Show us your bench vice(s)

[CwazyWabbit]

That design of Fortis vice is made of some very malleable steel, my one had a bent ear on the rear end of the slide, must've been at least 25 degrees from where it should have been. I bent it back with a big adjustable wrench, no cracking.

 

[Vono]

Feeling better today, the plague hasn't got me yet so I finished cleaning the Fortis vice and put it back together. It was kind of awkward to reassemble as gravity had to be taken into account. Meaning, to have any chance of putting "all" of the pieces back together, it had to be done upside down, and a magnet used to hold the Nut in position while feeding the main body of the vice on to the threaded tommy bar. Here are some photos.
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Great job.
Cool photo's too.

 

[Vono]

i havent seen one of these posted here that i recall, its a small light weight Rededa QR wood worker, very effective basic mechanism
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Cool thing that, I rather like Rededa's.
I wish I had more places to mount underslung types as that's a vice "rabbit hole" i've not really explored. They don't sit on my shelving as well as engineering type ones which is why I don't have as many...However I like them..

 

[dannysheff]

I wish I had more places to mount underslung types which is why I don't have as many...However I like them..

Agree

 

[SteveB58]

Cool thing that, I rather like Rededa's.
I wish I had more places to mount underslung types as that's a vice "rabbit hole" i've not really explored. They don't sit on my shelving as well as engineering type ones which is why I don't have as many...However I like them..

Feel your pain mate. I wish I had space for a leg vice that a friend of mine has. I know if no one buys it soon it 'll get weighed in.

Steve

 

[Seadog]

Simple. You buy it and offer it on the forum

 

[SteveB58]

Here is that pipe vice I mentioned, found it while cleaning out the workshop this afternoon. Also found my Peter Wright vice.

 

[ranger08]

Cool thing that, I rather like Rededa's.
I wish I had more places to mount underslung types as that's a vice "rabbit hole" i've not really explored. They don't sit on my shelving as well as engineering type ones which is why I don't have as many...However I like them..

the don't display well at all, but will be moving house soon so a couple will be slung under my new bench when i build it
i have sold quite a few double ups in the last few months with only 17 left although i have bought 2 more which im yet to pick up, i do notice i have 3 woden 7 inch ideals so can do a further cull

notice i made an absolute pigs ass of the old woden main spindle, i got it mixed up with a parkinsons model J i was cleaning up, and removed the patina, guttered!

 

[dannysheff]

the don't display well at all, but will be moving house soon so a couple will be slung under my new bench when i build it
i have sold quite a few double ups in the last few months with only 17 left although i have bought 2 more which im yet to pick up, i do notice i have 3 woden 7 inch ideals so can do a further cull

notice i made an absolute pigs ass of the old woden main spindle, i got it mixed up with a parkinsons model J i was cleaning up, and removed the patina, guttered!
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great display

are the 7in Woden Ideals their patented QR with no separate lever? - I think there were 3 versions (from memory 120, 120X, 130??) - not made for long and not common in UK (maybe shipped em all to NZ?) then there was also a quite different Woden QR, related to QR of your E&K front left -- seems they had someone desperate to escape the lever QR started by Parky - all patented - none lasted long

like the brass lever on the Paramo (assume it's not original?)

 

[dannysheff]

great display


like the brass lever on the Paramo

and what's the vice behind the Paramo? also with a brass lever --mson?

 

[ranger08]

The paramo is all original, i had another which I’ve now sold with brass qr they also have a brass bar keep,
the one behind is a Samson made by Rock Island USA around 1920 sold through the Sears catalogue, it has a brass half nut also.
the Woden ideals are qr via a half turn anticlockwise of the handle, very nice robust system quite common here.
there are several wodens I need to complete the series, they did try lots of different styles to try to compete with the record 52s

 

[Vono]

the don't display well at all, but will be moving house soon so a couple will be slung under my new bench when i build it
i have sold quite a few double ups in the last few months with only 17 left although i have bought 2 more which im yet to pick up, i do notice i have 3 woden 7 inch ideals so can do a further cull

notice i made an absolute pigs ass of the old woden main spindle, i got it mixed up with a parkinsons model J i was cleaning up, and removed the patina, guttered!
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They look absolutely brilliant.
Must resist, must resist. I will repeat 100 times - "I do not need any more vices & I must not disappear down another vice collecting rabbit hole, that fills the garage with yet more old iron"

 

[dannysheff]

I was lucky enough to get my hands on a Parkinson's Vice made by Cocker Bros of Sheffield (est 1752, specialist in large springs), as also owned by wabbit (and others?).

I came across this page:

Interesting enough,

But note the date of the page of "Engineering" - Jan 1886, -- now I believe that the Parkinson's 'Perfect' was patented in late 1884. With this in mind and the way the attached is written makes me wonder whether, although Parky had their own large works, they contracted out the initial manufacture of their 'Perfects'? Why to Cockers? - maybe because they were big and were spring specialists (a key part of the vice, if only small)
(alternative is they gave a license, but strange, as Sheff only 40 miles away from Bradford - usually done for other countries, or at least distant parts)

Whaddaya think?

 

[Vono]

I was lucky enough to get my hands on a Parkinson's Vice made by Cocker Bros of Sheffield (est 1752, specialist in large springs), as also owned by wabbit (and others?).

I came across this page:

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Interesting enough,

But note the date of the page of "Engineering" - Jan 1886, -- now I believe that the Parkinson's 'Perfect' was patented in late 1884. With this in mind and the way the attached is written makes me wonder whether, although Parky had their own large works, they contracted out the initial manufacture of their 'Perfects'? Why to Cockers? - maybe because they were big and were spring specialists (a key part of the vice, if only small)
(alternative is they gave a license, but strange, as Sheff only 40 miles away from Bradford - usually done for other countries, or at least distant parts)

Whaddaya think?

All I can think is it's either they couldn't meet demand so had to get Cockers involved (is that likely?) Or Cockers had some necessary skill that Parkinson's initially lacked to manufacture their new fangled new vise...I personally think the latter is more feasible.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Finished cleaning the Fortis vice stand, not really much involved except removing the retaining washer which prevents the supporting shaft from being lifted too high and off. I was surprised not to find a bolt holding it, but a modern socket head cap screw. Judging by the oxidation, it appears original ? Anyway, job is done and the post slides easier. Visually the vice appears the same with the patina and age related wear still intact.
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[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Just arrived, well yesterday, a nice York 80 vice.

 

[dannysheff]

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Just arrived, well yesterday, a nice York 80 vice.


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Nice vices, and this type from Czech is the predecessor to the Wilton 'bullet' which, in the smallest and largest sizes, fetch crazy prices in USA. (As you may know, one of the York Czech employees moved to New York and started making them there in the WWII era (re-'patented'); and Wilton still does.

Tea, biscuits and a swivel Yorky, please, waiter.

 

[Vono]

Finished cleaning the Fortis vice stand, not really much involved except removing the retaining washer which prevents the supporting shaft from being lifted too high and off. I was surprised not to find a bolt holding it, but a modern socket head cap screw. Judging by the oxidation, it appears original ? Anyway, job is done and the post slides easier. Visually the vice appears the same with the patina and age related wear still intact.
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Gorgeous thing, utterly gorgeous.
Great job done there A'T', i'm soo glad it's not been ruined by some half-wit.

 

[StevieO]

Finished cleaning the Fortis vice stand, not really much involved except removing the retaining washer which prevents the supporting shaft from being lifted too high and off. I was surprised not to find a bolt holding it, but a modern socket head cap screw. Judging by the oxidation, it appears original ? Anyway, job is done and the post slides easier. Visually the vice appears the same with the patina and age related wear still intact.
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Did not see that before- that the stand had the Fortis transfer too!
Wicked
Just completely stunning as it is

 

[Arc Tourist]

Gorgeous thing, utterly gorgeous.
Great job done there A'T', i'm soo glad it's not been ruined by some half-wit.

Cheers, I guess that makes me a full-wit.