CwazyWabbit
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I'd buy the 9 from you, but alas you are 190 miles away from me and a 380 mile round trip makes for an expensive vice collection journey.
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StevieO
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Guys,
I don't want to be presumptious but if anyone is interested in a vice from my "stock" here then let me know. The list is below.
Prices will be honestly at my cost or I've added a couple of quid to some where I cannot recall fuel cost when I drove to collect.
I'm not after profit as they are "as purchased" - mostly - two are restored. I've a renovated Parky 1 and Record 00
I've about 36 vices, no more space, my shelves are sagging with the weight and due to personal issues I've just got to let them go.
Let me know if interested, no obligation at all. I can send photos and prices.
To move them on I'd take a good offer for a batch... let me know.
I'm located near Sandbach M6 services, near Stoke & Alsager.
dannysheff
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Hope to still 'see' you here.
I have plenty of space on my allotment but also decided to cut back on the much loved big 'uns - leaving just a few, but increasing my collection of different makes small vices eg size 0, 00 and the clamp-ons - and a few really original types. also easier on the back.
Still - if just you want a vice or three on your bench/stand -- nothing better than a Fortis 15 or such.
Arc Tourist
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Over the years its been a fun pastime referbishing old quality tools and vices when I've happened across them, but like anything in life, we sometimes move on to other interests. I'm at that stage now, where I have more vices (about 40) than I will ever use, taking up room that's much needed for other things; as currently, I have to turn sideways and exhale to negotiate the narrow pathway through my garage.
I haven’t heard of an instant grip. I think it is best described as leaver action or cam lock.
SteveB58
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I feel your pain. Only a little while back management asked if I had a couple of pairs of pliers she could use with her pupils for something she was doing. I gave her 27 pairs to take to school and keep. And I still have upwards of 20 in a tool chest. On a positive note I seem to have my ratchet screwdriver addiction under control.
StevieO
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Have you seen this one???
Amazing vice....
https://www.facebook.com/groups/531337394375637/permalink/1463573794485321/
Amazing vice....
https://www.facebook.com/groups/531337394375637/permalink/1463573794485321/
CwazyWabbit
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Pattern makers vice, there have been a few manufacturers of that design over the years.
jack-daniels
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Boot sale find. Parkinson Handy 0A. £1.50!
SteveB58
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That's what it is, pattern makers vice. For a woodworker one of the most useful bench vices you could have. Expensive, heavy and absolute pigs to fit, Emmert are the manufactures I remember making them.
SteveB58
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With the weather being so good I decided today was the day to replace the vice on the outside bench and clean things up a little. The leg vice is gone and it's replacement is a Record 74 that had been rusting away in the garden. Now with the wheels freed up and with a lighter vice, aiding stability the bench is ready for another year outside. Regular readers may remember that the bench was a gift from management one Valentines Day.
dannysheff
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I'm a real composting fan, but that's it's going to take a while to compost down with the rest of the contents of your bin
SteveB58
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A fan of compost? It takes all sorts to make a world, or so it would seem.
dannysheff
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Ah well -- I'll tear misen away from the compost heap - here's a stack of DOHMs just fer thee, B58
SteveB58
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Right gradely, but where's thy compost?
MikeBs
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Can any of the vice gurus answer this one?
I’ve got a Record 23 as my main vice and the jaws are taking a bit of punishment as most jaws do.
My question is - Why are the mounting screws offset towards the base of the vice, is there an engineering reason for this?
If the screws were set in the middle then when the top of the jaws were sufficiently punished they could to turned over to reveal a fresh surface to pound on.
This offset means that to get nice sharp edges on the top surface, I would need to get a new set of jaws.
I’ve got a Record 23 as my main vice and the jaws are taking a bit of punishment as most jaws do.
My question is - Why are the mounting screws offset towards the base of the vice, is there an engineering reason for this?
If the screws were set in the middle then when the top of the jaws were sufficiently punished they could to turned over to reveal a fresh surface to pound on.
This offset means that to get nice sharp edges on the top surface, I would need to get a new set of jaws.
CwazyWabbit
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I would guess that it's so they are further from the edge making it less likely to crack out of the casting in heavy use.
MikeBs
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That seems a reasonable reason. My experience of vices is limited to just the one I own. Is this offset common on most/all vices?
