Bench vise "restore"

[Razz]

Picked up this little bench vise today and spent a couple of hours sanding the surface rust with 600 grit and cleaning the tape and dirt with alcohol and windex. The silicone suction foot is toast but surprisingly is very stable out to a half inch or more without it. Really like the anvil on top and the fact that the jaws rotate and lock. Just a little 3 in 1 on the main shaft and it looks nice and operates smoothly. Probably could dress the jaws a bit. The longer set are 68mm and the shorter set are 42.5 mm with a V groove both lateral and longitudinally. The metal plate can been seen in the 3.5 mm thick silicone so I think the plate was set in a mold and the material poured in around the metal plate. Spent about 10 minutes looking without success for another. Will continue to look for another but this seems like it could be clamped if I needed to put a lot of pressure on it. The only marking is Japan on the endplate with the 3 screws. Overall pretty decent for $5US. Anyway on the the pictures before and after!

[Neverenoughwatches]

7 hours ago, Razz said:

Picked up this little bench vise today and spent a couple of hours sanding the surface rust with 600 grit and cleaning the tape and dirt with alcohol and windex. The silicone suction foot is toast but surprisingly is very stable out to a half inch or more without it. Really like the anvil on top and the fact that the jaws rotate and lock. Just a little 3 in 1 on the main shaft and it looks nice and operates smoothly. Probably could dress the jaws a bit. The longer set are 68mm and the shorter set are 42.5 mm with a V groove both lateral and longitudinally. The metal plate can been seen in the 3.5 mm thick silicone so I think the plate was set in a mold and the material poured in around the metal plate. Spent about 10 minutes looking without success for another. Will continue to look for another but this seems like it could be clamped if I needed to put a lot of pressure on it. The only marking is Japan on the endplate with the 3 screws. Overall pretty decent for $5US. Anyway on the the pictures before and after!

I like the double jaws, never seen that before, handy for clamping tall material. Some jaw inserts would add to its versatility. Aluminium, brass, timber, cork , rubber.

[nickelsilver]

I have the same vice! Got it in a box lot of tools, wanted to give it to my daughter as she does lots of little projects, but the rubber base on mine is also no good (looks better, but doesn't hold vacuum). Cool little vice though, I thought about attaching it to a wooden base large enough it could be clamped to a table or something.

[Razz]

Not sure exactly what I will use it for at the moment but maybe casework. I have a staking set and a steel block but this sits higher off the bench so loupe work maybe as well. I am sure I will use it on something eventually and have bought more expensive tools for when I needed them!

Quick shot of the underside.