Bill Holcombe
03-30-2019, 09:36 PM
I have this old parker 973 vise that I got a while back and its rusted and seized up and just not in good shape. It hasn't been abused, it just is covered in rust. So today with the help of my father-in-law's shop tools(literally he has a metal and wood shop that amazes me. He has a band saw with a 24 inch pulley wheel forcutting firewood!) I decided to begin the reclaimation.
To my knowledge this vise is pre WW2 based off its having the cooyright year and the handle having the balls on each end.
One of the reasons I needed his tools is I don't have an inch and a quarter socket. He has about 3 of them.
Got the main bolt out and the vise came apart fairly simply. It was in good shape just covered with rust.
Spent most of the day wire brushing the pieces clamped into his old 4 inch columbia vise.
It all worked fairly well. Took some elbow grease and a hand wire brush on some of the harder to reach spots.
Did the screws and the vise bolt on a grinder wire brush at his recommendation.
Then loaded up all the larger pieces into his parts cleaner. Toweled them off and let them finish drying and then wiped them down with a rag and some acetone.
Need to get em primed and then painted, but thats how far I managed to get today. Thinking of maybe battleship grey with a different color to set off the lettering.
Pics below.
To my knowledge this vise is pre WW2 based off its having the cooyright year and the handle having the balls on each end.
One of the reasons I needed his tools is I don't have an inch and a quarter socket. He has about 3 of them.
Got the main bolt out and the vise came apart fairly simply. It was in good shape just covered with rust.
Spent most of the day wire brushing the pieces clamped into his old 4 inch columbia vise.
It all worked fairly well. Took some elbow grease and a hand wire brush on some of the harder to reach spots.
Did the screws and the vise bolt on a grinder wire brush at his recommendation.
Then loaded up all the larger pieces into his parts cleaner. Toweled them off and let them finish drying and then wiped them down with a rag and some acetone.
Need to get em primed and then painted, but thats how far I managed to get today. Thinking of maybe battleship grey with a different color to set off the lettering.
Pics below.