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They are indeed cute little vices 
The big one did get cleaned after this photo
The big one did get cleaned after this photo
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I see socket head Allen screws are used to snug up the adjustable jaws in your vice. From the photos shown on ebay, I think set screws are used in the one I'm getting. I'll post photos when it arrives. Have you actually used the vice for any machining operations ?
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No, the little one has in all honesty mostly lived on my desk, I'm not against using it, just haven't needed to. The socket head screws were what it had when it arrived here (eBay purchase as well), will be interested to see what yours has when it turns up.
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Here you go, the Sevo paperweight arrived today. The quality is comparable to the larger Sevo vice I have.
What I thought was surface oxidation is mostly dried grease, which wiped off easily with a scotch-bright pad. I'll disassemble the vice later and give it a proper sprucing up. The finger joints on the box need to be re glued also, which is no big deal. The set screws appear to be imperial 1/4" 20 TPI, but a metric 3mm Allen wrench seems to be the better fit for loosening and tightening the jaws.
What I thought was surface oxidation is mostly dried grease, which wiped off easily with a scotch-bright pad. I'll disassemble the vice later and give it a proper sprucing up. The finger joints on the box need to be re glued also, which is no big deal. The set screws appear to be imperial 1/4" 20 TPI, but a metric 3mm Allen wrench seems to be the better fit for loosening and tightening the jaws.
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LovelyHere you go, the Sevo paperweight arrived today. The quality is comparable to the larger Sevo vice I have.
What I thought was surface oxidation is mostly dried grease, which wiped off easily with a scotch-bright pad. I'll disassemble the vice later and give it a proper sprucing up. The finger joints on the box need to be re glued also, which is no big deal. The set screws appear to be imperial 1/4" 20 TPI, but a metric 3mm Allen wrench seems to be the better fit for loosening and tightening the jaws.
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Yup looks like an early Parky 'Perfect' - what does the cast-in script say? --- but -
Do I see some serious missing chunks from the casting -- repaired by re-aligning the two parts of the 'static'.
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Quite a few of the older vices use that style wing nut for through bench mounting. From Boley to Wilson Riley.
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It may also be known as a Massey which was built under licence from Wilson Riley.
from what ive seen so far its not a massey as there are major differences in the castings, it could be a parky instantaneous grip or other english copy, i am going to give it a brief clean to look for any markings and will post photos
but at this stage Mr Wabbit i think you nailed it straight away
hats off to you
but at this stage Mr Wabbit i think you nailed it straight away
hats off to you
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Could also be from an old Lorch type precision lathe, used to lock the carriage in position ?
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I think this pic may be from the shop floor of Rolls Royce Derby Aero Engines ??
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Impressed with your knowledgeable replies, mes amis.
feast your eyes on this beauty!!
funny thing was the main body which bolts together was bolted around the wrong way, see last photo, it had been like that for donkeys, the bolts barely came apart so had been that way for a very long time which might be responsible for it being in such great condition for it age Circa 1880 to 1915. one of the bolts is not original however i do have a perfect old replacement
no markings at all, it has the same mechanism as my E&K wood worker, someone on youtube has a similar model and has been advised it may of been made by Parkinson at the shipley works but who knows
5 inch jaws its really heavy and well machined inside. On the outside is whats left of the original thick black Japaning
funny thing was the main body which bolts together was bolted around the wrong way, see last photo, it had been like that for donkeys, the bolts barely came apart so had been that way for a very long time which might be responsible for it being in such great condition for it age Circa 1880 to 1915. one of the bolts is not original however i do have a perfect old replacement
no markings at all, it has the same mechanism as my E&K wood worker, someone on youtube has a similar model and has been advised it may of been made by Parkinson at the shipley works but who knows
5 inch jaws its really heavy and well machined inside. On the outside is whats left of the original thick black Japaning
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When I rebuilt my Wilson Riley I put it together back to front like that ..... I'd even shared photos before I noticed
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here's mine - sitting on my bench with competitor QR-type, ie Syer, built in - not the greatest pic, but it actually shows a fairly clean bench-top (currently full of small vices and wood-handled chisels). Sadly I don't have the swivel screw (think it was optional).
In the 1870s/80s these two inventors/makers and Parkinson were all situated along a short length of valley in Shipley and Keighley to the NW of Bradford where there had already been makers of heavy cast iron woodworking vices, such as Woodhead - plenty of foundries around but it is poss that one foundry such as Parky's was specialising and made other's castings - any evidence? In any case, for a while (1890s?) Parkinsons had some vises made here in Sheffield.
I think of greater Bradford as the UK home of cast iron vice-making, (Brum and Sheff were still big into wrought iron leg and bench vices) - before Sheffield became the centre after WWI.
I think this type of QR is better suited to the lesser pressures of woodworking than bench vice metalworking - you can see the wrought iron handle of mine has been beaten flat - (even the woodworking version which had a cast iron handle, often has the end knocked off). I bought mine off a blacksmith - he loved it, but not suited to much of his work.
Usually the only marking is a feint 'E & K' on the loose internal cam.
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