Casey Brown
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Finally got it done. Going to have to make some minor mods, but it works. Had to reforge the spring, and forge a new key and wedge. Before and after.
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C Craft
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Aw you two make me sick! 
You can't find one around here for less than $250.00, and those are the ones that might as well be sold for scrap iron. When I first started looking for one back in 2000, I missed a Colombian that sold for $110.00. After seeing what that one sold for I thought, won't be long and I will find one. Lets see this is 2018, you do the math. I see them all the time up around the Great lakes area and the farm belt selling for a decent price but, not around here!!
I would love to find one like my father had when I was a kid. I believe it was a six inch jaw or maybe eight. It also had a handle that was about 3/4" or 1" diameter! He had it set up on the end of his work bench and made a hook from all thread that went thru the bench and the outside wall the bench sit against. You could do anything on it and never have to worry about it moving even a little bit!!
See this one, it has the large diameter handle. You just don't see them very often!
I am not sure what make those with the heavy handles were! Alas I am still looking.
Good finds both of you!!!
You can't find one around here for less than $250.00, and those are the ones that might as well be sold for scrap iron. When I first started looking for one back in 2000, I missed a Colombian that sold for $110.00. After seeing what that one sold for I thought, won't be long and I will find one. Lets see this is 2018, you do the math. I see them all the time up around the Great lakes area and the farm belt selling for a decent price but, not around here!!I would love to find one like my father had when I was a kid. I believe it was a six inch jaw or maybe eight. It also had a handle that was about 3/4" or 1" diameter! He had it set up on the end of his work bench and made a hook from all thread that went thru the bench and the outside wall the bench sit against. You could do anything on it and never have to worry about it moving even a little bit!!
See this one, it has the large diameter handle. You just don't see them very often!
Good finds both of you!!!
C Craft
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Opaul when manufacturers started planned obsolescence, that is where everything went bad!! We use to make things in this country to last!!!
That pic shows the only one things that was usually abused is the handle. A cheater bar or hammer done that damage and about the only other thing that went wrong with them is some moron beating on the jaws with a sledge hammer. The jaws will take a lot of abuse but they can be chipped and cracked!!
They are getting harder to find though!! You can bet, if it is advertised as an Antique Vice the price just went up, by $200 0r $300, before the seller ads anything else into it!!
That pic shows the only one things that was usually abused is the handle. A cheater bar or hammer done that damage and about the only other thing that went wrong with them is some moron beating on the jaws with a sledge hammer. The jaws will take a lot of abuse but they can be chipped and cracked!!
They are getting harder to find though!! You can bet, if it is advertised as an Antique Vice the price just went up, by $200 0r $300, before the seller ads anything else into it!!
Don Robinson
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Reminds me of the one I found and bought at a flea market around 40 years ago.
Casey Brown
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Yeah, no doubt. This is the only local one I've seen for sale. You can tell on mine that the screw box is not original, but the screw threads are in great shape. I need to secure the posts on the screw box, but it works great.