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A pair of vises followed me home
Unread 08-14-2020, 05:16 PM   #1
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Default A pair of vises followed me home

Well I haven't added a shotgun in a while, but I did just get my 3rd and 4th Parker Vise. 1 is a wood vise that I believe is fairly late model and the other is a monstrosity of a vise able to be rotated, I had seen these, but never one at a halfway intelligent price.

Anyway here we go:

The wood vise is no 446W. It has the quick release and all that. Appears to be all original and like I said I believe based off of how it mounts that this is a rather late model unlike the earlier versions that have the larger mounting bracket. It is in really good shape and all original. It doesn't have any wood cheeks on it but that is simple enough to replace. My main question on it is the little nub on the crank that prevents it from being turned more than one rotation. I am assuming this was done to prevent squeezing your piece of wood too tight, but was this original to the design, or did someone modify it ??? I understand the point, but it makes it a little less easy to use compared to the ones I am used to.


The other monstrosity is one I have been looking for for about 4 years or so. It is model no 474 and rotates on both it's X and Y axis which should make this sucker extremely useable for us. It does become a pain trying to get the right angle on something to grind or weld it sometimes. No cracks present and this sucker is solid. I believe it weighs 75-80lbs just from picking it up. I think this is a very cool old vise. Yes it has some blemishes, including the number 3-1-5 in the arm...but all in all I am happy with it.

Anyway, thought I would share.
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Unread 08-14-2020, 05:23 PM   #2
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nice find

i find a wood vise to be the second most used vise on the bench. bested only by the gunsmiths modified parrot vise
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Unread 08-14-2020, 07:07 PM   #3
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I have never met a man whose vices include vises.
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Way cool! I have one
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A couple of vices followed me home one day, a hankering for sourmash and side by sides. Been downhill ever since.
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very good find and in good shape....charlie
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