Love your vise restos. I especially like the way you look at them as a tool not a showpiece. When a guy breaks out the bondo on a fix up, that’s when I’m moving on. Nice work keep it up.
Nice. I have a No. 955. Mine is in great shape and appeared to have been originally painted gray including the retainer with the Parker name on it. I like the tensioner for the handle, as well. The brass “puck” is about 1/8” thick and much smaller in diameter than the hole allowing for a loose fit. The spring is about 1/4” to 5/16” long. The screw is rather short, about 1/4” and has a tapered point. I used an angle grinder with a wire wheel to buff the handle up nicely.
Beautiful job and great restoration. I now know how to adjust the shims, thank you. I inherited a Parker 273 swivel jaw and swivel base. It was my grandfathers. The adjustable jaw had 2 nails holding the jaw in and i removed them. Where can I find pins or do I have to have them made? The short history of this vise is my grandfather worked at the Detroit Chrysler plant in the late 20's early 30's. The plant changed out a bunch of their vise's and gave them to the employees. This is one of them. My grandfather had it till he passed away in 1982 and my father had till last summer when he gave it to me.
@@brianbirch5229 Great history on your vise….definitely a keeper! As for the pins, I have always used standard steel rod. Size is gonna be a tough one but I’d start with approximately a 1/8in rod and once you get correct size then hammer it in and trim it down. These won’t need to be exact just a snug fit.
Are the various parts interchangeable between the two vises? Perhaps the better slide and spindle of the damaged vise could be exchanged, creating one very superior vise. I have a Parker 272, a swivel base, swivel jaw vise. They are nice pieces of equipment.
Yes they will interchange. I thought about doing the same actually I just never did. Check out my other videos, I restored a Parker 272 as well…….that is an incredible vise!!!
Do you have any information on the brass pin, spring and screw that go into the handle for tension? I have a 973 1/2 that's missing all those parts. I have no clue how to source those and I've watched all your videos where you replace those.
A good hardware store should have everything. The brass pins I use may be harder to get. I use the same pins that I use when making a knife handle. I order mine online. I think they are 1/4in brass rod.
I got two FPU vises in this auction a few weeks back. A 4in and a 6in. I’ll be restoring the 4in in an upcoming vid. 6in will get some love too but it needs a pretty significant repair.
Do you use tig or mig more for vise repairs? I got a Hollands H4 vise at the covered bridge for $30. It is pretty beat up but thought it would be a good learning project. I would like to buy a welder soon and was wondering what you would recommend. I also need a welder for my Oliver!
I use TIG mostly on vises but I use MIG more for general use. I think HTP welders are some of the best bang for the buck in welders. Stick welders are also a great value!
Love your vise restos. I especially like the way you look at them as a tool not a showpiece. When a guy breaks out the bondo on a fix up, that’s when I’m moving on. Nice work keep it up.
Funny you would mention that regarding the Bondo. A little piece of me is sickened every time I see someone use it on a vise…..just silly!
Nice. I have a No. 955. Mine is in great shape and appeared to have been originally painted gray including the retainer with the Parker name on it. I like the tensioner for the handle, as well. The brass “puck” is about 1/8” thick and much smaller in diameter than the hole allowing for a loose fit. The spring is about 1/4” to 5/16” long. The screw is rather short, about 1/4” and has a tapered point. I used an angle grinder with a wire wheel to buff the handle up nicely.
Beautiful job and great restoration. I now know how to adjust the shims, thank you. I inherited a Parker 273 swivel jaw and swivel base. It was my grandfathers. The adjustable jaw had 2 nails holding the jaw in and i removed them. Where can I find pins or do I have to have them made? The short history of this vise is my grandfather worked at the Detroit Chrysler plant in the late 20's early 30's. The plant changed out a bunch of their vise's and gave them to the employees. This is one of them. My grandfather had it till he passed away in 1982 and my father had till last summer when he gave it to me.
@@brianbirch5229 Great history on your vise….definitely a keeper! As for the pins, I have always used standard steel rod. Size is gonna be a tough one but I’d start with approximately a 1/8in rod and once you get correct size then hammer it in and trim it down. These won’t need to be exact just a snug fit.
I love the hammered copper one of my favorites to use. Good catch on the casting crack. Can braze it if wanted
Yeah and I may have done that except I didn’t see it until I had painted it……ugh!
@@shopdoc take it apart and toss it in a tank of simplegreen for a week. Paint will come off very easy. But yeah sucks to do work twice I agree
I may revisit it once I get the other vises done….still got around 7 more vises to do.
Are the various parts interchangeable between the two vises? Perhaps the better slide and spindle of the damaged vise could be exchanged, creating one very superior vise. I have a Parker 272, a swivel base, swivel jaw vise. They are nice pieces of equipment.
Yes they will interchange. I thought about doing the same actually I just never did. Check out my other videos, I restored a Parker 272 as well…….that is an incredible vise!!!
Do you have any information on the brass pin, spring and screw that go into the handle for tension? I have a 973 1/2 that's missing all those parts. I have no clue how to source those and I've watched all your videos where you replace those.
A good hardware store should have everything. The brass pins I use may be harder to get. I use the same pins that I use when making a knife handle. I order mine online. I think they are 1/4in brass rod.
16:06 Nice FPU vise what size is it?
I got two FPU vises in this auction a few weeks back. A 4in and a 6in. I’ll be restoring the 4in in an upcoming vid. 6in will get some love too but it needs a pretty significant repair.
Do you use tig or mig more for vise repairs? I got a Hollands H4 vise at the covered bridge for $30. It is pretty beat up but thought it would be a good learning project. I would like to buy a welder soon and was wondering what you would recommend. I also need a welder for my Oliver!
I use TIG mostly on vises but I use MIG more for general use. I think HTP welders are some of the best bang for the buck in welders. Stick welders are also a great value!
Beautiful work!! Please send me one !!
@@dantedarielli4851 haha! Thanks!
Very Nice
Thanks! Parker made some of the best vises out there. I love their handles!