Irwin Record No.3 Mechanics Vice 4in

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Since he was more of a metalworker, he never used this vise and it had been laying in the shed for 40 years. I just finished restoring the first one and am having trouble getting the quick release mechanism working. Jaws 7 inches wide and approximately just under 7 inches depth with wood in place and just under 8 with wood blocks removed. This is an 84, note the quick release, you need to engage the release to reasemble allowing the flat bar to engage into the dog. So its great for clamping small parts while doing fine work or short-to-moderately-long boards for edge planing.

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Why I am inquiring is that we would be interested to have an idea of the date of the vice as we know she made the workbench presumably with the vice at the beginning of her apprenticeship. Is there a source of supply for parts in your neck of the woods or over here in North America (Canada)? In one of your recent posts on the leather lining for the vise I thought to see that the threaded rod itself is also protected at he original record vises. All our repainted used vices are stripped back to bare metal and fully inspected for hairline cracks and fractures. If something like this does not exist, does anyone have the knowledge to put something like this together?You can tell the very earliest versions of the vice by the quick release casting but I have been unable to find out what date they changed the QR mechanism. Of course there was the seconds quality too, where the name was ground out and the product still working model. The only functional issue for comparative purposes that I have experienced is that the jaws are quite small and they don’t project much past the screw and guide rods. Underneath the bit that holds the blade in has been played with - the bolt is spaced with a random nut and the whole assembly is loose to allow everything to move a little.

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I purchased a used nine (09″) Record bench vise from a mechanic that had a number of used vises acquired from a local school board.

However, that said, if you mostly make smaller projects such as boxes (like I do) and can get a 52 for cheap or even free (as I did), I think it is undoubtedly a handy and capable vise. It’s in good condition really, everything works as it should, clean, jaws close tight – can’t complain at all. I also have 1x Parkinsons Perfect, 1x Paramo 52 and 1x Woden 189B which unfortunately require some real attention and are beyond my knowledge of repair. Twisting in the casting when fixed to the bench top if the seating is not level or even can cause twist and even cracks in the casting of the rear jaw. Paul- I have a new Eclipse vise stripped apart and am confused over where you use grease, where you use wax, and where you might use oil.

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it winds in and clamops something up great but it will not unwind, the ‘clamp’ that sits on the winding thread just jumps and sits back in it’s orininal place without opening up. I no longer recommend Record Vises because I don’t know where they ae made or whether they live up to the old original models made by the original Record company. I’ve collected quite a few of them over the years and think that the Record 53A (fitted with a dust cover over the buttress scew) is the very best, especially the 1930s pattern with the patent No.

Just for info — found out a little more about UK woodworking bench vices: – seems people used wooden vices (maybe a steel screw) or engineering type before Parkinsons (Bradford/Shipley) and Woden (Birmingham/black country) came along. Also the half nut has a machined face on each side which bears against a machined face in the casting, both of which must be cleaned. Introductions are limited to motor finance, CarMoney Limited will pay us a fixed commission per paid out deal. It’s rusty, but I’ve begun work on smoothing all the metalwork back down to a good surface, and the quick-release works perfectly (even though rusty).