Show us your bench vice(s)

[slim_boy_fat]

but I've had this vice for about 12 years ish.

Looks the same as mine.

 

[ranger08]

I have a 35P as my main vice - the P indicating Plain Screw.... but yours has the 35p on the slide, but is a QR - so shouldn't it just have "35" on the sliding jaw?

The p was ground off by the factory, I’ve seen it before on others, the moving jaw is quite a different casting for the p and the qr, it’s definitely a qr casting

 

[Maker]

bought these today, £15.00 the lot, was I done? parallel pliers with a groove, for lockwire? Record 00 vice as new, may find a place for that in my hobby van, strange setting pliers, may have come with BT bits?
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You get pliers like that for cutting tiny squares of sheet solder, jewelers use them. Yours look far bigger than any I've seen though so probably a different use altogether.

 

[Seadog]

bought these today, £15.00 the lot, was I done? parallel pliers with a groove, for lockwire? Record 00 vice as new, may find a place for that in my hobby van, strange setting pliers, may have come with BT bits?
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Now I remember, train guards for marking your ticket.

 

[Endgrain]

Hoping someone can give me an idea on age and how common, I’m not finding much in my typical searches, except to be led here,

Record 3A, 4 1/2” jaw. $47 through machine shop closing. Fitted with aluminum jaws. I don’t see any mounting screws, yet.

 

[Endgrain]

At least I’m assuming it’s a Record brand vise.

 

[prepman]

At least I’m assuming it’s a Record brand vise.

Usually it's pretty prominently marked 'Record'? It is on all of mine. Even the little 3".
Also the countersunk jaw screws are a little peculiar on the record vise (and relatively expensive)

 

[ranger08]

Hoping someone can give me an idea on age and how common, I’m not finding much in my typical searches, except to be led here,

Record 3A, 4 1/2” jaw. $47 through machine shop closing. Fitted with aluminum jaws. I don’t see any mounting screws, yet.

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I believe it be a Woden standard bench vice, early as it has the patent number

 

[Slowcoach]

I’m pretty sure it’s a Parkinson. Certainly no expert compared to some on here.

 

[MattF]

I’m pretty sure it’s a Parkinson. Certainly no expert compared to some on here.

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That's the one. Good little vices are those, @Endgrain, & their swivel bases aren't overly common to drop on. It's an earlier model, with it having the shaped, rather than parallel, end on the leadscrew.

 

[CwazyWabbit]

That's the one. Good little vices are those, @Endgrain, & their swivel bases aren't overly common to drop on.

Looks like a handy..... however the RD number doesn't seem to be the one Parkinson usually used.

 

[MattF]

689821, is it not? (How sad is it that I can still recall that number ). Don't think there was ever another manufacturer used that dog leg styling on the rear of the housing either, did they?

 

[MattF]

It definitely is a Handy.

 

[Slowcoach]

Numbers seem to match on the pic.

 

[CwazyWabbit]

I'm getting old, I missed the 1 on the end!

 

[dannysheff]

Definitely a Parkinson Reg No. ----- Very fine vices, Parkinsons Handy series, but never understood:-

1. they cast their name in a major way on the 'Perfect' QR series, but almost never on the Handys

2. the numbering - which they initiated - same as other vice makers from 00 to 3 then 3A, 3B etc all the way up to 3E - a v. big 8in wide jaw

 

[Lugh Lámfada]

For sale, unfortunately diagonally across the country from me and it's collection only. I asked the jaw width and was told It's 7" so I think it should be 189A/1 and not 139. For that price I would drive a bit, but not 3:40 one way. I'll leave it a week or so and see if they will compromise and agree to a courier collecting it. I think I could arrange that. Not certain, not tried before

 

[6ply]

Another record vice in my collection.

 

[6ply]

Record 52 1/2 not doing anything at present. I have a similar sized one mounted to the bench.

 

[GRW]

I have a very old (not sure exactly but guessing maybe 80-100yo?) pretty hard used Parkinson No9 monster (6" jaws and about 50kg) that's just sat in a (not as dry as I'd like) store shed.
It's too big for my use, and while I really like old vices I'm feeling bad about it's neglect