Show us your bench vice(s)

[dannysheff]

I've pinched a pic from ebay again, this time still for sale (buyitnow) - this is one of the very heavy duty ww bench vices probably from before the QR patents in 1877 - you can see the up-pointing arrow head above the boss, (some have one arrow superimposed on another) as on the Syers, which is why I suspect it might be from Wilson Riley or their works near Bradford. The examples I have are not as clean as this but are massive and will last forever if kept in use.

Again it's located in W Yorks (over the years I've seen a couple from further, but mostly there, giving some indication that their maker might have been close).

Regarding the QR vs not - obviously it's turns of the screw to change settings, but it's a massive steel screw and nut, there's no spring to break or weaken and would take a lot to get clogged or jammed.

Thanks all for answering the QR or not - QR won but not a landslide.

PS - if it's an auction, I wouldn't show the pic till sold, as folks might want it kept quiet, but a buy-it-now, you either buy or not.
PPS - when I say clean, I mean undamaged

 

[MattF]

Link?

 

[dannysheff]

Link?

sorry - my link attempts never seem to work - search new listings, title "Parkinson Record vice" (yes, I know it isn't but that's what it says) - listed within the last 2 days.

 

[MattF]

vintage woodworking vice Cast Iron 10” Jaw Record Parkinson Antique | eBay

<p>vintage woodworking vice Cast Iron 10” Jaw Record Parkinson Antique. </p><p>No idea on the brand</p>

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[ranger08]

have seen this for sale however way to far away
looks late Victorian in design, however what caught my eye was the different style of quick release mechanism and spring placement and the placement of rollers underneath the side

 

[StevieO]

have seen this for sale however way to far away
looks late Victorian in design, however what caught my eye was the different style of quick release mechanism and spring placement and the placement of rollers underneath the side
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Ranger, where was it advertised/location?

 

[ranger08]

Australia, I look there as have family there if anything interesting comes up , if it was in nz I would be keen for sure

 

[dannysheff]

have seen this for sale however way to far away
looks late Victorian in design, however what caught my eye was the different style of quick release mechanism and spring placement and the placement of rollers underneath the side
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V interesting -- if it works well the spring might be easier to service and the rollers to take up play look good, although to have these at 45deg would have taken up both vertical and horizontal wear/play - I've seen adjustable bronze strips on some eng vices which do this 45deg job. The 'carriage' holding the slide looks about halfway between the oldest Parkinson 'long wheelbase' (which I prefer for that reason) and the later 'short wheelbase' and the shorter still holes for the Record etc rods - but in the end it also comes down to quality of machining and wearability of sliding materials (I believe the basic/usual grey cast iron is petty good in this respect as well as being dimensionally stable).

I'd guess about 1900? Any known Aussie patents about then? In the era 'early hours before dawn'.

Go on - buy it ranger and start your second collection in your Australian family's place - do they have an old vice shed (thunderbox) somewhere down the garden?.

Anyhow -- like it, and think it holds a place in the history of QR vices.

 

[Vono]

I've pinched a pic from ebay again, this time still for sale (buyitnow) - this is one of the very heavy duty ww bench vices probably from before the QR patents in 1877 - you can see the up-pointing arrow head above the boss, (some have one arrow superimposed on another) as on the Syers, which is why I suspect it might be from Wilson Riley or their works near Bradford. The examples I have are not as clean as this but are massive and will last forever if kept in use.

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Again it's located in W Yorks (over the years I've seen a couple from further, but mostly there, giving some indication that their maker might have been close).

Regarding the QR vs not - obviously it's turns of the screw to change settings, but it's a massive steel screw and nut, there's no spring to break or weaken and would take a lot to get clogged or jammed.

Thanks all for answering the QR or not - QR won but not a landslide.

PS - if it's an auction, I wouldn't show the pic till sold, as folks might want it kept quiet, but a buy-it-now, you either buy or not.
PPS - when I say clean, I mean undamaged

I like that a lot. If it weren't for the fact I find underslungs more awkward to store/mount i'd have a punt on that.
There's also the fact i'm not buying any more vices...

 

[Vono]

have seen this for sale however way to far away
looks late Victorian in design, however what caught my eye was the different style of quick release mechanism and spring placement and the placement of rollers underneath the side
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That's very cool.
Go on ranger give it a good home if you can.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

How it arrived.

How it is. now.

 

[Rannsachair]

A workholder vice misadvertised on Facebook as a Swiden:

Needs a jaw made:

 

[Rannsachair]

A workholder vice misadvertised on Facebook as a Swiden:

Needs a jaw made:
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Out of interest I found:

Cannot imagine they sell much to Joe public.....

 

[slim_boy_fat]

 

[dannysheff]

Out of interest I found:
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Cannot imagine they sell much to Joe public.....

but the military is renowned for wa-aay overpaying for equipt (with our money)

 

[SteveB58]

but the military is renowned for wa-aay overpaying for equipt (with our money)

Not just the military Dan, the government was pretty profligate when buying useless PPE not so long ago.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Not just the military Dan, the government was pretty profligate when buying useless PPE not so long ago.

Any government funded organisation.

 

[CwazyWabbit]

It's the price of the swivel bases that amazes me, they look like something a school kid could make as a first project.

 

[dannysheff]

Not just the military Dan, the government was pretty profligate when buying useless PPE not so long ago.

Yup, and I s'pose the vices do work well (unlike much of the ppe) and doubt that the firm is owned by millionaire friends of Boris.

In the end - I'm pleased to see them still active, manufacturing in a small E England town with a product to be proud of.

 

[Rannsachair]

Yup, and I s'pose the vices do work well (unlike much of the ppe) and doubt that the firm is owned by millionaire friends of Boris.

In the end - I'm pleased to see them still active, manufacturing in a small E England town with a product to be proud of.

Filed patent in 1928 and in the 1930's becomes the MOD's standard workholding tool according to their website. A friend of mine acquired a brand new one when he left the REME, he mentioned they had one in every mobile workshop.