwazyWabbit]

J Carter & Co, 33 New Bailey St, Manchester
Reg'd, Nov', 1872

 

[Gregb23]

Ah cracking, thanks. I'm assuming the date is the company date rather than a manufactured date.

 

[CwazyWabbit]

The date is most likely the date that the design was registered.
I found the receipt for it

 

[dannysheff]

The date is most likely the date that the design was registered.
I found the receipt for it
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Gobsmacked.

You wouldn't also happen to have a receipt for an old Parkinson's Perfect No 9 I have, would you?

 

[Vono]

Put a shelf up for my small vices.
A mixture of Parkinsons, Ward & Payne, Paramo & a little Rededa.
Happy Easter to all

 

[Arc Tourist]

Put a shelf up for my small vices.
A mixture of Parkinsons, Ward & Payne, Paramo & a little Rededa.
Happy Easter to all

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Nice. I need to do that, but higher up on the garage wall; or sell the whole lot.

 

[Vono]

Nice. I need to do that, but higher up on the garage wall; or sell the whole lot.

Put a shelf up, don't be selling them !

 

[ranger08]

first vice bought in a wee while, as it is a small bench clamp vice, which i now prefer as they take up less space and less rust bath and actually less of everything
my first Marples will see how it cleans up, my first impression is it is not as good quality when compared to a Millers Falls which made a Marples copy
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the marples cleaned up quite nicely

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Gobsmacked.

You wouldn't also happen to have a receipt for an old Parkinson's Perfect No 9 I have, would you?

In the case of the J Carter receipt it was on eBay that I found it, still for sale too https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203009089130

 

[Vono]

Hello all
I got a new vice a Record Leader, the thing is it's a bit unusual as i've never seen one this small with 3" jaws before. Does anybody know anything about these smaller ones??
It's a No 10PB which i've never seen in any catalogue, i've only seen the bigger ones. It also has number 17 on the body & slide.
Info appreciated
Cheers

 

[CwazyWabbit]

A 'P' on a Record vice usually indicates that it isn't quick release (only there when a QR option also exists)

 

[Dieselman 63]

A 'P' on a Record vice usually indicates that it isn't quick release (only there when a QR option also exists)

What was the rationale behind these vices? With such an enormous range of vices it seems odd to need a fabricated one.

 

[ranger08]

What was the rationale behind these vices? With such an enormous range of vices it seems odd to need a fabricated one.

In the 1960s and after, record’s main line of vices were all ductile iron I believe, they had no cast steel vices, so felt the need for a steel vice I guess

 

[Vono]

A 'P' on a Record vice usually indicates that it isn't quick release (only there when a QR option also exists)

That's cool ta for that
Do you have any idea on the size, i've never seen a 3 inch one of these before & can't find any info' on them? All the Record Leaders I find pics of seem to be bigger ?
It seems a genuine/proper model.

 

[StevieO]

Hi Vono
nice Leader vice - I have the Leader 12QR with 4 1/2" jaws.

Cwazy has an 8" (vice.......)

3" 10PB is not in any of my Record catalogues.
This will be another reason for me to visit the Hawley collection in Sheffield which I plan to do maybe end of June.
I'm so busy in the next months - but I will try to plan this.
This is a snip of part of one page of the Hawley collection data for C J Hampton/Record. (response from Hawley to my enquiries).
There's 1 1/2 pages of catalogues and >1 page of photographs.
I have to book a 2-3 day visit and hotel and go through each catalogue and see what I can scan.... Let's see.
They also have loads of catalogues etc on Parkinson, Rededa, Woden, Paramo - but nothing on Fortis... which are my favourites.

Really looking forward to see the 1971 and 1972 catalogues as they are later than anything I have.


My record records!!!!!

 

[StevieO]

Anyway Vono - I thought you were not buying any more vices - that enough was enough lol

 

[dannysheff]

That's cool ta for that
Do you have any idea on the size, i've never seen a 3 inch one of these before & can't find any info' on them? All the Record Leaders I find pics of seem to be bigger ?
It seems a genuine/proper model.

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no, never seen a steel fab Record Leader that small. Nice.

But I do have a Leader 00B with the 2 1/4in jaws in usual Parky Handy style, as shown previously on this thread --- no mention of the Record name, so my guess is there was a vice maker called Leader, Record acquired it and used the name for their steel weld fab vices?? Anyone know more about this? And what other steel fab vices were made in UK? I know of a Swinden weld fab copy called The Herbert (London, not the Coventry firm), a DOHM weld fab and an offset vice that may be related to Leader or??