bought a big ol vise

[john keyes]

got it mounted on an old spool me and my pops fished out of the river before he passed away

this is a serious chunk of iron  my friends....
it looks like crap because its been painted by a few generations



check out those jaws (I'm sure some folks have some monsters that will blow this one away, but still.. )



I had to buy a big 3/4" bolt and cut a 3" hole in the bottom for the swivel part



I picked up this one too but its frozen up and will be in the lubricating phase for a while in hopes it will come free

[mirage1988]

Nice!  It aint a proper shop 'till you got a big ol vise!

[Graybeard]

Looks just like one my grandfather used in his blacksmith shop oh around 55 years or so ago. Dad had it in his workshop for many years at least up until I was a teenager. I have no clue what happened to it but from my best recollection yours looks like a twin to it.

[Drilling Man]

  I really like vises for some reason, and that IS a nice vise...

  I have a story for you...  I was waaaay back out in the bush in Alaska, walking along hunting grouse when i tripped over something.  At first i thought it was a rock, but it didn't feel right, so i stopped to get a better look.  I'll be darned if it wasn't a BIG old vise!  I looked it over and it had been broke, and discarded but i wanted it anyway...  lol  I tied it on my backpak and packed it all the way out!  lol  I'm sure some gas/oil exploration team left it behind many years before...

  When i got it out, a friend said he would fix it, if i'd loan it to him while he rebuilt his airplane, soooo i loaned it to him, getting it back about a year later and i still have it.  In fact i had forgot all about it and thought it was lost, until yesterday when i found it in an old surburban i had some "things" stored in!  lol

  DM

[Rex in OTZ]

I once workd in a shop that had that exact model vice, ours was broken though, the shelf like extension that supports the jaw slide was broken off from some job in the past.

[SHOOTALL]

kroil oil the one that is locked up ! will work like new maybe !

[JBlk]

I find that soaking a rusted part in real turpentine will free just about anything up.If you ever use Krols oil take a good wiff of it, sure smells like turpentine to me.If you use it on guns, be prepared to re -blue the part, it will remove the blueing.

[john keyes]

thanks guys...and DM that is very cool. I would have done the same thing!

Anyway I got that dude freed up and cleaned it up a bit. the old spool got pretty wobbly so I laid a bookcase on its side and it is solid as a rock
the vise looks to be a Wilton, but the only thing on it is "LAMAR TECH"




the threads are still engaged open this wide, but not much beyond that...


the old Reed sits in the back, its lonely. when there is a big job that requires its mammothicity, it shall be called upon