Finney Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 3 hours ago, Cliff Neubauer said: I've got a pair of matching Prentiss 255 vices I bought out of a closing factory for $25 each. See you got a fireball square. Do you like it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Neubauer Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 20 minutes ago, Finney said: See you got a fireball square. Do you like it? I have two small ones and two big ones, kinda pricey but the quality it second to none and they definitely save a lot of time fabbing stuff up. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finney Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Cliff Neubauer said: I have two small ones and two big ones, kinda pricey but the quality it second to none and they definitely save a lot of time fabbing stuff up. You get the aluminum or cast iron?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Neubauer Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 11 minutes ago, Finney said: You get the aluminum or cast iron?? Cast iron, the big ones are heavy if you use them a lot but they are strong enough you can use a C clamp on them to pull something into square if you need to. I'd like to get a set of the magnetic shims he has now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Shepard Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 My father's 8" Chas. Parker. Must be 250#. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 This is just my everyday 4 1/2". Has no maker or other markings. I bought it on my uncle's sale, same time I bought back the anvil that my grandpa the blacksmith brought over from Germany on a boat. This is my Chas Parker 6". I had it mounted to the bumper on my hayfield service truck. I took it off and put it in the barn to keep it out of the weather but it doesn't like it in the barn either. I'm glad this thread came up, it reminded me to get it into the shop and get it cleaned up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrodyNC Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Eh, all the other vises are cool and all but this monster is something else... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 13 hours ago, NY1468 said: I do like vises! My wife says I have too many, I told her you never can. After some reflection she may be right but I’m not letting any of them go.... I’ll see if I can post pics of some of them. Agree, you can't have to many! Some of my collection. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArkLa 1086 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 3 hours ago, Dave Shepard said: My father's 8" Chas. Parker. Must be 250#. If I ever need another pipe wrench I'm calling you. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Shepard Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 6" to 48". About 120 of them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArkLa 1086 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 42 minutes ago, Dave Shepard said: 6" to 48". About 120 of them. That's all? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 The Athol vise/stand in my earlier post may have been a bit of overkill. I had just built a set of jack stands in similar fashion and thought height adjust-ability could be handy. Have never moved it since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawleigh99 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 My Reed No. 4C I bought for $25 from a closed machine shop. The rotating base was broken, but I brazed it and bolted it to a 3/8" steel plate that I mounted to the front of the bench with a steel leg bolted to the concrete floor because it would be too high to be workable if mounted on the bench! It took two of us to lift it into place. It is a beastly piece of American cast iron though!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 A lot of good looking vises in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 13 hours ago, DT Fan said: I put one together like that years ago. Pretty handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawleigh99 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Many of you old vise fans may already know this, but for the rest, there is a grub screw on the side of the sliding jaw that you can see on my vise. To tighten up the slack in the jaw, there is a broken collar that engages the threaded shaft behind the vise handle that can be tightened by loosening the grub screw and rotating the collar. Don't be freaked out by the fact that the collar is broken. It is made that way, just like some connecting rods are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oleman Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I do have one good tool. It is a Starrett Number 20, 12" super square. If some one wants to borrow my square I always pass over the old Starrett framing square not the No 20. Someone without square knowledge said only a fool would pay that much for a square. We all have our vices The Record Company in England, once made excellent vices, have had a number 0 fixed base for many years. The Record name is now on Red Chinese Vices, SACRILEGE! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mader656 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOKER 1 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 got this one from junk yard. 8 inch jaws. The back jaw moves via a big nut. Nut was broken so I welded it together with nichel rod and has held for nearly 40 years. Has no markings as to the manufacturer. Weighs 125 lbs. jerry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
560Dennis Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 The Chas Parker Co. PAT. 1930 model 82 4 1/2 i never ,noticed its not that rare . What do you think? Semi steel solid bar , what does that mean ? Probably so obviously ? but I’m stumped right now ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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12_Guy Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 On 3/31/2019 at 8:42 PM, BrodyNC said: Eh, all the other vises are cool and all but this monster is something else... I too have a “monster”. 1-1/2” jaw opens up to 2”. A couple of my smallest pipe wrenches 6” & 8” Ridgid. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmallman77 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 I've got a big reed. Got a great deal on it. Need to get pics. Wiltons are junk. Between dad and I I think we have broken 5 at least. Overpriced junk. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWRB Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 On 3/31/2019 at 8:18 PM, sandhiller said: This is just my everyday 4 1/2". Has no maker or other markings. I bought it on my uncle's sale, same time I bought back the anvil that my grandpa the blacksmith brought over from Germany on a boat. well...? Pics of the anvil, my man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWRB Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 21 hours ago, 560Dennis said: The Chas Parker Co. PAT. 1930 model 82 4 1/2 i never ,noticed its not that rare . What do you think? Semi steel solid bar , what does that mean ? Probably so obviously ? but I’m stumped right now ? Per my 1930 Marks Handbook (3rd edition): Semi Steel is a vague trade name for various products near the border line between steel and cast iron. It is made by either addign low carbon steel scrap to the charge in the cupola or by adding steel to gray iron while in the molten condition. So we know that steel is less brittle than cast iron, and that's why you'd want to make a vise out of it. This was obviously before the development of ductile iron, and probably cheaper than cast steel. Honestly, not sure if anyone was casting steel in 1930. as for the "bar" part of it, I wonder if it was continuous-cast. Continuous casting extrusion I think of as a fairly modern practice, but I am not certain. Continuous casting is the process of making bars out of cast iron, like extruded steel bars. It is like it sounds. Molten cast iron's properties are tightly controlled and extruded in just the right condition so it "freezes" in a bar shape as it comes out the extruding equipment. It great for making prototypes of parts that are to eventually be cast. Prototype molds to cast a low quantity run of parts, especially if the deisgn is going to iterate, is very expensive. So, we just use a big ol' slug of continuous cast material (one trade name is durabar) and machine the whole thing. After all the iterations of the part that are made that way, spending money on a mold and testing that version isn't so risky. Sorry, geeking out on Durabar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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