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I have just discovered a new thing to want....
http://www.myerstiresupply.com/pls/m...=2601&cart_id=
A Wilton offset vise. I have never seen such a thing, nor have I ever heard of them. Neat.
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I could offer the bad play on words that vises are one of my vices.
I am attracted to big, heavy vises. I have several. I also have several medium sized Wilton, enclosed screw vises. They are beautiful things.
My great dream is to one day have a huge Wilton, enclosed screw vise. New, the biggest ones are $1,200-$1,400. Where I last worked they had several that I coveted.
I have a welding table that is 4' x 10', made of 7/8" plate, with I-beam legs. I have my two big vices mounted on that. Both of them happen to be Rock Island vises. I don't know how common those are in other parts of the country, but they were once very common here. My guess is that they were made at a foundry in Rock Island, Illinois. Clint Dixon may have a thought on that.
There is a center to any good workshop. It is a bench. That bench must have at least one vise, and it must be substantial. My bench weighs about 1,600 lb., without the vises. I can pull on the handle of one of those vises and the bench will not move.
When I was a kid I spent a lot of time at the farm of my friend Larry. His father had a small, cramped workshop. Along one wall was a small bench that was piled high with every possible thing. On the edge of it was mounted a big harness vise.
All jobs seemed to start and end in that vise. He would often begin a project by clamping it in the vise and we would stand there and look at it. Somehow those were formative experiences for me.
I have been known, on occasion, to go out and just clean and admire my bench. From the current appearance of it, that has been quite a while, as it is difficult to see the top of it just now
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Doesn't that just frost ya!? Fortunately, at least at this writing, only a portion of Wilton's manufacture is from overseas. I needed parts for a vintage Wilton Columbia that had been on the back bumper of my truck for 20+ years. It got busted up when the truck was rear ended. Came to find out that most of their Columbia line is now Chinola, so no replacement parts.
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New Wilton vice
I bought a new Wilton 4 1/2-inch vice at a ranch store about a week ago. The price was good, so I just grabbed it. When I got home with it, I saw the dreaded 'Made in China' label on it. That really put me in a poor mood when I consider such a proud name outsourcing their manufacturing to China. It is pretty well made, so I decided to keep it. The picture shows the 2-inch receiver hitch mount I made for it, just needs some paint now. Cleaned up the threads on the seat mount hold down bracket for my '51 IHC Cub tractor.Tags: None
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