Irwin Record No.3 Mechanics Vice 4in

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its 3 shillings 6 pennies. If 36 shillings is correct it would make this a very expensive peace of equipment for the year. Thanks Paul hope to hear from you soon I did a bit of reading and Hampton were the originators of the Record name, they eventually merged with William Ridgeway Ltd to become Ridgeway-Record Tools, later renamed Record Tools and eventually sold off to Irwin Tools. If you really want to know, I was using it to push new wishbone bushes into a wishbone for the car….. I am sure things decreased quality even when Record was Record. Partly because there was a transitional run of companies buying out the company by companies such as Bahco, American Tool, Praxair and finally Rubbermaid. When it was Record and Record Marples things had alrady started to diminish in quality. I’m not altogether savvy on the the Record history, but comparing older with the era you speak of does show that quality was worsening and weaker parts being installed. That said, the pre Irwin involvement at least meant it was being made in good British foundries and factories.

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i’ve stripped it down and i can’t see any wear on any of the individual components, but it still will not unwind. HELP. I have the same question. I wonder how the smaller 52 works as a bench vice compared to the more standard–and larger and more expensive–52 1/2. Could someone who is knowledgable about these vices give some advice? I am looking for a bench vice and have decided a Record is the one to go for,a second hand one as i want one of the older better made one's but i'm not sure about the numbers. Are all the Record vises equally good as long as they were made in England? It seems there was a change in the England-made castings in the 60s or 70s and I don’t know if this like Stanley and other makers spoiling good tools. The one you show here is one of the older ones while the newer English Records supposedly have a flat rather than round end to the screw where the handle goes through.Once the worst was off I could see the original paint was in a bad way so got some paint stripper to remove this, once the stripper had started to dissolve the paint I could scrape it off. Thanks again for everything you share and do, I have learned so much from you since I have discovered your Blog and Woodworkingmasterclasses. There's a ~5mm diameter pin holding the nut in place, I tapped it out using a big nail. Once the nut is free it can be slid out of the body. The whole slide should come free and the nut can be unwound from the screw.

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I’m really happy with both of the finds, just at the time I was looking for them – they’ll look great on my bench (once I’ve built it!) What stan said - undo the screws, that whole plate will be loose, pull it away from the body and up to free it from the handle. This will bring the blade with it. I recently aquired a Lion vice. Still building bench so not used it yet, but it looks good. design obviously copied from record et al. If it lasts as long again, as it has so face, then it will outlast me. Smooth action provided by dovetailed, long barrelled,unbreakable nut. Hardened steel replaceable jaw plates.Two weeks ago I found a woodworking vise in a thriftstore, no brand on it, usual blue paint, in a very good condition. Price was good too – equal to that of a Big Mac. All it said on the front jaw was ‘No. 57’ and ‘Made in England’. There's a split pin through the screw, holding the washer and spring in place. I used a little nail head to tap it out. It's not shown in the video but it took some WD40 and a couple of goes to get it moving, it had been there many years. P.S. this is John Guengerich, the Discus log in that I used to use hasn’t been functioning so I’m using my FB. hi paul my mame is Martin Curran some time ago i bought at an auction a Record No 75 all steel vise. Its in remarkable condition some wear on the horn and face of anvil .

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Welcome to Wilkes Engineering & Machinery Ltd. A small family run business making vice jaws and other vice parts, as well as refurbishing used vice. If you cannot find what you need please get in touch.I found using a citric acid bath (225g of citric acid powder for every 4 litres of water) works best, it doesn’t take a lot of effort and can get into hard to reach areas. A really useful box was the only thing I found big enough to fit some of my vices. The vise slips when I attempt to apply pressure, plus the vise will not close equally edge to edge. Everything seems fine until I try to install the spring for the release lever. If I line up everything in what seems to be the correct position, well, it just doesn’t work out. No spring tension and no movement of the release mechanism. Hi Paul, I am looking to replace my old Record, England 7″ wide vice. It has been a good vice but the metal jaws only open 4 or 5″, sig. less between the wooden face plates and it sits well above my bench top and the bars slide over the top of the bench rather than under, by design – so I can’t fit a dog or use it with dogs.