Vise Restoration
 

Not exactly the type of restoration we are used to, but recently I couldn't pass up the opportunity to upgrade my daily driver. My old fixed base Parker 953 1/2 vise served me well, but when a 974 swivel base vise came up for sale I had to jump on it. Like most vises it needed some TLC. We stripped it down, cleaned off the old grease, blasted off the old paint, primed and painted with a hammered rustoleum which held up quite well on my 953 1/2. Managed to find an original No 2 swivel wrench. Here are some shots of before and after.


https://i.postimg.cc/nhXccBpC/Parker953-1.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/HLGHYN6h/parker953-2.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/CKDhb0Z0/parker974-0.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/k4mncH8b/parker974-3.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/xC39FPyF/parker974-5.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/8PjVhG3Y/Parker974-6.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/SsyBjbCD/parker974-7.jpg


https://i.postimg.cc/LsVWcQwf/parker-974-10.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/G25XRWQB/parker974-11.jpg

Very nice!

Wow, Very nice. We had one in a furniture shop I worked in years ago.
Great old vise.

I have it's sister, they are great vises!