Show us your bench vice(s)

[cheb]

I like that you are '& daughter'. I'd like to start a company called <Surname> & Father with my spawn.

 

[pressbrake1]

I like that you are '& daughter'. I'd like to start a company called <Surname> & Father with my spawn.

Thanks
My original stuff was my father and I but I decided to do a few bits with me and my daughters even though they’re totally uninterested and remarkably idle

 

[pressbrake1]

Body pattern
Jaws will be 11-1/4” x 2-1/4”
Opening is 18” .
Already sold several off plan including one to a deranged member of this forum

 

[cheb]

Thanks
My original stuff was my father and I but I decided to do a few bits with me and my daughters even though they’re totally uninterested and remarkably idle

It's the thought that counts

 

[dannysheff]

Parramore and sons of Chapeltown:-- well-known maker of Paramo tools including vices (from about1940?) - not seen catalogues, but came across 1971 cata from which I attach the vice section.

What really surprised me was the steel vices - including the Blair style (first by Geo Blair of Team Valley) this makes them the third maker of these, but now with swivel base and quick release option. No longer the smaller 4in jaw, but instead a massive 12in jaw version 270lbs or 406lbs with base - as steel vices were generally half the weight of cast iron this is equivalent to a quarter or half ton beast And the 1971 price is about 15x the price of their fine and big 6in standard bench vice.

 

[RWD3M]

....Already sold several off plan including one to a deranged member of this forum

Is there a prize for guessing who?!

 

[dannysheff]

Is there a prize for guessing who?!

well there's many of us deranged but do we have enough spare cash??? (and a strong enough bench?)

 

[dannysheff]

Parramore and sons of Chapeltown:-- well-known maker of Paramo tools including vices (from about1940?) - not seen catalogues, but came across 1971 cata from which I attach the vice section.

What really surprised me was the steel vices - including the Blair style (first by Geo Blair of Team Valley) this makes them the third maker of these, but now with swivel base and quick release option. No longer the smaller 4in jaw, but instead a massive 12in jaw version 270lbs or 406lbs with base - as steel vices were generally half the weight of cast iron this is equivalent to a quarter or half ton beast And the 1971 price is about 15x the price of their fine and big 6in standard bench vice.View attachment 467410View attachment 467412View attachment 467413View attachment 467414

I'm not a 'correct colour fan' but interesting that most are 'Paramo blue enamel', the clamp-on bench vice is red enamel, the basic steel vice is 'hammer blue' and the Blair-type is very pale (white?) although Blair themselves used a light green. I have seen before that sometimes the very big vices of a range were a very pale colour (grey, blue, off-white)

 

[ranger08]

I'm not a 'correct colour fan' but interesting that most are 'Paramo blue enamel', the clamp-on bench vice is red enamel, the basic steel vice is 'hammer blue' and the Blair-type is very pale (white?) although Blair themselves used a light green. I have seen before that sometimes the very big vices of a range were a very pale colour (grey, blue, off-white)

I have to say paramo are my favorite English brand, i reckon they finished better, my wood vice is my forever underbench vice, would love to get qr 6inch steel fitters vice

 

[CwazyWabbit]

Parramore and sons of Chapeltown:-- well-known maker of Paramo tools including vices (from about1940?) - not seen catalogues, but came across 1971 cata from which I attach the vice section.

What really surprised me was the steel vices - including the Blair style (first by Geo Blair of Team Valley) this makes them the third maker of these, but now with swivel base and quick release option. No longer the smaller 4in jaw, but instead a massive 12in jaw version 270lbs or 406lbs with base - as steel vices were generally half the weight of cast iron this is equivalent to a quarter or half ton beast And the 1971 price is about 15x the price of their fine and big 6in standard bench vice.

They have a typo in the metric version of the weight for the version with base, guess it's a bit late to go back to the printers for a correction

 

[dannysheff]

They have a typo in the metric version of the weight for the version with base, guess it's a bit late to go back to the printers for a correction

hi wabbit -- yr welcome to stick these in yr dropbox --- d

 

[500e]

 

[SteveB58]

As used by Keir Starmer's dad? Nice thing, though I never saw anything like this in any toolshop I was in.

 

[plewlandsbob]

Here is a , Twinner vice, welding positioner, it came from the smiddy( Scottish, for Blacksmiths shop) of a local farm, when farm was sold, about 40 years ago. It hasn't been used for a good 20 years.
It has 4 vices, that can be adjusted, in or out , or swiveled around to any angle. The top plate rotates 360 degrees and can be tilted up to 90 degrees.
it also has two extension legs , that can be fitted for larger pieces.
The catalogue pics, were found on ,EBay Australia.

 

[Arc Tourist]

Here is a , Twinner vice, welding positioner, it came from the smiddy( Scottish, for Blacksmiths shop) of a local farm, when farm was sold, about 40 years ago. It hasn't been used for a good 20 years.
It has 4 vices, that can be adjusted, in or out , or swiveled around to any angle. The top plate rotates 360 degrees and can be tilted up to 90 degrees.
it also has two extension legs , that can be fitted for larger pieces.
The catalogue pics, were found on ,EBay Australia.

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That's worthy of a refurbish.

 

[pressbrake1]

Bigger big vice

 

[MattF]

What length is that? Photo's a bit blurry.

 

[pressbrake1]

34”

 

[Seadog]

What length is that? Photo's a bit blurry.

That's the Devlieg vibrating too much

 

[Ormondprop]

finally building a garage/workshop out the back of our house so picked these two oldies up at a carboot sale today for it, a record no 34 and no 112 just need to make up benches for them now