Show us your bench vice(s)

MattF · May 10, 2022

Rowethren said:
Hello, my first post here so be gentle! I bought a house with a garage last year and I finally decided to start kitting it out with tools. My first task is a work bench and a vice so I have been reading through this thread and looking through eBay/Facebook to see if I can find a smallish vintage vice for a good price. I came across this one about 15 minute from me for £40, apparently it is in working condition and just needs a bit of TLC. I have never restored a tool before but have a dremel which should be okay for some of the stuff if a bit slow. Do you think it is worth a punt?
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Record 110 steel vice. Worth £40 any day of the week if all parts are there & no bad damage or breaks.

Rowethren · May 10, 2022

I can't see any bad damage on it but I haven't seen it in the flesh yet. Going to put in a offer subject to viewing and see how it goes. Wish me luck!

Rowethren · May 10, 2022

Sadly someone else has nabbed it, fingers crossed they don't show for the collection!

StevieO · May 10, 2022

Rowethren said:
Sadly someone else has nabbed it, fingers crossed they don't show for the collection!

What a damn shame. Record 110 for £40 was a deal !
I sold a really nice unrestored Record 112 for £150 just weeks ago. Buyer was chuffed to bits with it.
Solid steel vice- made to last donkeys years.

Welcome to the forum.
Steve

PS. Greetings from France to all the Vice Squad! My Mum passed a few weeks ago and my wife and I have come out to get over things and chill at our holiday home in the south of France! Saw a cloud over our garden!!!!
:whistle:

dannysheff · May 11, 2022

StevieO said:
What a damn shame. Record 110 for £40 was a deal !
I sold a really nice unrestored Record 112 for £150 just weeks ago. Buyer was chuffed to bits with it.
Solid steel vice- made to last donkeys years.

Welcome to the forum.
Steve

PS. Greetings from France to all the Vice Squad! My Mum passed a few weeks ago and my wife and I have come out to get over things and chill at our holiday home in the south of France! Saw a cloud over our garden!!!!

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looks like you're 'living the life of stevie' (ps look out for details - that pose may not be your sunbed companion's favourite)

Sorry about your mum - hope she had a good life.

Rowethren · May 11, 2022

StevieO said:
What a damn shame. Record 110 for £40 was a deal !
I sold a really nice unrestored Record 112 for £150 just weeks ago. Buyer was chuffed to bits with it.
Solid steel vice- made to last donkeys years.

Welcome to the forum.
Steve

PS. Greetings from France to all the Vice Squad! My Mum passed a few weeks ago and my wife and I have come out to get over things and chill at our holiday home in the south of France! Saw a cloud over our garden!!!!

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Sorry to hear about your mum, looks like a nice place to get away from it all for a while.

I did find an older (judging by the tulip bulb screw end) Record 34 which looks in decent condition which I can get for £55, it has one missing jaw screw but other than that looks pretty good.

How does this compare to the 110, the only major difference I can see is that the jaws attach from the inside instead of the outside. I think as it is older it is steel instead of malleable iron like the 110 was but not 100% on that.

jack-daniels · May 11, 2022

Rowethren said:
How does this compare to the 110, the only major difference I can see is that the jaws attach from the inside instead of the outside. I think as it is older it is steel instead of malleable iron like the 110 was but not 100% on that.

Have a look here

Record Tools : Catalogue No. 17 [Part] : C. & J. Hampton, Ltd. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

34 p., illus., 26.3 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

Rowethren · May 11, 2022

Interesting, thanks! All the other catalogues I had seen didn't go into as much detail on the specific designs. Looks like the 34 and 110 are made of the same material but the 34 is about 4kg lighter which is a significant difference. Not sure how much I would notice though as I am not expecting to go nuts hammering on it. I think the main toss-up is between the rear accessed jaw bolt on the 110 and the rounded shape improving access to the clamped item on the 34.

Decisions, decisions...

Rowethren · May 11, 2022

I think I will go for this one, doesn't need any work and the jaws look in fantastic condition. Bit more expensive at £100 delivered but seeing as it is £20 just for delivery it isn't too bad. Especially as the condition is so much better.

StevieO · May 11, 2022

dannysheff said:
looks like you're 'living the life of stevie' (ps look out for details - that pose may not be your sunbed companion's favourite)

Sorry about your mum - hope she had a good life.

Danny
Thanks for your kind words about Mum. She was 91 and wonderful.

The photo in France has already got me in the sh*t as the wife was just lowering herself onto the sunbed. I didn’t notice but she did……but after I posted on Facebook! Oops. :doh:

The_Yellow_Ardvark · May 11, 2022

A Record pipe vice.
£5

Pictures soon.

The_Yellow_Ardvark · May 11, 2022

One New to me, a record pipe vice.

£5.

Viceman · May 12, 2022

And I was offered 4 of these the other day, How can you say No?

9" wide jaws,

Arc Tourist · May 12, 2022

Viceman said:
And I was offered 4 of these the other day, How can you say No?View attachment 346103 View attachment 346104

I can say no, but yes, it is a struggle.

Did anyone here win the bid this evening on the bay of evil's British " Bingh " swivel vice ?

lotus_esprit_s1 · May 12, 2022

25 and 36. Can’t decide which one to mount in the workbench, I’ve had 25’s forever but the anvil section of the 36 will probably sway it

ranger08 · May 13, 2022

MattF said:
Record 110 steel vice. Worth £40 any day of the week if all parts are there & no bad damage or breaks.

That 110 was ductile iron

StevieO · May 13, 2022

lotus_esprit_s1 said:
25 and 36. Can’t decide which one to mount in the workbench, I’ve had 25’s forever but the anvil section of the 36 will probably sway it

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That’s a hard choice as they are both strong vice. Depends what you generally do with a vice. You could always fit both!

Nice paint jobs by the way.
Both later Record models as the hub is flat not the older bulbous type. Guess at 1967-1972.
If you can’t decide I’d go with the one that opens and closes easiest as, let’s face it, that’s where the time goes when starting and finishing a job with a vice.
:scared:

MattF · May 13, 2022

ranger08 said:
That 110 was ductile iron

Steel.

StevieO · May 13, 2022

Just popped into my barn here in France and on the workbench is an old vice that I use whilst here.
It does not show a manufacturer name but all I can make out is
Acier ( which means Steel in French)
105
M
MC
… RT?

It has approx 105mm wide jaws
Any ideas what it could be?
:waving:

PS. Some kind Frenchman welded or soldered one of the jaws in! :welder:

Charawacky · May 13, 2022

I have tried in vain to find out about this Westinghouse vice, is it worth buying and if so how much should be considered.

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