Show us your bench vice(s)

[CwazyWabbit]

That was a proper bargain! They are a lovely vice, also seems they forgot to grind the P off that one

 

[Farside]

also seems they forgot to grind the P off that one

That would really be taking the pee.

 

[JOEPRO]

This evening I am stripping the paint from 2no no 4 Vices. The first one has had blue, red, white, brown and now back to what I hope is the original layer of blue paint!




I will keep applying the striper and using course wire wool to remove layers in between until I am mostly back to bare steel.

Then tomorrow evening after work I will wash them clean with TFR and a hot washer then they will be easy for a quick blast to leave the metal ready for paint.

 

[JOEPRO]

That is some tough paint. I wrapped it in plastic film and will leave it overnight to see if that properly softens what is left.



Anything that is left after this final treatment will be removed by wire wheel and sand blasting.

 

[SteveB58]

That's very interesting.
I didnt think of this yesterday to check with a magnet. As turns out it is magnetic so cant be plain aluminium. It files and has the brightness of aluminium, and weights less than a steel one would be. Very strange.

When aluminium hen exposed to strong magnetic fields, it can be slightly magnetic even though it does not exhibit magnetism under normal circumstances. Apparently, aluminium is a paramagnetic material, which behave like a very weak magnet. When exposed to permanent magnets, paramagnetic materials are weakly attracted. But, they immediately revert when you remove the external magnetic field.

I wish I could claim that I knew this, but it's from our friend the internet. Now that I do know it I'm not sure how much use it will be.

 

[SteveB58]

Don't know if anyone has used a vice for removing cotter pins on a bike. These were seized in and no amount of persuasion would make them move. Using this Paramo 00 and a socket both were removed in a matter of seconds.

 

[E T]

Don't know if anyone has used a vice for removing cotter pins on a bike. These were seized in and no amount of persuasion would make them move. Using this Paramo 00 and a socket both were removed in a matter of seconds.

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Creativity at its best.

 

[Maker]

Don't know if anyone has used a vice for removing cotter pins on a bike. These were seized in and no amount of persuasion would make them move. Using this Paramo 00 and a socket both were removed in a matter of seconds.

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I've used my Record No.1 as a spanner before.

 

[MattF]

When needs must...

 

[Dieselman 63]

Don't know if anyone has used a vice for removing cotter pins on a bike. These were seized in and no amount of persuasion would make them move. Using this Paramo 00 and a socket both were removed in a matter of seconds.

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I do that socket trick too. Handy having a heap of old Britool, it’s tough as

 

[Arc Tourist]

I do that socket trick too. Handy having a heap of old Britool, it’s tough as

Another trick is to cut off the square end of a socket extension and weld it onto the swivel pad of a large opening G-clamp. An appropriate size deep socket can then be used to drift out bushings and such. This is what I used to used to remove and replace the leaf springs on my old Jeep.

 

[SteveB58]

Another trick is to cut off the square end of a socket extension and weld it onto the swivel pad of a large opening G-clamp. An appropriate size deep socket can then be used to drift out bushings and such. This is what I used to used to remove and replace the leaf springs on my old Jeep

I did try a big old g clamp first, but found it slipped too much. The vice took seconds,. without damaging anything. If I was ever going to do another bike I'd design and make something, but This has to be the last, the very last, absolutely the last., positively the last. Until the next one.

 

[dannysheff]

I did try a big old g clamp first, but found it slipped too much. The vice took seconds,. without damaging anything. If I was ever going to do another bike I'd design and make something, but This has to be the last, the very last, absolutely the last., positively the last. Until the next one.

go on then -- never mind the title of the thread --- show us yer bike(s) --- yer v last bike(s)

 

[SteveB58]

go on then -- never mind the title of the thread --- show us yer bike(s) --- yer v last bike(s)

Well, if I must. This is the same model as I bought on HP in 1977 for £79.99, mine got pinched from Portsmouth Dockyard in 79. 47 years later it cost 'erindoors £60. Now in bits being de-rusted, de-greased and awaiting replacement parts. Should, hopefully, be back on the road shortly.

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Ooooo, centre pull brakes They were awesome back in the day. That's quite a big frame, are you a tall lad?

 

[dannysheff]

Well, if I must. This is the same model as I bought on HP in 1977 for £79.99, mine got pinched from Portsmouth Dockyard in 79. 47 years later it cost 'erindoors £60. Now in bits being de-rusted, de-greased and awaiting replacement parts. Should, hopefully, be back on the road shortly.

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great - same date +/- as my wheels which I put together from scrapped bits in ~1978 - Sun Worksop 5 speed Campag, Brooks, sidepulls -still goes well when tuned up - trouble is Sheffield is bit hilly for my old legs so I go round the lake w my grandson

 

[SteveB58]

Ooooo, centre pull brakes They were awesome back in the day. That's quite a big frame, are you a tall lad?

Haven't found it a large frame, and I'm a tad under 6 foot. Looking forward to a few days out on it once the weather warms up. Like Sheffield its a bit hilly here in Essex, Dan we didn't have hills in Portsmouth and cycling was much easier there. Mind you, we were in Sheffield a couple of years back and they'd turned part of the town into a seaside. Never seen that done before.

 

[Gritineye]

After 30+ yrs of abuse it’s time to say RIP old friend, being a fake Record vice you were stout but flawed, and your lack of a tourque limiting handle was your downfall. But as you came to me free of charge, I have no complaints.

Hello new to me used and hopefully stouter genuine Record vice, quite rare to find a good condition rotating one in this size for a reasonable price.

See, sometimes you can make new friends though Ebay!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

After 30+ yrs of abuse it’s time to say RIP old friend, being a fake Record vice you were stout but flawed, and your lack of a tourque limiting handle was your downfall. But as you came to me free of charge, I have no complaints.

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Hello new to me used and hopefully stouter genuine Record vice, quite rare to find a good condition rotating one in this size for a reasonable price.

See, sometimes you can make new friends though Ebay!

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That can be fixed.
simplz

 

[Gritineye]

That can be fixed.
simplz

How?