Show your bench vice

[Jan-Sietze]

A coworker said something provocative the other day that I happen to agree with. "I don't trust a man with no vices."

That's a nice quote to start.

But what kind of vice we really have?
So show your vice !


I have a reconditioned Paramo No2 Hi-Duty Vice.

According to The Workbench Book the Paramo vices were first produced during WW2.
Just after the Record Vice factory was bombed in 1940, there was a shortage of Vices.
It dawned on everyone by the vices of great importance for the war industry.
The British government gave permission to the foundry of F. Parramore & Sons Ltd. to produce record. Vices
The company which was the casting of steel tubes known could produce solid and precious folk vices with the knowledge and people of Record under the name Paramo.

I think my vise is one of the first series seen the old cast logo.
I have my vise repainted and equipped with new 'homemade' jaws.
The jack is (again) galvanized.

Total cost: 40 euros ( ~55 U.S. dollars).
This was his predecessor, sold for 30 euros ( ~41 U.S. dollars):

 

[Jan-Sietze]

Did I ask too much?
or quote is placed in the wrong forum...

"I don't trust a man with no vices."

 

[jerry quinn]

Did I ask too much?
or quote is placed in the wrong forum...

No but after seeing your vice. We are all embarrassed to show ours.

 

[jerry quinn]

The first one is a crappy craftsman, but it holds real good. Plus if someone steals it im not out much. The sec. is in my shop it`s a Prentiss NO.50 made in new york. It holds very good and is very smooth.

 

[president]

I have a paramo wood vise that I use for sraightening bars and removing wire edges,Its nice to hear the
background of this great tool

 

[Jan-Sietze]

Nice vises, look like big ones.

 

[stihl sawing]

 

[KenJax Tree]

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[Plan-b]

Sweet resto on the Paramo! I have a newer (late 90's) Record 6 inch and a cheepy 4 inch on the welding bench. My nephew scooped my dad's old Henry.

 

[Rusty Barlow]

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Hey, I've got the same multiposition vise (top one) at work! My dad bought it 20 some years ago and it's pretty beat now. Haven't had much luck finding a suitable replacement.

I can't believe I'm checking out vise pron.

 

[Jan-Sietze]

I picked up another Paramo No 5 for 35 euro (48 dollar)...
These are my vises:

When restored, I'll show you new pictures...

 

[Rusty Barlow]

I picked up another Paramo No 5 for 35 euro (48 dollar)...
These are my vises:

When restored, I'll show you new pictures...

Hey - what's the story on that little anvil on the right? Reminds me of a chunk of railroad rail I used to have that made a cool little anvil.

 

[Jan-Sietze]

Because the vices are of cast iron, I can not hit it with a hammer.
So I needed an anvil.

And because I do technical maintenance on the railways, it is not difficult to become a new residual piece UIC54 Rail.
Those tracks are tuff...
There's at least 4 hours grinding work, and then polishing and painting.


The first one I made I did not like... that one I passed on to my father.
The second is the right on the vice photo.

Here are the pictures of the first one:

 

[Philbert]

I have a couple of pieces of those, but just in the raw stage. Yours looks very nice and finished.

Philbert

 

[Rusty Barlow]

Very nice. Mine was about 6" - 15cm and squared off with no horn. Not painted but polished ends, top and bottom. It was a great little metal shaping accessory.

 

[Jan-Sietze]

My entire collection ...
All neatly reconditioned
















I think I'll stop collecting, maybe...

 

[VA-Sawyer]

To the OP, You asked about bench vices, they would be things like, smoking on a bench, drinking on a bench, having sex on the bench, cursing the bench, and so on. I don't have any pictures of those things. Then you start talking about vises, and showing pictures of those. Vices ( spelled with a C ) are frowned upon by society. Vises ( spelled with an S ) are most useful things to have on a workbench. I just found it a bit on the funny side, the way you went from vices to vises.
By the way, you did a very good job restoring that vise in the first pictures.

 

[Jan-Sietze]

On my Paramo is the inscription: Hi-Duty Vice .
And Google translate says: bankschroeven (Dutch) = vices (English)

This creates my mistake...

 

[Philbert]

Nice 'vice'.

(I'd hate to think how bad my Dutch would be - and half of the US born people on this site can't spell to save their lives)

Philbert

 

[VA-Sawyer]

Nice 'vice'.

(I'd hate to think how bad my Dutch would be - and half of the US born people on this site can't spell to save their lives)
Philbert

I agree, with both points! The really sad part, I lived in Germany for all four years of High School, and barely learned enough to get by. It was just too easy to find folks with English skills that were MUCH better than my German. It was dumb of me not to take advantage of the chance.
To the OP, I did not intend to be critical..... I was explaining the difference in the spellings, so that my response about ' smoking on the bench', ' drinking on the bench', and so on, would be understood. I saw the title of the thread, and all these weird images of 'Bench Vices' started to appear in my head. It had me laughing for a few minutes. Thanks, I had a stressful day yesterday and needed a laugh. Don't fault the translator. There are a number of words that the English ( UK ) spell differently than we do in the US. For all I know 'vise' might be one of them.
Have a good day.